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77. And Japan, because of both its hierarchal nature of
society and the importance of consensus and decision
making has a particularly hard time with bottom-up
change, and yet for the Japanese economy to thrive or
even to continue to grow sustainably at all there needs to
be a mechanism for disruptive innovations to take root
and flourish.
So, while Japanese industry made its fortunes disrupting
markets all over the world they put in place a system at
home to protect domestic markets from disruption.
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Tim Romero. Disrupting Japan Podcast.2015.
84. Tips for incumbents
Don’t undervalue disruptive tech (i.e. Blockchain)
Focus on trends, not tech itself
85. Tips for incumbents
Don’t undervalue disruptive tech (i.e. Blockchain)
Focus on trends, not tech itself
Focus on new business models, not self improvement
86. Tips for incumbents
Don’t undervalue disruptive tech (i.e. Blockchain)
Focus on trends, not tech itself
Focus on new business models, not self improvement
CVC isn’t just about ROI
87. Tips for incumbents
Don’t undervalue disruptive tech (i.e. Blockchain)
Focus on trends, not tech itself
Focus on new business models, not self improvement
CVC isn’t just about ROI
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93. Masayoshi Son.Reuters,Jun 2019
“Until recently Japan was at the technological leading edge. In
the most important current technology revolution – artificial
intelligence – Japan has become a developing country,” Son
said at an annual SoftBank event for suppliers and customers.
96. Gaming
“MOBA games, as a whole, are not really popular here in Japan,” he said.
“Actually, any game that requires building up a team and cooperating
with somebody else is struggling here in Japan. At the same time,
Japanese people love to play against the CPU, because this avoids human
interaction, and they prefer avoiding a real person that disturbs them
while they train.”
Paolo Gianti,former Nintendo EU.Jan 2019