Old Members Roundtable Discussion 3: The Gotanda Era (2008-2012) What supported the Gotanda Era
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What supported the Gotanda Era
Ishiwatari: I heard from Mr. LH earlier that he believes in the Chairman’s words “to change the environment.
L.H: Yes, that’s right. I realized how important it is to change the environment when I moved from Gotanda to Roppongi in 2012. At that time, I was still worried about moving to a bigger and cleaner office. But once we really moved to Roppongi, our services got better and better. We were able to hire people all at once.
L.S: It was ” like a successful IT company.”
Ishiwatari: “He said he wanted to ” (laughs).
L.S.: No, no, I moved to Roppongi when it was still in its infancy. I still think it’s not quite there yet, though.
Ishiwatari: I really think that the Gotanda group laid the foundation for Cocone. What was it that supported you during the difficult Gotanda period?
N.A: I was thinking that if Cocone should go bad, we would sink together.
S.M: I really enjoyed your work.
C.Y: It was fun. Someone was always laughing.
C.Y: We had a lot of fun and talked a lot. We always had dinner together.
N.A: We laughed and worked together, there was a strong sense of family.
H.M: Sure, we laughed all day, every day, all the time! The atmosphere was great, wasn’t it? We could hear the chairman’s talk every morning. It always made me think, ” I’m going to do it! It always made me think, “I’m going to do it! I was always bragging to my friends, “Our chairman told me this story.
Ishiwatari: What was the story about?
Y.S: Stories to encourage! A story of service! Let’s make something that people will say thank you for! I thought, “I’m going to make something that people will be thankful for. It was hard work, but I felt I could do it after listening to the chairman’s talk. I could think that there is no other company where I can enjoy working with such nice people.
S.M: CY, you were creating services at a very fast pace.
C.Y: Mr. A, who is now the deputy general manager of the development division, was very fast in development, and I thought I couldn’t lose to him.
Y.S: Now you say, “Let’s go lean! (Let’s move forward at once with a small organization.)” This is what we have been doing for a long time.
Ishiwatari: From the time when we were able to do things in a naturally “lean” organization, the number of people increased, and we became a 200-person company. We are no longer a small “lean” organization. So, once again, we had to consciously say “Lean.
S.M: Yes, that’s right. Mr. Chairman, you have always liked one presentation, haven’t you?
Ishiwatari: Small, lean, simple. Both organization and presentation. That’s what I’m trying to achieve now, but it’s always been the same. And then you moved to Roppongi. You stayed in Roppongi until you became 137 people. I am also a member of the Roppongi group.
episode
- Gotanda Period (2008): Cocone started in Gotanda
- Gotanda Era (2008-2012): Smiles abound amidst hardships
- The Gotanda Era (2008-2012): What supported the Gotanda Era
- Roppongi Era (2012-2015): And to Roppongi
- Ebisu Period (2015-): And to Ebisu!
- About Cocone and his friends in the future
