ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Masaru Matsumoto, hereinafter referred to as “ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ”), together with Microsoft Japan, Softbank, Facebook subsidiary Meta and IoT Business Co-cration Lab, have established the ¡°IDEACTIVE JAPAN PROJECT Executive Committee¡± commencing today (8 September 2022). In addition, Japan¡¯s biggest idea and hackathon contest, ¡°IDEACTIVE JAPAN PROJECT¡±, will commence.

¡ö IDEACTIVEJAPANN PROJECT Background
In the past, many Japanese companies were at the top of the world market capitalization rankings, with these companies playing a central role in the global economy. However, in today’s rapidly changing world, with advances in technology and globalization, the market capitalization of several overseas companies now exceeds the combined market capitalization of all listed Japanese companies. To improve Japan¡¯s economic situation for the better, the IDEACTIVE JAPAN PROJECT aims to provide everyone with the opportunity to contribute to “making an impact on Japanese society and the World, by empowering each and every individual in Japan.” With the combined and cumulative power of everyone¡¯s individual voice and action, the IDEACTIVE JAPAN PROJECT aims to transform Japan in the next 10 years.

In line with the mission of “building an ecosystem where everyone in the world can contribute to social value creation through the science of creativity¡±, ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ will provide project participants with access to the “Design Thinking Test” and “ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ forms”, services which incorporates proprietary technology that quantifies skills such as creativity and evaluative skills.

By using technology, the project will work to discover and nurture talents who can generate innovative and implementable ideas. By connecting these talents with the technology and developers who have the skills to realize those ideas, the project aims create a new ecosystem that seamlessly supports the creation of services that will revolutionize the world.

¡ö IDEACTIVE JAPAN PROJECT Overview
The project consists of 3 phases: Season 1 for creating ideas, Season 2 for developing those ideas, and Season 3 for supporting social implementation and commercialization.

Starting today, as Season 1 will commence, with the following programs being offered with the aim of creating 100,000 new business ideas.

The Idea Contest
As the first step towards turning ideas into businesses, participants are invited to ideate solutions to social issues in 6 categories: space, SDGs, entertainment, XR (metaverse), IoT and AI.
At this phase, the AI-powered online tool ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ forms will be used. With more than 10,000 people simultaneously submitting ideas and engaging in mutual evaluation, this will be the largest scale idea co-creation performed in Japan to date. Teams that pass the first round of screening will receive free mentoring to develop their ideas into a business plan. In addition, the top teams in each category will receive various sponsorship prizes, including a cash prize of 10 million yen for the grand prize-winning team.

Idea Contest Overview
Application period: Thursday 8 September 2022 – Wednesday 25 January 2023
Application eligibility: open application for individuals as well as groups.
How to apply: online application via the project website.
Project Description: The project seeks idea submissions for services and solutions that solve social issues in 6 categories: SDGs, Entertainment, Space, AI, XR (metaverse), and IoT. Submissions will be judged from 4 evaluation perspectives: originality, future potential, marketability, and feasibility. The top 3 teams in each category will be selected.
Final judging date: Saturday 18 March 2023

Prizes
Grand Prize
? ?10million Yen
? Invitation to Microsoft and Meta headquarters in the USA as part of a ¡®business brush-up tour¡¯.
? Priority entry to the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub.
? Priority entry to the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub. *Additional conditions and eligibility screenings apply.
? Up to 5 Surface Laptop Studio.

The top teams/participants in each category will also receive prizes.
For example:
? Lenovo Japan’s latest powerful PC & monitor
? Meta Quest 2
? Free Red Bull drinks
? Anker discount coupons
? SMBC Nikko Securities Finance Advice
? Free global communication and LinkedIn coaching by JAC
? ICC IBP Program and study abroad grants from overseas assistants.

In Season 2, ¡°IDEACTIVE Hackathon¡± and ¡°IDEACTIVE Activate Contest¡± will be held for 10,000 participants to further develop their ideas. To create prototypes for business ideas, Japanese version of Microsoft/Avanade¡¯s hackathon know-how will be held nationwide.

