Ep 08: PWC Partner, Jason Hayes, on Doing Business with Japan & Talent of the Future.

The Business Karaoke Podcast exists to modernize the dialogue around doing business in and with Japan for the modern global leader. Through sharing stories of both failure and success, we give global leaders with a passion for Japan, and Japanese leaders with a passion for the global market, the tools they need to operate more effectively and with impact.

Thought leadership reports, "Japan Rebooted" and "Unlocking Japan's Potential" by PwC are perfect examples of this kind of conversation. In this episode we have the lead author, Jason Hayes, walk us through the business case for culture, Japanese investment strategy and building attractive organisations for today's talent. Jason is the leader of PwC's Japan practice in the Asia region (ex Japan), a financial assurance partner based in Sydney and non-executive Director with Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies (FAJS). 

Below is the list of our conversation so you can quickly navigate and find what is most relevant for you.

💡 08:05 | Are you paying attention to the culture? 空気を読みます。 
💡 16:50 | Japan's long term play and "Goodwill Capital" in South East Asia 
💡 21:35 | Insights from "Unlocking Japan's Potential." Including; attracting talent in 2020 and challenges of merit based performance management in Japan. 
💡 30:47 | Successfully creating bi-lateral relationships and the different approaches to foreign investment. 
💡 38:50 | The role of accelerators in Japan and impact of leveraging complementary businesses. 
💡 45:05 | Developing levels of "business literacy" both in Australia and Japan to take this relationship to the next level.

If you'd like to know more about Jason, connect with him on LinkedIn or read more below.

A big thank you to Jason and a big thank you to you, the listener!

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Jason Hayes is the leader of PwC’s Asia Pacific Japan Practice (ex-Japan). He is a Financial Assurance Partner and has more than 28 years of international experience providing assurance and advisory services to companies in a wide variety of industry sectors, particularly Entertainment & Media, Technology and Retail & Consumer. He has assisted both Australian & US companies from various sectors with market entry plans into Japan and similarly, he has assisted Japanese companies with market entry plans into Australia and Asia. 

Jason recently spent 8 years on secondment with PwC in Japan up until January 2015 and he is an active member of the Australia Japan Business Cooperation Committee. He is the lead author of PwC’s “Japan Rebooted” series, “Unlocking Japan’s Potential” report and “Our Diaspora’s Got Talent: Australia’s advantage in Asia” report. Jason is a regular commentator in the media and presenter at forums on Japanese trade and investment in Australia. 

Jason is a Board Member of Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies (FAJS), which is an initiative supported by DFAT and Rio Tinto that promotes collaboration between academic institutions, industry and government in Australia and Japan.