PM Alexander Stubb, Hiroshi Mikitani and PM Taavi Roivas at Slush 2014

Slush
18 Nov 201423:30

Summary

TLDRこのスクリプトは、フィンランド、エストニア、そして日本の起業家精神と革新について語るパネル討論を要約しています。各国の首相は、起業環境の変化、技術革新の重要性、そして国際化の取り組みを共有しました。特に、日本では楽天の創業者が英語を社内公用語に変更することで、グローバル人材の採用や競合分析の視野を広げた経験を紹介しました。また、エストニアのデジタルサービスやフィンランドのデータハブの構想が議論の的となり、これらの小国が持つ国際協力の可能性と起業の未来についても触れられています。

Takeaways

  • 🇫🇮 スウェーデンのスタートアップシーンは過去12ヶ月で大きく進展しており、特にゲーム、健康、森業、クリーンテック、バイオエネルギーなどの分野で多くの中小企業が成功を収めています。
  • 🌟 エントレpreneurshipの文化はフィンランドにおいて変化しており、成功や失敗を許容する新たな価値観が形成されています。
  • 📈 エストニアのスタートアップシーンは急成長しており、多くの新しい企業が登場し、そのうちにはすでに数十億ユーロの価値を持つ企業もいます。
  • 🌐 エストニアはデジタルサービスの分野で非常に進歩しており、他の国にそのモデルを広めることで国際的なリーダーシップを示しています。
  • 📝 ラクテンの設立は日本の経済が低迷していた時期であり、しかし創業者は日本の経済と産業の強みに深く信じ、新しいビジネスモデルを創造しました。
  • 💡 創業は異なった視点からの洞察を必要とし、他の企業を単純にコピーするのではなく、独自のビジネスモデルを創造することが重要です。
  • 🌱 ジャップ・コリンスの「豪勢の落ちぶれ」の5段階理論は、企業や国が直面する問題を早期に認識し、基本に戻り再生することができれば回復が可能であることを示しています。
  • 🏛 エストニアのe-Residencyプログラムは、国境を越えたビジネスと協力のための新しい可能性を提供しており、デジタル識別技術を活用しています。
  • 🌐 フィンランドは国際的な姿勢を持ち、多言語化とオープンな経済を通じて、創新と国際化を促進しています。
  • 🗣️ ラクテンは英語を社内公用語に変更し、グローバルなビジネスモデルを構築し、多様性とイノベーションを促進しています。
  • 🚀 各国の成長と繁栄を促進するため、他の国から学ぶことの重要性があり、特にデジタル技術や教育、ビジネス環境におけるイノベーションに着目しています。

Q & A

  • 質問1: 開催者がパネルディスカッションで参加者の名前をファーストネームで呼ぶ理由は何ですか?

    -回答1: 参加者が複数の首相であり、「首相」と呼ぶだけでは誰を指しているかわからないためです。

  • 質問2: フィンランドの起業家精神の変化について、スラッシュ2013と2014の違いは何ですか?

    -回答2: アレックス首相によると、フィンランドでは成功も失敗も許容される新しい起業家精神が浸透し、中小企業が増え、起業の雰囲気が良くなってきたとのことです。

  • 質問3: エストニアの起業家精神の発展について、ターヴィ首相はどのように説明していますか?

    -回答3: ターヴィ首相は、エストニアでは多くの新興企業が生まれ、特にスカイプの成功が他の企業にも影響を与え、起業家精神が高まっていると述べています。

  • 質問4: 日本における起業家精神の変化について、ミッキーさんはどのように説明していますか?

    -回答4: ミッキーさんは、日本では若者が起業に挑戦するようになり、日本ブランドを革新的なものとして促進しようとしていると述べています。

  • 質問5: 楽天の設立時の状況と現在の起業環境の違いについて、ミッキーさんはどのように説明していますか?

    -回答5: ミッキーさんは、楽天を資金調達なしで設立し、オリジナルのビジネスモデルを追求した経験から、現在の起業家にも独自のコンセプトを持つことの重要性を強調しています。

  • 質問6: ジム・コリンズの企業の発展段階について、アレックス首相はどのように説明していますか?

