An approach to planning

Came across this in the BCG report. Just saving it here. I like the approach to planning. Iterative, adaptive yet granular plans. Along with other Best practices as a continuous learning project for any enterprise.

Harada Method

While we were visiting Japan, S Ohtani became an MVP. There was fair bit of press coverage, and I came across this matrix - his matrix.

This is called the Harada method. 

Someone here writes about it.

More can be read and found here.

And I guess, a sort of how-to is here.  (Norman Bodek)

But the simple thing of clarifying actions for long term goals and then keeping at it, the execution.

Lessons in Resilience

Report 

https://www.pwc.com/jp/en/japan-knowledge/archive/assets/pdf/from-urbanization-to-aging-society.pdf

Lessons in resilience - things to learn from.

(Best practices around the world)

Report on Japan urbanizaton and aging society - lessons for the world.

Preface:

As to why this is important for the world:

Also, for lessons in something like the following. Japan is one of the highest urbanized countries. And Tokyo is perhaps the largest metro area in the world by certain counts. Yet, one does finds the blue sky there. Something as more of the world lives in cities, something to learn from.