Employee roundtable discussion

"In my previous job, I was a designer at a certain automotive supplier. I joined Ono Sokki in 2015 and mainly worked on product design, but in my current department, my work has expanded to include directing the design of websites and catalogs. I was involved in this project from its inception until the third phase."

"I joined Ono Sokki in 2014 and started my career in sales. At the time, I was the first female new graduate to join the domestic sales team. I was assigned to the Chubu sales office, where I was in charge of suppliers."
Five years after joining the company, I temporarily left due to family circumstances, but returned in 2023. I joined this project from the fifth term after hearing about its activities from the interviewer who interviewed me when I returned, and feeling that 'my previous work experience might be useful.'

"After joining the company in 1993, I initially worked in general affairs, handling the company newsletter. Later, I moved into product planning and overseas sales, and currently serve as the head of the Corporate Planning Office. I joined this project in the fifth year, and together with the fifth-year members, I was tasked with creating the integrated report, which is one of the department's missions, and that's how I got to where I am today."

"During my third term, there were some unclear aspects to our company's corporate philosophy at the time, so we explored 'what we wanted to be like in 2030' with our team members and clarified the relationship between our medium-term management plan and our corporate philosophy at the time. Unfortunately, we ran out of time, and we weren't able to go so far as to change our corporate philosophy..."

"Following in the footsteps of Mr. Aoyagi and his colleagues, we re-articulated our corporate philosophy in our fifth year and announced it in January 2024."

"As I mentioned earlier, the reason I felt that I could utilize my previous work experience was precisely because of this 'company philosophy-first' mindset. It was deeply ingrained at the practical level in my previous job."

"Because it was clear that we were working to achieve the company's mission, when we had disagreements with someone, for example, we could go back and ask, 'So, what exactly is our mission?' I think we were able to have very constructive conversations."

"In terms of the direction the company should be heading, this has always been a source of uncertainty for me. When I first joined the company, our founder, Giichiro Ono was still there, so there was a unifying force holding the employees together... We still have a mountain of work to do, but I believe that being able to point the way forward with our new corporate philosophy is one of the major achievements of this project. I also feel that the opinions from the field and the cross-functional exchanges are leading to more flexible ideas and a stronger desire to work together to realize our vision."