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Randstad is able to re-use and share all kinds of technology . “ We don ’ t believe in re-inventing the wheel for each country ,” remarks Tanaka .
In Japan , a very technologically advanced nation , Randstad is noticing a conservative and risk-adverse approach to change . As an American who has lived in Japan for the past 17 years , Tanaka is able to bring a more western approach to the business in order to facilitate the required changes . “ Japan is really great at innovating and thinking of new technology , but to actually adopt it into a working environment or an office is a little bit of a challenge . So , it ’ s a bit of a paradox . An important part of my role is to help facilitate the adoption of technologies , processes and ways of thinking . Mindset change is quite a bit topic at the moment ,” Tanaka notes .
Despite working within a technology framed role , it is clear that Tanaka ’ s job is heavily change management focused . “ A big part of it is the people management side , so I need to get my staff in the right mindset to be able to adopt different ways of working , accept newer technologies , or maybe even take
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