Digital Transformation in Japan with Will Baber, Kieran Gane & Raja Karim (S2E13)

We hosted a presentation & discussion with three of the editors and contributors of the "Transforming Japanese Business - Rising to the Digital Challenge" book that was published in early 2020 by Springer, with the authors sharing their individual perspective as follows:

- Will Baber: The State of Digital Transformation in Japan

- Kieran Gane: The Digital Organization

- Raja Karim: Transformation in the Face of Legacy Constraints

If you would like to read further, you can find the book here: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811503269

Speaker Profiles 

Will Baber has combined education with business throughout his career. His professional experience has included economic development in the State of Maryland, language services in the Washington, DC, area, supporting business starters in Japan, and teaching business students in Japan, Europe, and Canada. He taught English in the Economics and Business Administration Departments of Ritsumeikan University, Japan, before joining the Graduate School of Management at Kyoto University, where he is an associate professor, in addition to holding courses at University of Vienna and University of Jyväskylä.

Kieran Gane is an independent consultant who has spent over 25 years in Japan working on IT and business transformation. In this time, he has worked with a variety of foreign and domestic companies as an employee and consultant mainly in program or project management roles. His projects have included company start-ups, restructuring and new business rollouts, as well as digital transformations.

Raja Karim is the managing director and founder of SAVVY Technology Solutions Japan KK. He has spent the last 30 years in the insurance and IT industry, working for top ten global insurance companies in the UK, Canada, Hong Kong, and Japan. Raja specializes in legacy modernization and digital transformation, and he is well known for his expertise in the Japanese insurance sector.

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