Throughout the project, business and technical mentors will provide support throughout project and ideas will be judged from various aspects such as originality, marketability, and future potential.
Details for Season 2 will be announced in January 2023.

¡¾About IDEACTIVE JAPAN PROJECT¡¿
The IDEACTIVE JAPAN Project brings together major companies and students from Japan¡¯s public, private and academic sectors. The project aims to foster an ecosystem where individuals¡¯ ideas can lead to the development of new Japanese business that can be shared and loved worldwide.

Organizers: Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.; SoftBank Corp.; Meta Japan Corporation Facebook Japan Co., Ltd.; ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ; IoT Business Co-Creation Lab.
Supported by: Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry; Japan Deep Learning Association; Japan Student Services Organization.
Special Sponsors: Tokyo Electron Device Ltd., Avanade Japan Co., Ltd.
Student team ambassador: More than 100 student ambassadors.
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*The IoT Business Co-Creation Lab is a community where experts in the IoT / Big Data field gather to share know-how through joint verification of IoT projects using Microsoft Azure as a platform. The Lab helps entrepreneurs, developers, and other companies IoT companies ideate solutions regarding IoT / Big Data, to leverage a source of competitiveness.
¡öAbout ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies
ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ developed Consensus Intelligence technology, the world’s first consensus-building algorithm that quantifies ‘creativity’ and ‘knowledge’. (Patented in the US and Japan)
In June 2018, ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ was selected in the J-Startup program, a start-up support program run by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry for the creation of next-generation unicorn companies.

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¡¾Company Overview¡¿
Establishment : June 2014
Location : Yusen Building 2F, 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ aims to support DX in Japan by using Design Thinking Scores in areas such as recruitment and training, as well as identifying and nurturing creative human resource talents.

¡ö Abstract
¡±Relations between design thinking scores and experiences of university students¡±
Regression analysis was conducted between the Design Thinking scores of university students and *data on their experience in design thinking to demonstrate the usefulness of the Design Thinking Test Scores in scoring “problem finding and solution creation skills”. As a result, a positive correlation was found between test scores and 2 types of experiences: first, long-term internships and practical work experiences involving problem solving; and second, participation in business competitions. This analysis verified the usefulness of Design Thinking Scores and demonstrated correlations with problem-solving experience that requires design thinking.
*With their permission, data from approximately 10,000 were included in the study.

¡öAbout ¡°The 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management¡±
The Japan Operations Management & Strategy Association (JOMSA), the presiding body over the conference, aims to exchange information on research, education and practices related to the execution and implementation of operations in management, including operations strategy. JOMSA aims to contribute to the advancement and development of the world’s academia and industry on a domestic as well as global level by exchanging information related to research, education, and practice in management, including operations strategy, by promoting cooperation with overseas European Operations Management Associations and operations management-related societies in Asia.

The paper shows research results which recognizes that the Design Thinking Score is useful in measuring design thinking skills to support the development of human resource talents, who are to drive corporate transformation in the future.

¡ö Comment from Mr. Takashi Iwamoto, Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University.
A study of this scale that measures design thinking skills is unprecedented. The fact that practical experiences such as long-term internships and business competitions correlated statistically significantly with design thinking scores, while classroom learning did not correlate to the same extent, provides quantitative evidence of what had previously only been observed through sentiment. This study supports the notion that the Design Thinking Score itself is also useful for measuring design thinking experiences and skills.

While the importance of design thinking has been recognized around the world, there has been little discussion about methods to improve and measure a such a broad range of skills. This paper confirms that the Design Thinking Test can be a powerful tool for this purpose. We hope that the test will contribute to the spread and development of design thinking and, consequently, to the discovery and skill development of many innovators.