    -回答6: アレックス首相は、企業が成功から衰退する5つの段階を説明し、問題を早期に認識し、冷静に対処することが重要だと述べています。

  • 質問7: エストニアのe-レジデンシーについて、ターヴィ首相はどのように説明していますか?

    -回答7: ターヴィ首相は、エストニアのe-レジデンシーは他国からも利用可能であり、セキュアなIDカードを使ってビジネスやデジタル署名ができると説明しています。

  • 質問8: フィンランドのデジタル化への取り組みについて、アレックス首相はどのように説明していますか?

    -回答8: アレックス首相は、フィンランドがICTプラットフォームを構築し、国際的なデータハブを目指していることを説明しています。

  • 質問9: ラクテンの英語化について、ミッキーさんはどのように説明していますか?

    -回答9: ミッキーさんは、会社の内部コミュニケーションを英語に変更することで、国際的な競争力を高め、優秀な人材を世界中から採用できるようになったと述べています。

  • 質問10: 日本の大学入試の英語試験の改革について、ミッキーさんはどのように説明していますか?

    -回答10: ミッキーさんは、日本の大学入試の英語試験が2021年から実用的な内容に変更されることを説明し、これはグローバル化の一環であると述べています。

Outlines

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👥 パネルディスカッションの紹介

パネルディスカッションの冒頭で、司会者が参加者に対して「首相」という呼称を用いる状況を説明し、名前で呼び合うことを決定。アレックス、ダヴィ、ミッキーの紹介から始まり、前年度の起業家精神の変化について議論を展開。フィンランドのスタートアップシーンの進展と、企業成功の事例を紹介。

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🚀 エストニアと日本の起業家精神

エストニアのタヴィがエストニアとフィンランドのスタートアップシーンの進展について述べ、特にエストニアの企業が急成長していることを強調。日本のミッキーは、日本の革新と若者の起業意欲を高めるための取り組みについて語り、株式市場の上昇や政府の取り組みについても触れる。

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🌍 グローバル市場への挑戦

ミッキーが楽天の創業当時の経験を振り返り、日本経済と社会の強さについて述べる。独自のビジネスモデルの開発と、ベンチャーキャピタルを利用しない成長戦略について強調。アレックスは企業の成長過程と失敗の段階についての研究を引用し、自己批判の重要性を説く。

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📈 デジタルサービスと国際化

エストニアのデジタルサービスの成功事例と、他国への影響について議論。電子政府の取り組みや、フィンランドとの協力について触れる。フィンランドのアレックスもデータハブとしての国際化の取り組みについて述べ、エストニアと共に先進的なデジタルサービスを提供する計画を示す。

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🌐 英語化と国際化の推進

ミッキーが楽天での英語化の取り組みについて説明し、これが社内外の競争力を高める効果について述べる。フィンランドとエストニアの国際化の進展についても議論し、言語がビジネスの成長に与える影響について考察。

🔧 政策提案と未来への展望

パネルディスカッションの最後に、各国の政策提案について議論。フィンランドのアレックスはエストニアの電子政府の取り組みを採用したいと述べ、タヴィは日本とフィンランドの革新の核心がしっかりしていると評価。ミッキーは日本の無線インフラの改善を提案し、各国が互いに学び合う必要性を強調。

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Keywords

💡起業家精神

起業家精神は、新しいビジネスを始める意欲や能力を指します。動画では、フィンランドやエストニア、日本における起業家精神の重要性と、その促進が国の経済成長にどのように寄与しているかが強調されています。特に、フィンランドの変化やエストニアのスタートアップシーンの成長が具体例として挙げられています。

💡スタートアップ

スタートアップは、新しいビジネスを始める小規模な企業を指します。動画では、フィンランド、エストニア、日本のスタートアップシーンの現状と課題が議論されています。例えば、エストニアの企業がどのように成長し、国際的な成功を収めているかが具体例として示されています。

