{"id":494,"date":"2022-08-25T19:28:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T10:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/?post_type=webzine&p=494"},"modified":"2023-09-06T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:13:32","slug":"shizenkan-noda-commons-20220825","status":"publish","type":"webzine","link":"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/webzine\/shizenkan-noda-commons-20220825\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect the Commons – Tomoyoshi Noda(Shizenkan University)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article is reprinted from the business magazine “WORK MILL with Forbes JAPAN EXTRA ISSUE \u2013 FUTURE IS NOW” (2020\/06). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Graduate School of Leadership and Innovation Shizenkan University promotes the education of 22nd century business leaders. Tomoyoshi Noda, who has taught at various international business schools such as London Business School and graduate business school INSEAD in France, serves as chair of Shizenkan University. As Covid-19 has plunged the world into a state of crisis, Noda worries that \u201cthe commons\u201d will disappear from society. Not only the loss of the arts, but also the loss of public places such as drinking districts and shopping streets with rows of privately owned stores \u2013 referred to as \u201cthe commons\u201d \u2013 may lead to cities and eventually the whole world taking on a homogeneous appearance. What must we do to preserve these rich ecosystems in human society?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the end of February 2020, Shizenkan University was among the first to initiate telework. After trying it out, we found that the digital world was even more convenient than we had ever imagined, as I\u2019m sure you all experienced as well. Employees didn\u2019t have to come in to work, and there were hardly any difficulties in getting things done. But at the same time, we held great misgivings. Although there were no issues regarding productivity, we were afraid that if this situation were to continue, we might lose some of the richness of human experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the real world, whether we like it or not, we are forced to interact with many different people. At work, there will be people you see eye to eye with, and others you do not. When going out for drinks, there might be some people in the group you dislike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relationships also start from chance encounters. Through spending lots of time together in the same high school class or college seminar, you may even come to like someone who was not the type you would usually be interested in. Emotions are born through coming in contact with others through these kinds of encounters, and rich human relationships are formed. Thus, we can come to fully understand people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the digital world, on the other hand, we can keep people at arm\u2019s length if we chose to do so. Even with dating, we can use social media or dating apps to filter people out based on characteristics such as age, appearance, or hobbies. And if an online drinking party or meeting turns out to be boring, we can always get out of it by making up some excuse and disabling our internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should we really be so excited about the freedoms that the digital world brings? As digitalization progresses, we need to bear in mind the fact that there is meaning hidden in the things we would prefer to avoid. It is essential that we face the things we don\u2019t want to face and maintain the richness of such encounters. We must also think about how organizations should be operated and managed, both fundamentally and in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n

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