¡ö Comment from Mr. Masaru Matsumoto, CEO of ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies.
Under the mission of “building an ecosystem in which everyone can contribute to the creation of social value through the science of creativity,” ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies is a startup that develops and operates a variety of products that use “Consensus Intelligence” technology, the world’s first consensus building technology to quantify creativity.

With this study providing academic evidence regarding the validity of the Design Thinking Score as a tool to identify and nurture DX talents, we hope that more people and companies can use Design Thinking Scores with confidence and conviction. Beyond this study, we hope to help everyone realize their potential and contribute to the acceleration of innovation in Japan through the co-creation of diverse values for the betterment of society.
CEO Masaru Matsumoto

Beyond the results of this study, ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ aims to support the promotion of human resource DX by popularizing the Design Thinking Score in Japan, as well as working to gain international recognition.

¡öAbout the Design Thinking Test
Using algorithm technology patented in Japan and the US, the Design Thinking Score?? objectively calculates people¡¯s ‘problem-finding’, ‘data utilization’ and ‘business conceptualization’ skills which underly digital transformation.
The ¡®DX Cloud¡¯ SaaS quantifies and visualizes the skills of these DX human resource talents, tracks improvements and changes in these talents¡¯ scores, as well as providing a benchmark comparison by viewing the scores of other companies.

¡®DX Cloud ¡¯has already been adopted by more than 200 major Japanese companies, including consulting firms and major electronics manufacturers, mainly in the areas of recruitment and human resources development, with more than 20,000 people taking the test each month.

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¡öAbout ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies
ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies offers the World¡¯s first consensus building algorithm, “Consensus Intelligence” technology, which quantifies and visualises ¡®creativity¡¯ and ¡®knowledge¡¯ (Patented in Japan and the U.S.) In June2018, ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ was selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry¡¯s ¡°J-Startup¡± Program, which aims to support the creation of the next generation of unicorn companies.

¡¾Company Overview¡¿
Establishment : June 2014
Location : Yusen Building 2F, 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Mission : To build an ecosystem where everyone in the world can contribute to social value creation through the science of creativity.
Business activities : Planning, development and operation of various products using consensus-building algorithm “Consensus Intelligence Technology ” (patented in Japan and the U.S.)
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During the lecture and workshop, Mr. Matsumoto shared practical Design Thinking methodologies that can be used for business idea generation.

¡ö CHUBU Open Innovation Study Group
¡°Disruptive innovation: Creating new solutions from new combinations of needs and seeds.¡±

¡öCHUBU Open Innovation College Website

¡öContact us ¡ö
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ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ has launched DX Cloud, a cloud service specializing in discovering and nurturing human resources with the skills required to promote DX (Digital Transformation). By quantifying and measuring skill sets, as well as tracking and visualizing learning and development statuses, DX Cloud supports the promotion of DX as an ongoing infrastructure tool for companies to nurture and develop their people¡¯s DX skills long-term, rather than engaging in temporary training programs.

¡ö Article Link: ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies launches DX Cloud, a cloud service specializing in finding and developing DX talents.

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¡ö Contact Us ¡ö
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In addressing the 230 meeting members, including Chairman Mr. Tokura, Mr. Matsumoto spoke of the need to nurture and develop internal DX human resources and spoke of ¡°DX Cloud (Design Thinking Test)¡±, a service developed by ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies which identifies and fosters such talents. Mr. Matsumoto explained the importance of not only business digitization through IT, but also business model transformation.

The presentation was well received by members, who commented that the ¡°DX Cloud (Design Thinking Test)¡± is an effective way of finding bridge talents who can create connections between business departments and R&D departments.

About ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies
ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies has developed Consensus Intelligence Technology, patented in Japan and the US, the World’s first consensus-building algorithm to quantify creativity. In June 2018, ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies was selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) as a J-Startup, a startup support program that aims to support the next generation of unicorn companies.