💡イノベーション

イノベーションは、新しいアイデアや技術の導入を指します。動画では、各国がどのようにイノベーションを促進し、それが経済成長にどのように寄与しているかが議論されています。例えば、日本の企業が新しいビジネスモデルを導入し、世界市場で競争力を高めていることが強調されています。

💡デジタルサービス

デジタルサービスは、インターネットを通じて提供されるサービスを指します。エストニアの電子居住制度やフィンランドのデジタルガバナンスなど、各国のデジタルサービスの取り組みが紹介されています。これにより、国際的なビジネスが促進され、効率的な行政サービスが提供されています。

💡グローバル化

グローバル化は、企業や経済が国境を越えて活動することを指します。動画では、日本の企業がどのようにしてグローバル化を進めているかが議論されています。例えば、楽天が社内コミュニケーション言語を英語に変更し、国際的な人材を採用することでグローバル競争力を高めていることが紹介されています。

💡企業文化

企業文化は、企業内で共有される価値観や行動様式を指します。動画では、各国の企業文化の違いが議論されています。例えば、日本の企業が持つチーム志向や忍耐強さが、長期的な成功を支えていることが強調されています。

💡政府の役割

政府の役割は、経済や社会の発展を促進するための政策や規制を指します。動画では、フィンランドやエストニアの政府がどのようにしてスタートアップやイノベーションを支援しているかが議論されています。具体例として、エストニアの電子居住制度が挙げられています。

💡教育

教育は、個人や社会が必要とする知識やスキルを提供する過程を指します。動画では、プログラミング教育の重要性が強調されています。フィンランドの教育システムにおいて、子供たちがプログラミングを学ぶ必要性が議論されています。

💡国際協力

国際協力は、異なる国々が共通の目標を達成するために協力することを指します。動画では、フィンランドとエストニアがデジタルサービスの分野で協力し合っている例が挙げられています。これにより、両国の経済発展が促進されています。

💡デジタルガバナンス

デジタルガバナンスは、デジタル技術を活用して政府や企業の運営を行うことを指します。エストニアの政府が紙を使わずに電子的に運営している例や、フィンランドがデータハブを目指していることが紹介されています。これにより、行政の効率化と透明性が向上しています。

Highlights

芬兰和爱沙尼亚的创业环境在过去12个月里发生了显著变化,涌现出许多中小型企业。

Supercell等公司的成功成为芬兰创业精神的象征。

爱沙尼亚的创业场景发展迅速,许多新兴公司在过去一年中成立。

Transferwise等公司从小型创业公司成长为价值数亿欧元的中型公司。

日本在鼓励创新、变革和放松管制方面取得了显著进步。

乐天市场的创立是在经济衰退期间,展示了日本的团队精神和创新能力。

日本政府正在推动将英语作为工作语言,以促进全球化和创新。

爱沙尼亚推出了电子居民计划,允许远程开设银行账户和公司。

芬兰和爱沙尼亚在数字化公共服务方面处于世界领先地位。

芬兰的目标是成为世界领先的创业场景,并建立数据枢纽。

国际视野和语言能力对于小国家的繁荣至关重要。

软银对Supercell的投资反映了日本公司对国际创新的关注。

Jim Collins关于公司发展的五个阶段的理论为创业者提供了宝贵的指导。

芬兰正在努力吸引更多的国际人才,并提高国民的英语能力。

爱沙尼亚的电子治理模式被认为是其他国家学习的榜样。

快速且价格合理的无线网络连接是推动创新和经济增长的关键。

各国之间的政策借鉴和学习可以促进共同的繁荣和发展。

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very good to see you all here today and

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it's not often that you host a panel

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where you can say Prime Minister and not

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know which guest that you're actually

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referring to so for this panel will be

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using first names so it's very good to

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see Alex Davi and Mickey

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I'd like to start out with a question

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for the home team last year your

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predecessor yoky Catalan he said right

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now we have no options but to encourage

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entrepreneurship you've always been a

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strong advocate of entrepreneurship but

