In recent years, the evolution of digital technology and the expansion of globalization is continuously changing the business environment. Particularly as more people are working from home and remotely due to COVID-19 pandemic, interest in happiness and health is growing globally, and it has become an important challenge for companies to improve well-being of employees which activates internal communication and becomes a source of productivity and creativity.
In order to contribute to solving this societal issue, Hitachi has developed technology to quantitatively measure people's sense of well-being by smartphones and wearable devices, and has developed a smartphone app called 'Happiness Planet' that draws out positivity in employees. Through the open experiments, in which approximate 4,300 people from 83 companies have participated, Hitachi proved effectiveness of this app. Within
The new company is expanding its previous initiative, the app business. The app will quantify organizational vitality and help employees take positive actions to achieve companies mission in both office work and work from home. Furthermore, in collaboration with local governments and industries, the new company aims to create unprecedented new happiness and well-being industries, in which measured and visualized well-being levels are used in a variety of situations, including community development, nursing care, medical care, and housing selection.
In 2017, Hitachi established the Future Investment Division to increase its medium- to long-term growth opportunities and business creation activities by Hitachi's digital technologies which captures global and next generation trends. In order to expand these creation activities further and create an innovative happiness and well-being industries, the new company adopts 'Dejima' approach advocated by Keidanren, which has both the agility of a venture with the advanced technology, and trust and sales channels of Hitachi. As a 'Dejima' style company, with its high degree of independence and openness, the new company is able to quickly create collaborations with various companies. Specifically,
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COVID-19 Pandemic has brought society to a major tipping point, and people around the world are beginning to question the meaning of business and work as they seek their primary purpose in life: happiness. We have moved from an era in which people were satisfied with material wealth to an era in which the importance of empathy and altruism is being reaffirmed, and we are reexamining our own mission and purpose in life. Through the new company, I will contribute to create a new society focusing on human well-being by scientific approaches, working with a wide variety of people.
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I am very pleased that Hitachi's Happiness technology, which contributes to improving people's well-being, will be commercialized by the new company and will be available to even more customers in the future. I am convinced that this technology visualizing the happiness of users will help enhance organization management. By examining the correlation between team well-being and operational efficiency in work from home, we expect the app to be a powerful management support tool to improve operational efficiency. By fully utilizing Hitachi's expertise and human resources to rapidly create innovative new businesses, we will improve the quality of life for people around the world and contribute to improving social, environmental, and economic values.
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