About ¡°DX Cloud (the Design Thinking Test)¡±
The Design Thinking Test uses a unique algorithm technology, patented in Japan and the US, to objectively calculate the ‘problem-finding’, ‘data utilization’ and ‘business conceptualization’ skills required for promoting DX. The test results are presented as a Design Thinking Score??.
By “visualizing” improvements and changes in Design Thinking Score?? over time, DX human resource development can be tracked and visualized. Furthermore, companies can compare average Design Thinking Scores?? with that of their competitors to confirm the relative position of their company.
The service has already been implemented and used by more than 200 companies, including leading Japanese corporations, consulting firms and major electronics manufacturers, mainly in the areas of recruitment and human resources development.

Design Thinking Website: https://design-thinking-test.com/organization
* DX Cloud?, a cloud-based SaaS service for implementing and managing the Design Thinking Test, is scheduled for release in Spring 2022.

¡¾Company Profile¡¿
Establishment: June 2014 (Registered January 2016)
Location: Yusen Building 2F, 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business activities: Business Description: Product planning, development and management of products using our consensus building algorithm ¡°Consensus Intelligence technology¡± under our mission of ¡°bringing science to creativity, and building an ecosystem where everyone can contribute to Social Value Creation¡±.

¡ö Contact Us ¡ö
ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies Inc: info@vis-its.com

The Design Thinking Test is a tool that objectively scores an individual’s creative ability, that is, the ability to discover essential issues and create solutions. Until now this has been difficult to measure quantitatively, given the demand for value-creating human resources who can create new value even in times of rapid change. This is the first tool that has succeeded in objectively scoring an individual’s creativity.

“What is UC Berkeley¡¯s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology?
The Sutardja Center is one of the leading centers for technology entrepreneurship education in the US. In addition to teaching 40+ courses on entrepreneurship and innovation topics, the Center sponsors a unique, intensive two-month entrepreneurship program during the summer designed primarily for undergraduate and graduate students at UC Berkeley. The program attempts to teach the skills necessary to take the first steps toward becoming an entrepreneur, with a specific emphasis on developing an entrepreneurial mindset and design thinking.

Outline of Implementation
The Design Thinking Test was conducted before and after the program in order to measure the effect of teaching and fostering design thinking skills among students participating in a two-month entrepreneurship development program at UC Berkeley¡¯s Sutardja Center.

Implementation Results
We were able to see a marked difference in the 32 examinees before and after the program. Overall, the average design thinking score increased by 7%, and the percentage of top scorers increased from 25.7% at the beginning of the program to 40.1% at the end. The number of ideas generated increased by an average of 20%. At the end of the program, some of the top students doubled their number of ideas, while others scored higher due to improved quality of ideas despite a slight decrease in the number of ideas.

Comments from Ken Singer, Managing Director of UC Berkeley¡¯s Sutardja Center
“We used the Design Thinking Test as part of our curriculum to quantify and benchmark our undergraduate and graduate students that are studying Design Thinking principles as part of their introduction to innovation and entrepreneurship. The Design Thinking Test from ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ is unique in its design and it proved to be a useful tool to provide quantifiable feedback on the improvement across students as they absorbed and internalized the principles of design thinking.”

¨‹Infographic comparing the percentage of top scorers before and after taking the exam

What is the “Design Thinking Test”?
Using a patented algorithm, the Design Thinking test discovers human resources who can “discover essential issues and come up with solutions”. In other words, human resources with the mindset and skills that are essential for future business people, which could not be visualized until now. Repeatedly taking the test makes it possible to train and develop design thinking skills. The technology has already been used by more than 200 companies, including major general trading companies, consulting firms, and major electronics manufacturers.

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More than 110,000 people have participated in various sessions using this technology, and has been implemented by various companies and academic institutions, including this initiative. ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ is committed to developing and expanding its products to support the acceleration of innovation and DX in Japan.

Given the nature of work in today¡¯s rapidly changing landscape, the demand for human resources with the skills to contribute value adding activities is increasing. Until now, it had been difficult to measure such skills quantitatively. The Design Thinking Test is the World¡¯s first tool that objectively scores business creativity skills. That is, the ability to discover essential issues and create solutions.