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as you alluded to in your opening speech

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it's been a tough last 12 months looking

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at slush 2013 and slush 2014 how have

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you seen the differences why I think we

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actually have a really good buzz I mean

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the startup sound I was one of the key

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components of a startup scene I think

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there's been a tremendous change in

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attitude in Finland it used to be sort

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of not okay to succeed and not okay to

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fail but with a new sense of

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entrepreneurship

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I think we're changing that around quite

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well so we have a whole bunch of smaller

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and midsize companies sort of popping up

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and I think being quite successful I

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think supercell is one example there's a

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lot of stuff going on in the health

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sector there's a lot of stuff actually

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going on the forest sector as well in

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clean tech bioenergy and elsewhere so I

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think we're moving in a better direction

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but it's like with anything you have to

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be a little bit patient you have to wait

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a little bit and then get things going

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but I think the scene is much better

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than what it was 12 months ago and I I

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guess swash is a symbol of it as well

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I'd like to expand this question out

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first to citavi and then to Mickey to

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also ask have you seen the last 12

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months in estonia taavi has it presented

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new challenges for you or is it two

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shorter time spell to really say well

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first of all let me just say that what a

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crowd I have never felt so much as a

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rockstar but you guys are the rock stars

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here of course so Europe really

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inspiring crowd and and

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wonderful to be here well I'm usually

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more into telling what the next 12

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months are like but looking just lightly

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back

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I think the startup scene in both

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Finland and Estonia has developed

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dramatically and we have here a couple

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of hundred Estonian companies half of

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them were not existent one year ago and

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they are really inspiring crowd I met

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many of them early in the morning the

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breakfast session and I really believe

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that amongst them there are next next

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big things as well but also some of our

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companies have developed just like the

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Finnish example is also in Australia

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some of the companies have developed

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from small startups to to mid-sized

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startups keeping growing but are already

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worth hundreds of millions euros which

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is a big thing

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transferwise crap things that are really

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have gone global already and I think

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during the last 12 months the positive

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energy of Skype that has been

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historically are so what so far our most

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successful startup this positive energy

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has gone to other companies and and it's

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really you can really feel that it's

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there and of course I'm proud to say

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that this area during the last 12 months

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has achieved the world record of having

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most startups per capita so this is a

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positive thing and yeah well actually we

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also have another world record this is

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having the most supermodels per capita

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as well so go figure if they are related

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something straight until you make it

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yeah so since Prime Minister took his

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position I have been serving as his one

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of his advisory board which he called a

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competitiveness council and Japan has

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dramatically changed

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he has been encouraging more innovation

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more change more deregulation and of

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course the stock market went up like 30

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percent I think that we are seeing more

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more younger people challenging to start

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a new company as one of the leader

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in entrepreneur community I'm trying to

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encourage for younger people to become

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more more challenging so I think it's we

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are seeing the new Japan coming up which

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man has been very famous for the the

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quality of the product and quality of

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manufacturing and but we have many many

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innovations iPS cells DVD many many

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things are being invented in Japan but I

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think they are not very good at

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marketing in a sense so I think what I'm

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trying to encourage the Erinyes

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government is to me to the promote Japan

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brand as an innovative brand right now

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I'd like to follow up on that a little

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bit as well to to talk about it's

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commonly referred to that Japan lost two

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decades and yet in the middle of those

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two decades you started Rakuten which I

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believe means optimism which is a great

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name for a company at that particular

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time would you be able to tell us a

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little bit about what it was like to

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start Rakuten during that time and also

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maybe how your experiences as an

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entrepreneur back then would contrast

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with what you are trying to set up for

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entrepreneurs today I am a very strong

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believer of the strengths of Japanese

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economy Japanese industry and Japanese

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society I think we are very very team

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oriented extremely innovative and very

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very patient sometimes too patient yeah

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so Japanese people do not complain even

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we are under the economic recession for

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a very long time but I have been very

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optimistic about the future of each fan

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and because again we are very very team

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oriented and patient and napkin is all

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about you know creating new business

