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Welcome to Kenichi Saito‘s E-learning Program to empower your problem solving capabilities

This Problem Solving Course is to learn how to empower your problem solving capabilities that can enhance corporate and organizational performance.

This e-learning course is created and facilitated by Kenichi Saito who was a partner and responsible for human resource development at McKinsey & Company Japan. He has taught more than 20,000 people including foreign business persons in/from overseas. This course is based on practical learning, not academia, and is designed to change yourself and thus your company.

  
  

  

WHAT YOU LEARN

  • The importance of being customer-centric and how to achieve it
  • Understanding critical issues which hinder business performance
  • Information gathering and analytical methods necessary for issue findings
  • Questioning and discussion skills to understand customers’ needs/wants and issues
  • Logical thinking which is necessary to discover and solve critical issues
  • The capabilities which are required to persuade others
  • Methods to strengthen attractiveness as a business person and how to involve others

  

  

WHO WILL BENEFIT

Business persons. Especially, newcomers, young people, and potential leaders

  
  

Level Beginner to intermediate level
Format Online, Self-paced
Time to complete 10 hours
Course access 90 days
Language English
Price 110,000-yen(Tax included)
  

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3 BENEFITS

  • The lecturer is Kenichi Saito, who was a partner and responsible for Human Resource Development at McKinsey & Company Japan
  • Learn logical thinking that is indispensable for developing solutions for enhancing corporate performance
  • Easy to apply in practice after the course learning since the contents were created based on the competencies acquired by his own consulting activities

  
  

  
  

5 FEATURES

  • You can take the course anytime, anywhere, because it is e-learning, you can take the course on your PC or smartphone
  • Each theme takes about 1 hour. You can also use it while commuting to work or school
  • This course is recommended for those who are learning problem solving for the first time
  • After 10 hours of lectures, there is Final Exam to make sure you have made progress
  • Repeated viewings for 90 days from the start date of the course will ensure that your problem-solving capabilities become your own

 
  


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CONTENTS

1st period Why is it important to learn how to think

  • Japanese companies can no longer grow
  • Why did that happen?
  • What is required of us for contributing better performance?
2nd period How can we learn “Problem Solving Approach”

  • You can’t learn “Problem Solving Approach” the way you used to learn it in school
  • Finding critical issues is more important than developing solutions
  • Problem Solving thinking requires ingenuity and brain control to evolve it continuously
3rd period Learn how to identify critical issues

  • Gather and analyze basic data to understand what issues you face
  • Interview customers to understand strategic and infrastructure issues
  • Logically derive critical issues from data analysis and interview results
4th period Learn how to collect information

  • Finding the scope of information needed for Problem-Solving
  • Collect information to understand company’s performance and issues
  • Collect information to understand the market and customers
5th period How to conduct effective Interviews

  • Understand why questioning and dialogue skills need to be learned
  • Effective interviews require good preparation
  • Understand the basics to ensure high quality interviews
6th period Learn how to analyze

  • Purpose for making chart
  • Create ”data chart”
  • Find issues from chart/deliver your message smoothly
7th period Logical thinking-Drawing conclusions from what is understood

  • Organize information in a framework
  • Understand the basics of framework creation
  • Summarize the facts found by Inductive Reasoning
8th period How to use inductive reasoning and derive solutions

  • Know the points of making mistakes
  • Understand implications of what are found
  • Learn how to develop solutions
9th period Story writing and presentation

  • Know the points of making mistakes
  • Understand implications of what are found
  • Learn how to develop solutions
10th period Improve ourselves and involved people

  • Improve ourselves to get people interested in us
  • Create opportunities to interact with others
  • Enhance communication skills
Final Exam Web-based (multiple choice)

  • Certificate of completion will be awarded to successful applicants

  

    


  
  
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LECTURER

Kenichi Saito

– Managing Director of ForeSight& Company
– Representative of a board of directors for Problem Solving Capabilities Certification Association

1975 Joined McKinsey & Company, Japan as a Business Analyst
1987 Elected to be a Partner
1989 – 1995 Deputy Office Manager of Osaka Office
1996 – present Founder and Managing Director of ForeSight & Company
2005 – 2017 Professor of Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business
2010 – 2017 Professor of BBT University
2017 Representative of a board of directors for Problem Solving Capabilities Certification Association

Graduated from International Christian University
Ken Saito has served for over 60 companies since foundation in the industries of Apparel, Automobile, Chemistry, Electronics, Analytical equipments, Food services, Pharmaceutical, Real Estate, Wholesale trading and more. Domain of the project is also wide from product market strategies to sales force management, entry strategy, human resource management, and R&D activities to improve clients’ competitiveness.
To ensure the performance improvement of the clients, Ken has created and conducted Problem Solving Capability Training programs Training programs to develop thinking skills of the individual client team members. Recently, he also developed Leadership Training Program for the managers and Interview Skill Training Program for the managers and sales people.
  