¡ö What is ¡°Start Next Innovator 2021¡± program?
Since 2015, the ¡°Start Next Innovator 2021¡± program has supported over 100 innovators and entrepreneurs who: assimilate the mindset, knowledge and skills that are considered necessary for innovators; have a firm resolution to break existing frameworks to solve important challenges which cannot be solved by a single person; and motivate themselves to continue to take on challenges or take actions. The program includes several months of training in Japan and Silicon Valley, where design thinking and other methodologies are used in practical training activities by lead lecturers and over 80 mentors from both Japan and abroad.

¡ö Outline of Implementation and Results
The Design Thinking Test was taken by about 100 participants at the beginning of the program. This year¡¯s program was aimed at entrepreneurs and managers engaged in new business creation activities. In comparing the first program participant test scores with average workforce scores, *it was found that the incidence of SS and S ranks, i.e., top 5% of examinees, was 7 times higher among program participants. Of the “Creation Score” and “Evaluation Score” which make up the Design Thinking Score, the “Creation Score” was particularly high. Furthermore, the number of ideas generated was approximately 1.5 times more than the average of a similar participant group, with the ideas also receiving high evaluation scores.
A clear correlation between the quantitative assessment of the participants design thinking skills at the start of the program was confirmed. We plan to further verify these results by having the program participants take the test at the end of the program.
*based on repeat participant result data

¡öComments from Mr. Isoo of WiL ¡°Start Next Innovator 2021¡± Program
Looking at the top scorers, it is clear that many program participants were able to ask perceptive questions and make smart comments during the training program. These participants were characterized by their ability to understand the content of the programme, ask the right questions and make the right comments in the right context, based on awareness of the issues and empathizing with the other participants. The correlation between the qualitative problem-solving skills of the participants and their design thinking scores was very convincing. Although we had a sense of participant skill improvement through conversations during the program, we felt that the Design Thinking test proved as a useful tool in quantitatively scoring performance in terms of creativity.

¡ö What is the Design Thinking Test?
Using a patented algorithm, the Design Thinking test can identify human resource talents that have the skills to ¡°discover essential issues and come up with solutions¡±. In other words, human resources with the mindset and skills that are essential for future businesspeople. Until now, visualization of such skills was difficult to achieve. By repeatedly taking the test, participants can improve and develop their design thinking skills. The technology has already been used by more than 200 companies, including major general trading companies, consulting firms, and major electronics manufacturers.

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More than 110,000 people have participated in sessions using this technology. Furthermore, the test has been implemented by numerous companies and academic institutions. ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ is committed to developing and expanding its products to support the acceleration of innovation and DX in Japan.

¡¾Company Profile¡¿
Establishment: June 2014
Capital: 100mil Yen
Location: Yusen Building 2F, 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business activities: Planning, development and operation of various products using Consensus-building algorithm ¡°Consensus Intelligence Technology¡± (patented in Japan and the U.S.)

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  This is a nationwide award system that focuses on initiatives that promote the growth of companies and individuals in areas related to people and organizations. The ¡°HR Award¡± aims to promote these initiatives through open communication with Japan¡¯s HR professionals. Due to its fair management method and member-participation selection process, it is a system that is highly transparent and trusted as the most prestigious award in the HR field.

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¡ö What is the “Design Thinking Test”
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January 2020¡¡ Examinees exceeds 10,000
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January 2021¡¡ Examinees exceeds 50,000
August 2021¡¡ Examinees exceeds 110,000
October 2021 (17,000 Entries)

¡ö Future Developments
ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologie will continue to develop and improve our services in the areas of recruitment, executive and DX HR search and development, and talent management, so that individuals¡¯ creativity can be more objectively evaluated. We are committed to helping companies accelerate innovation and digitalisation. We have obtained a US patent and plan to expand overseas.
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¡¾Company Overview¡¿
Establishment : June 2014
Location : Yusen Building 2F, 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Mission : To build an ecosystem where everyone in the world can contribute to social value creation through the science of creativity.
Business activities : Planning, development and operation of various products using consensus-building algorithm “Consensus Intelligence Technology ” (patented in Japan and the U.S.)