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model we invented a marketplace model we

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were the first company to do so we

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invented the combining ecommerce media

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and online finance and we have been

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pursued

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different route than you know for

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example Google or Facebook or abhava we

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have been trying to create come up with

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a very very unique approach and how it's

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the market that you find it what were

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the struggles that you initially had

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trying to set up back in 1997 what was

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it that you would like any entrepreneur

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today to not have to go through that you

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went through well I think

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entrepreneurship is all about seeing

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through the corner right you need to see

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things differently

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you don't want to just follow your

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producers you don't want to follow the

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big guys you need to do some things

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differently I started that thing with

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two people never funded by any VC so the

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biggest difference between acting

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another Internet company is I still own

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like over 45% of the company and I never

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found them by VC try to grow organically

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so that has been our strengths and I

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would encourage younger people to not to

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just recopy other company but come up is

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a different concept different business

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model based on your own intuition right

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and inside yeah I mean I I just like to

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jump on to that I mean there are a lot

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of people out in the crowd there who

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have aspiring startups you know they're

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kicking off something big and I just

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read a really interesting piece by Jim

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Collins you know he's written I think

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six books on on leadership and he talks

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a lot about the way in which companies

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develop and he had one of these texts

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which was how the mighty fall and his

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thesis was that basically what happens

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is you go through five stages you know

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stage number one is hubris or success

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you know just keep on growing and

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everything becomes fantastic and nothing

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can go wrong

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then stage number two is when you don't

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think about what you're actually doing

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but you just go for this innate growth

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you keep on building up you don't have a

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strategy anymore you sort of go in every

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direction then phase number three is

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when you sort of see that things are

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beginning to go sour but you are in a

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denial so you're sort of saying nah no

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problems for me what sir this by the way

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pertains to countries as well as

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companies so goes for hand in hand then

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stage number four is what he calls a

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grasp of salvation or Hail Mary when you

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sort of try to do everything to to

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basically save the company you probably

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have a lot of companies in mind already

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at this stage and then stage number five

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if you don't correct things is basically

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death or irrelevance now the good news I

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think with Jim Collins analysis is

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twofold number one if you recognize your

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problems as a company or a country at an

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early enough stage you can turn things

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around and number two is that if you

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reach stage number four where is sort of

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Hail Mary grasping for salvation what

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you need to do is to be cool calm and

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collected analyze go back to your basics

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and then renew yourselves so a lot of

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for a lot of the startups over here

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you know whenever you are growing

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whenever you're working don't forget the

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big picture

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don't forget your values when you're

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working on things you really have to be

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self-critical throughout the process and

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that's when you emerge from a start-up

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to a successful company I think it's

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it's certainly something that we've seen

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from Estonia which I've heard described

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as a startup country it's received a

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huge amount of acclaim I think in recent

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times for its innovation for its broad

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ways of thinking and just a couple of

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weeks ago before slush today one of the

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things that we we saw coming out of

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Estonia was what's been dubbed a

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residency this idea that you you don't

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need to live in a country to start a

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bank account to start a company can you

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tell us a little bit about the thinking

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behind this and your aims and what you'd

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like to achieve well I guess we do some

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things a start-up way I mean we are

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aiming for fast development both

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economically and other aspects of the

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society and this means also that we of

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course have to learn from others but we

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have to we need to have this courage to

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do things differently to

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do things even better and this sometimes

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means that other things that we are

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slightly crazy for doing that what we do

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we have been successful in doing that so

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far and and I think this ear esident see

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concept could be very well the next

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success story because some say that in

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Estonia we do have the best digital

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eServices for public sector and private

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sector for that matter and this actually

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is based on something that was founded

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15 years ago a long time ago so 90s and

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this was digital secure identification

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for each and every Estonian and and once

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we have had that on at place we have

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been able to build on that all kinds of

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services be tax authority be health

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services be voting whatever everything

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can be built on and private services as

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well so once we have that in place there

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is endless of possibilities and now our

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plan is to of course encourage other

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countries to have similar solutions as