Publication:

  • Practice of Problem Solving Approach, (Co-author with Kenichi Ohmae), Shogakukan, Japan, 2003
  • Essential for Problem Solving Professionals, Diamond, Japan, 2006
  • Taiwanese Version of Essential for Problem Solving Professionals, Azoth Books, Taiwan, 2007
  • Problem Solving Capabilities for Sales persons, Goma Books, Japan, 2007
  • New Version, Essential for Problem Solving Professionals, Diamond, Japan, 2012
  • Training for Problem Solving Skills, Diamond, Japan, 2016
  • Quickly Understand Business Education:Problem-Solving, Shin-sei, Japan, 2023

  
  


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OUR MISSION

ForeSight&Company offers the professional value for sustainable improvement of the clients’ business performance.
  
  

  
  

OUR ROLE

Our role is to help grow clients` business performance and their problem-solving capabilities. Especially we desire to work with people who have a strong desire to grow and a passion to make their companies and organizations better by equipping them with problem solving

  

  

WHAT WE OFFER

Consulting projects and problem solving training programs are led by Kenichi Saito, former McKinsey’s partner and Human Resource Development Director who has nurtured many excellent consultants. Our consulting and training approaches are developed based on the learning and experiences from consulting activities working closely with clients’ executives and outstanding members with an awareness of the issues.

Consulting alone is not enough to enhance clients’ performance. This is why we aim to develop world class corporate people through developing problem solving capability of the client companies.

    
  

  

  

OUR GOAL FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

The world has changed a lot, and companies are now expected to make drastically changes as well. What is important now more than ever is to nurture “people who desire growth“, so we ForeSight&Company teach them capabilities to find critical issues, derive solutions and conduct them to improve business performance. We call this “Nurturing Problem Solvers”.

Problem solvers need to understand the problem solving approach and logical thinking, while at the same time they need to gain human attractiveness to influence the people around them and their customers. Our goal is to develop such human resources.

  
  


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Course Outline
Welcome to Kenichi Saito’s E-learning Program to empower your problem solving capabilities

  
This Problem Solving Course is to learn how to empower your problem solving capabilities that can enhance corporate and organizational performance.
This e-learning course is created and facilitated by Kenichi Saito who was a partner and responsible for human resource development at McKinsey & Company Japan. He has taught more than 20,000 people including foreign business persons in/from overseas. This course is based on practical learning, not academia, and is designed to change yourself and thus your company.
  
  

  

WHAT YOU LEARN

  • The importance of being customer-centric and how to achieve it
  • Understanding critical issues which hinder business performance
  • Information gathering and analytical methods necessary for issue findings
  • Questioning and discussion skills to understand customers’ needs/wants and issues
  • Logical thinking which is necessary to discover and solve critical issues
  • The capabilities which are required to persuade others
  • Methods to strengthen attractiveness as a business person and how to involve others

  

  
  

WHO WILL BENEFIT

  
Business persons. Especially, newcomers, young people, and potential leaders

  

Level Beginner to intermediate level
Format Online, Self-paced
Time to complete 10 hours
Course access 90 days
Language English
Price 110,000-yen(Tax included)

  


Apply Now

  

  

3 BENEFITS

  • The lecturer is Kenichi Saito, who was a partner and responsible for Human Resource Development at McKinsey & Company Japan
  • Learn logical thinking that is indispensable for developing solutions for enhancing corporate performance
  • Easy to apply in practice after the course learning since the contents were created based on the competencies acquired by his own consulting activities

  

  
  

5 FEATURES

  • You can take the course anytime, anywhere, because it is e-learning, you can take the course on your PC or smartphone
  • Each theme takes about 1 hour. You can also use it while commuting to work or school
  • This course is recommended for those who are learning problem solving for the first time
  • After 10 hours of lectures, there is Final Exam to make sure you have made progress
  • Repeated viewings for 90 days from the start date of the course will ensure that your problem-solving capabilities become your own

  


Apply Now

  
  

  

Browser and Computer requirements

  

Please see below for the recommended environment for WisdomBase

PC

┃Windows
・Recommended Browser
  ・Google Chrome latest version
  ・Microsoft Edge latest version
・Other browsers
  ・FireFox latest version

┃macOS
・Recommended Browser
  ・Google Chrome latest version
  ・Microsoft Edge latest version
・Other browsers
・FireFox latest version
・Safari latest version

Smartphones / Tablets

┃iPhone / iPad (iOS / iPadOS)
・Recommended Browser
・Safari latest version
┃Android (Android OS)
・Recommended browser
・Google Chrome latest version

Browser Settings

┃Enabling Cookies
・Our service uses cookies to manage the information necessary to maintain your connection after logging in (session management). If cookies are disabled in your browser settings, you may not be able to log in to the service, so please set your browser to accept cookies.
Enabling JavaScript
・Our services use JavaScript for better service. Please set JavaScript to  ”Enable” in your browser’s settings screen in order to use the functions of our services.
Environment for TLS 1.2 encrypted communication
 ・Please use “TLS 1.2” compatible devices and browsers.