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Design Thinking Test
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ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies K.K. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Masaru Matsumoto, hereinafter referred to as “ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ”) is pleased to announce that its ““, a tool for discovering and developing business creation talents, won the Grand Prix at the “Digital HR Competition 2021” organized by the People Analytics & HR Technology Association (supported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, etc.).

In today’s rapidly changing world with advanced digitization, there is a growing demand for highly creative people, and an accelerating trend towards new assessment criteria in recruitment and staffing. Creativity is the ability to identify essential problems and come up with solutions, and is increasingly in demand in all areas of business, not just new business and product planning.
“The Design Thinking Test¡± is the world’s first online assessment tool that uses a unique algorithm to quantitatively evaluate an individuals¡¯ ability to identify and solve problems, which until now has been difficult to assess quantitatively. (Utilizing ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologie¡¯s patented CI technology).The number of examinees exceeded 120,000 in October 2021, a tenfold increase over the past year and a half.
ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies is delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Grand Prix in the Digital HR Competition 2021, one of the most fiercely contested competitions of its kind.

¡ö Grand Prix in the HR Technology Solutions category: award comments
On winning the Grand Prix, the following comments were made by the judges.
¡°This year, there were many finalist companies that tackled social issues beyond the HR domain. Among them, ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ’ initiative to use technology to visualize and nurture the creativity that will be needed in the future is a cut above the rest. The “Design Thinking Test” was judged to be a service that tackles an important social issue, which is the realization of Society 5.0, the “Creative Society” as promoted by the government.¡±

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¡ö Presentation of The Design Thinking Test

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“Design Thinking Test”: a tool that visualizes and develops business creation human resources that are indispensable for innovation and DX
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?The uniqueness of the “Design Thinking Test” (Japan & U.S. patents) and its usefulness
?Experimental data from companies and organizations that have used the Design Thinking Test
?Overseas testing results and future overseas development
?Prospects as an idea data platform
¡öWhat is the “Design Thinking Test”
The “design thinking test” uses a patented algorithm to quantify the ability to “discover essential problems and come up with solutions”, that is, creativity, which could not be visualized quantitatively with conventional assessment tools. This enables us to efficiently identify people with the skills that are essential for future business people. The “Design Thinking Test¡± has already been used by more than 200 companies, including major Japanese corporations, consulting firms and major electronics manufacturers, mainly in the areas of recruitment and human resource development.

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March 2019 “Design Thinking Test” Official Release
January 2020¡¡ Examinees exceeds 10,000
October 2020 Design Thinking Festival 2020 (10,000 Entries)
January 2021¡¡ Examinees exceeds 50,000
August 2021¡¡ Examinees exceeds 110,000
October 2021 Design Thinking Festival 2020 (17,000 Entries)

¡¾Seminar Recording¡¿
¡°The real DX human resources needed for value creation in a rapidly changing era?¡± as discussed by Professor Kazuo Ichijo.
The seminar discusses “DX human resources”, which will play an increasingly important role in future society. The future requirements of organizations and people as well as the importance of design thinking skills is explored..


¡ö Future Developments
ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologie will continue to develop and improve our services in the areas of recruitment, executive and DX HR search and development, and talent management, so that individuals¡¯ creativity can be more objectively evaluated. We are committed to helping companies accelerate innovation and digitalisation. We have obtained a US patent and plan to expand overseas.

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¡ö About the Digital HR Competition 2021
The Digital HR Competition 2021 is a competition by tech companies to solve Japan’s HR challenges. The digitalisation of the labour market, which has previously been focused on analogue methods, is now being driven by technology and the need to solve business and social problems. However, we are yet to see examples of this being translated into actual results. In line with Schumpeter’s words that “innovation is the execution of new combinations’ ‘, the People Analytics & HR Technology Association has organised this event to help solve this problem by learning from and improving with one another across disciplines.