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well I'm proud to say that Finland and

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Estonia will probably be the first two

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countries in the world that offer

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cross-border this kind of services as

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well but before all the countries catch

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up we are offering our own EU residency

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for those who live in Japan for example

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live far from Estonia geographically but

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they can use this ID card and they can

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login to the Australian system securely

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and q can do any transactions can can

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have their digital signature which is

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legally equal to the ordinary signature

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so this gives endless possibilities for

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business and and cooperation Estonians

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are pioneers on this and I remember my

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first visit in this capacity to dothis

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office the first thing he shows is that

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he's got no paper in his office then we

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go to their government meeting room

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there's no paper either and the next

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thing he does this takes out his pad and

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shows me his health records which were

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good you know no problem interested in

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the rest of it so what do we do I mean

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we try to tap into Estonia the

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X Road we try to work together because

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they've done a lot of good work in this

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field we're also building a big ICT

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platform which basically puts in one

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homepage everything about you your

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driver's license magistrate's ID health

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insurance and the rest of it does this

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sort of push paper away no of course you

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can still use it but if you can make

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this in a secure way it's good does it

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push you in the direction of something

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like Annie residency scheme or nice one

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which would at some stage but you know

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unfortunately there's a sense of

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conservativism as well people are afraid

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of your residency and what it means

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people have been afraid of e-voting

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which i think is rather crazy because I

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mean if you want people to vote I think

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that's a good way of doing it but the

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two things that we're trying to do in

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Finland right now and and this is sort

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of serious stuff you have to have a big

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vision number one we want to be the

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number one startup scene in the world

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and I know it sounds crazy small country

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and the rest of it but a little bit

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across the bay there in autonomy gala

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near me we're trying to create basically

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space for a lot of startups and and you

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you know what it is all about it's about

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creating a bus it's about creating an

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incentive for people to come making it

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as easy as possible the number two is we

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trying to become the data hub of this

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part of the world we're just getting the

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cable coming through the Baltic Sea from

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Germany and then we're trying to work it

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up north as well because of course

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physically the shortest route to Asia is

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through Finland and this is a way in

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which we're trying to renew ourselves in

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one way or another and Estonia of course

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is an excellent partner in all of this

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well I think that that both Estonia and

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Finland have have long been commended

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for a very international attitude

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whether that's by design or or by the

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fact that there's smaller populations so

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companies immediately think

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international from day one but it is

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something that the driven the thought

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processes I think of a lot of larger

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companies and particularly you've seen

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this in Japan with you Mickey I know

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that we've seen soft Bank recently

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invest in supercell and yourself of

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course

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you brought this this process of I

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believe

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you call it English noise a ssin to

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Rakuten this idea of changing the

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international language of the company

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can you tell us a little bit about the

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the thinking behind that and also

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whether you think it's it's

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representative of a wider international

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perspective from from Japanese companies

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right so Japanese countries companies

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has been very successful by exporting

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their you know very high-quality product

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whether it's automobile or the you know

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drink machines or the computers or

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materials the but so it was more trade

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driven the business model for rafting is

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all about service so in order to we

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globalize our service our organization

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need to become global based on that

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concept I have been thinking about how

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we can we globalize our company and I've

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once they came up with the idea maybe we

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should change our internal communication

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language from Japanese to English nobody

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has done this in the in the past and

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many people really criticized me for

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doing that some of the really big

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company CEOs call me crazy but we

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decided to do so four years ago since

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then of show language abduct and became

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English so we do even among Japanese we

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do meetings in English and that enable

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us basically two things it opened eye of

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the Japanese employees now they are

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benchmarking our global competitors and

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global industrial trends the second

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enable us to hire best and brightest

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from all over the world 80% of the

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engineers we are hiring in Japan or non

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Japanese somehow come from Finland many

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from

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in Indian countries in Europe China

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India and that diversity is really

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helping us to become more innovative so

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now English in ization is not just well

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part of what we do is a kind of a core

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of our growth I really like that

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approach and the funny thing is it

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actually culturally there's someone from

