Training you can ask for

Three trainings for these problems

• When it helps

  • Everyone explains the business differently
  • New business ideas stay vague
  • It is hard to put your company's value and strengths into words
  ↓Business model diagram trainingBased on the book: Business Model 2.0 Visual Guide, Business Model 3.0 Visual GuideDraw your business on one diagram, so people across teams and roles can talk while looking at the same picture.See details →

• When it helps

  • Income statements and balance sheets are hard to read
  • When numbers come up, only a few people can join in
  • It is unclear what in your own work moves the company's numbers
  ↓Accounting game trainingBased on the book: The Map of AccountingRead financial statements as one diagram, and talk about how money flows through a company in numbers.See details →

• When it helps

  • Filling in frameworks becomes the goal, and it does not lead to decisions
  • There is too much to do and it is hard to decide what to drop
  • Strategy books and lectures alone do not make it click
  ↓Strategy game trainingBased on our product: Strategy MapUnderstand strategy frameworks together with how they connect, and know which one to use for which question.See details →

What participants said

• I saw accounting as a tool for specialists, but now I think every working person should understand it, as a way to see things from higher up.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• We got excited saying "you can't decide from this text alone!" That was exactly the kind of experience that shows why you need the Strategy Map.

  Strategy game trainingWorkshop for a design department

• Even where I thought I roughly understood, drawing it brought new discoveries, and a strange sense of "it's really well made".

  Business model diagram trainingIn-company workshop

• I came to see accounting as a kind of shared language used everywhere, like infrastructure.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• Having a map of the whole helps you understand the situation, which I thought was very good.

  Strategy game trainingWorkshop for a design department

• It was good exercise in simplifying a complex business model to understand its essence.

  Business model diagram trainingIn-company workshop

• I learned that cash is a company's stamina, and how you use that stamina matters. I also learned that deciding what to invest in, such as technology or advertising, matters in running a company.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• It was very worthwhile as a digest of the experience of business strategy.

  Strategy game trainingWorkshop for a design department

• Drawing it deepened my understanding not only of the money flow, but of what the product does and its effect on customers. I also found drawing diagrams fun.

  Business model diagram trainingIn-company workshop

• I am studying bookkeeping now but did not understand financial results. Working with the Accounting Map, I clearly understood how profit arises and how a company's equity grows.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• It made me realise again how impressive executives are. I learned a lot and had fun!

  Strategy game trainingWorkshop for a design department

• Drawing it out lets you notice what you had missed, and it all becomes clear. I'm going to read the book.

  Business model diagram trainingIn-company workshop

• Accounting seemed hard with its numbers and terms, but its structure was simpler than I thought. Real accounting is often complex, but grasping the overall structure was very good.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• The game-style programme was fun.

  Strategy game trainingWorkshop for a design department

• It was explained very clearly, so I no longer feel that accounting is not for me.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• I would like to use the Strategy Map's way of thinking and tools to move real projects forward.

  Strategy game trainingWorkshop for a design department

• Learning accounting with exercises, not just lectures, made it fun. Discussing how my decisions differed from my teammates' was interesting too.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• Thank you for the workshop! It was a lot of fun.

  Strategy game trainingWorkshop for a design department

• I realised that extremes, only defending or only attacking, are not the best way to run a company or think about accounting. Feeling how hard business choices are was a valuable experience.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• This workshop showed me how important it is to choose with the future in mind, not just what is in front of you.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• I came to understand how to read financial statements and why cash flow matters. In particular, I could feel how daily work affects the accounts, which deepened my knowledge of accounting.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• I started with no accounting knowledge and understood little at first, but the sticky notes made it clear and easier to remember.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• Predicting invisible risks was hard, and some things came down to luck, which made the system complex and fun.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

• Seeing accounting concepts as diagrams connected what I already knew and deepened my understanding.

  Accounting game trainingNew-hire training

From post-training surveys, translated from Japanese.

Past training

Beyond the three themes, we have also run training on co-creation (Purpose Model), policy (the Policy Diagram) and social issues (Issue Map).

• Accounting Map training at YKK AP
• Accounting Map training for new employees at a major engineering company
• Online Accounting Map training for new employees of a major manufacturing group
• Business Model 3.0 hands-on workshop at the Niigata IPC Foundation
• Accounting Map training for executives and managers at a human resources company
• Issue map workshops in a university design thinking course
• Strategy Map workshop for the design division of a major IT company
• Supporting the Benesse business model analysis contest
• Business model diagram training for junior staff at a general trading company
• Strategy Map workshop at a major electronics manufacturer
• Accounting Map training at a major manufacturer's sales company
• Workshop: diagrams that deepen your reading
• Purpose Model workshop on co-creation
• Business model diagramming workshop at a general trading company
• Policy Design School: policy diagram workshop
• Policy diagram training at METI
• Workshop at NTT DATA
• Nikkei × note N Salon
• Talk and workshop at a Kitakyushu City event
• Talk and workshop at NTT Resonant
• Workshop hosted by Nikkei

On the day

Every training moves through these three steps.

1. LectureSee the ideas as diagrams
2. CaseRead a real business as a diagram
3. WorkWork with your hands as a team and show each other

Shaped to your company

Any of the three themes. Choose the time, the number of sessions and how to ask.

Time and sessions

From 2 to 6 sessions over 1 to 6 months. Assignments on your own company with feedback between sessions are possible.

Two ways to ask

A ready-made package with set content, or a made-to-order training planned from your requests.

Either way, we quote based on the length, group size and material. Travel is added when the venue is far.