¡¾Judging Criteria¡¿
Implementability: Can it be widely and universally implemented in the future?
Effectiveness: Will it lead to solutions for a wide range of social issues?
Novelty and originality: Are the “problem” and “solution” innovative and original?
Soundness: Does it benefit all parties involved?

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¡ï Hideo Owan | (Chairman) | Professor in the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
¡ï Takashi Iwamoto | Keio University Graduate School of Business Administration (KBS) Specially Appointed Professor
¡ï Kazuo Yano | Fellow at Hitachi, Ltd. | Tokyo Institute of Technology Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Specially Appointed Professor
¡ï Masayuki Goto | Professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University | Professor in the Department of Management Systems Engineering, Faculty of Creative Science and Engineering
¡ï Naomi Kodama | Professor in the Faculty of Economics, Meiji Gakuin University | Former Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

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¡¾Company Overview¡¿
Mission : To build an ecosystem where everyone in the world can contribute to social value creation through the science of creativity.
Business activities : Planning, development and operation of various products using consensus-building algorithm “Consensus Intelligence Technology ” (patented in Japan and the U.S.)
Location : Yusen Building 2F, 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Establishment : June 2014

Contact Us
ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies Inc : info@vis-its.com

As a countermeasure against the spread of the New Novel Coronavirus, in a time where online communication has become more active, the number of interactions and matches made on the ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Innovators beta website has grown by 200% in the last 20 days.

With the increasing demand for social distancing and restrictions on face-to-face communication, we are working towards increasing the number of corporate members and enhancing our value proposition as a system that substitutes and supports the communication required for the emergence of innovation.

What is “ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Innovators”?

“ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Innovators” is an online service exclusively for members of the Innovation Tech Consortium and a platform that promotes and fosters the emergence of innovation. Collaboration between members, financing, investment, M & A, and secondment arrangements of employees are just some examples of the benefits provided by ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Innovators.

¡ö Benefits
By screening all membership applications at the time of registration (see *1 for admission criteria), we ensure that our membership is of high quality and viable business transaction recommendations can be made. Through the members benefits system, members are able to take advantage of the product/services of other members on favorable terms and conditions. This has created an ecosystem whereby members can mutually support business growth.

¡ö Service Fee
Basic Membership and service usage is free of charge.

¡ö Other Benefits
Tokyo (Roppongi Midtown Area) adn Osaka (Osaka Station Area) Event Spaces are free to use for Startup members and at a discounted rate for other corporate members.

What is InnovationTech?

We have established a new technological field, namely “InnovationTech”,? by conducting research and development on innovation emergence under our belief and vision that “innovation can be a science that can be brought about by anyone and everyone”. More specifically, ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ provides a one-stop scientific solution for innovation creation processes and subsequent business feasibility assessment evaluations. Our services include “ideagram”, which uses CI technology to quantify the viability of business ideas; the “Design Thinking Test,” an online assessment tool that allows the visualization of creativity; and “visiongram”, an innovation organization analysis engine.

What is the InnovationTech Consortium?

The Innovation Tech Consortium is a global network of leading corporations, startups, and venture capitalists from around the world with the common goal of innovation. Since its establishment in April 2019, the Consortium has gained hundreds of members which has enabled both online and offline exchanges. Our goal is to create a world where companies that have great vision and service/product offerings can access and contribute to the global innovation community.

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¡¾Company Profile¡¿

Establishment £ºJune 2014

Funding £º?????????? USD 35mil£¨including Capital Reserves£©

Address£º???????????? 2F Yusen Building, 2-3-2- Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Business Activities£º?????????? Under the mission of “building an ecosystem in which everyone can contribute to the creation of social value through the science of creativity,” ÐÒÔËÆåÅÆ Technologies plans, develops, and operates a variety of products that utilize “Consensus Intelligence” technology, a consensus building algorithm.

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