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Japan someone from Estonia someone from

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Finland funny enough we're actually very

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similar countries if you look at our

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architecture if you look at our

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mentality believe it or not we are

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actually quite shy and we open up it

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takes a little bit of one but at the

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same time there's a lot of innovation

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going on with languages and and

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otherwise and what we're trying to do in

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Finland is to become more more

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international that you refer to

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by the way Darvey rooibos is the only

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non Finnish Prime Minister in the world

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who speaks Finnish I think that's pretty

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impressive huh but in any case I mean in

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in the 19th in 1990 we had 40,000 known

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finished nationals internationals here

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in 2000 that doubled to 80,000 2010

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160,000 2020 it'll be about 320,000 and

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230

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it'll be about half a million so there

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will be approximately 10% of our

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population and we believe in

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internationalization yes we have a

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strong Finnish culture identity but with

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languages were able to expand and by

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creating opportunities actually like

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this slush we can bring it in as much

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innovation and internationals as

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possible and language just like Nicky

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said is a great strength in this because

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most Finn's actually speak English but

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very very painful process we're not

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talking about you know very English nice

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European country but we are talking

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Japan we of course the avenues can read

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and write English but they are very shy

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and they don't want to speak in English

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and they feel that they kind of feel

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embarrassed by making mistakes so I had

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to encourage 10,000 people suddenly to

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speak in English in front of many many

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people and it was extremists

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Christel process and we have but after

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four years I think finally we are even

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influencing the immigration program of

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Japan now Japanese advise Prime Minister

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changed the entrance exam of the

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university from grammar and translated

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oriented English to practically short

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end the Japanese government is gonna do

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it in 2021 so this is not just about

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rocket and this is about globalizing of

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Japanese industries I'd like that all

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the people here are they they are not

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typically shy as tony ins typically shia

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finns typically shy japanese we see

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people with shiny eyes looking for

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opportunities interacting with each

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other so i think this is the way to go

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actually and and i just like like you

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have both said I very much believe in in

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openness as a small countries what the

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only potential source for prosperity is

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trading with each other is being open to

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each other to be more diverse and tech

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related companies have the greatest

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possibilities to come global just like

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that they are the fastest developers in

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in many aspects so that's why probably

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our very open economies are very open to

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this startup scenes as well well I know

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that we're running very short on time

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now but there's there's one quick

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question I'd like to ask all three of

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you and you can answer it in a serious

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or a jovial fashion but having heard

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about all this sort of international

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innovation this this government

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innovation if you for your own countries

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could take up one policy from another

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country it could be from somebody on

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this panel it could be from any country

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in the world what would you like to be

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able to pick up and drop into your own

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politics or your your own policy that

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you think could could be a great driver

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for the future growth and prosperity of

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your countries and I'll start with Alex

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sure I'll say it in a in a serious

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manner I'd like to adopt what Estonian

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Estonia has done in terms of governance

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I think we are a year or two behind

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Estonia in this front and we really need

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to do

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linked to that which is probably not

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something that I would I think our kids

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need to learn coding at school I mean

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I'm completely hopeless

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encoding I don't understand I just see

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the C in a screen and that's it

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but coding is one I mean II governance

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from Estonia is another one that I'd

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like to adapt

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Taavi I think both in Finland and Japan

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the core of innovation is very much in

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place Japan was a very very innovative

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country already decades ago Finland has

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shown that they can very quickly come

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from a Nokia country to Angry Birds and

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type of country which means that they

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are ready for change they are having

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this innovation in place so the core

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things I think are very well in place

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and we still have a lot to to learn from

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that but of course we we can learn from

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each other and we should and finally to

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Mickey

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there are so many things we need to do

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but if I need to pick one probably a

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very very cheap and fast wireless

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connection either it's free Wi-Fi or 4G

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or 5g connection it's too expensive in

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Japan average Japanese people need to

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spend over 50 60 euros per month and

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need to commit a very hard button and

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then we need to make it cheap and fast

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well we're over all time so thank you

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everybody

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