    


Apply Now

 
Curriculum

CONTENTS

1st period Why is it important to learn how to think

  • Japanese companies can no longer grow
  • Why did that happen?
  • What is required of us for contributing better performance?
2nd period How can we learn “Problem Solving Approach”

  • You can’t learn “Problem Solving Approach” the way you used to learn it in school
  • Finding critical issues is more important than developing solutions
  • Problem Solving thinking requires ingenuity and brain control to evolve it continuously
3rd period Learn how to identify critical issues

  • Gather and analyze basic data to understand what issues you face
  • Interview customers to understand strategic and infrastructure issues
  • Logically derive critical issues from data analysis and interview results
4th period Learn how to collect information

  • Finding the scope of information needed for Problem-Solving
  • Collect information to understand company’s performance and issues
  • Collect information to understand the market and customers
5th period How to conduct effective Interviews

  • Understand why questioning and dialogue skills need to be learned
  • Effective interviews require good preparation
  • Understand the basics to ensure high quality interviews
6th period Learn how to analyze

  • Purpose for making chart
  • Create ”data chart”
  • Find issues from chart/deliver your message smoothly
7th period Logical thinking-Drawing conclusions from what is understood

  • Organize information in a framework
  • Understand the basics of framework creation
  • Summarize the facts found by Inductive Reasoning
8th period How to use inductive reasoning and derive solutions

  • Know the points of making mistakes
  • Understand implications of what are found
  • Learn how to develop solutions
9th period Story writing and presentation

  • Know the points of making mistakes
  • Understand implications of what are found
  • Learn how to develop solutions
10th period Improve ourselves and involved people

  • Improve ourselves to get people interested in us
  • Create opportunities to interact with others
  • Enhance communication skills
Final Exam Web-based (multiple choice)

  • Certificate of completion will be awarded to successful applicants

  

  


Apply Now

  

  

SAMPLE CHARTS

  


Apply Now

  
About us

LECTURER

  

Kenichi Saito
Managing Director of ForeSight& Company
Representative of a board of directors for Problem Solving Capabilities Certification Association

  

1975 Joined McKinsey & Company, Japan as a Business Analyst
1987 Elected to be a Partner
1989 – 1995 Deputy Office Manager of Osaka Office
1996 – present Founder and Managing Director of ForeSight & Company
2005 – 2017 Professor of Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business
2010 – 2017 Professor of BBT University
2017 Representative of a board of directors for Problem Solving Capabilities Certification Association

Graduated from International Christian University
Ken Saito has served for over 60 companies since foundation in the industries of Apparel, Automobile, Chemistry, Electronics, Analytical equipments, Food services, Pharmaceutical, Real Estate, Wholesale trading and more. Domain of the project is also wide from product market strategies to sales force management, entry strategy, human resource management, and R&D activities to improve clients’ competitiveness.
To ensure the performance improvement of the clients, Ken has created and conducted Problem Solving Capability Training programs Training programs to develop thinking skills of the individual client team members. Recently, he also developed Leadership Training Program for the managers and Interview Skill Training Program for the managers and sales people.
  

Publication:

  • Practice of Problem Solving Approach, (Co-author with Kenichi Ohmae), Shogakukan, Japan, 2003
  • Essential for Problem Solving Professionals, Diamond, Japan, 2006
  • Taiwanese Version of Essential for Problem Solving Professionals, Azoth Books, Taiwan, 2007
  • Problem Solving Capabilities for Sales persons, Goma Books, Japan, 2007
  • New Version, Essential for Problem Solving Professionals, Diamond, Japan, 2012
  • Training for Problem Solving Skills, Diamond, Japan, 2016
  • Quickly Understand Business Education:Problem-Solving, Shin-sei, Japan, 2023

  
  

Apply Now

  
  
  

  

OUR MISSION

  
ForeSight&Company offers the professional value for sustainable improvement of the clients’ business performance.
  
  

  
  

OUR ROLE

Our role is to help grow clients` business performance and their problem-solving capabilities. Especially we desire to work with people who have a strong desire to grow and a passion to make their companies and organizations better by equipping them with problem solving

  

  

WHAT WE OFFER

  
Consulting projects and problem solving training programs are led by Kenichi Saito, former McKinsey’s partner and Human Resource Development Director who has nurtured many excellent consultants. Our consulting and training approaches are developed based on the learning and experiences from consulting activities working closely with clients’ executives and outstanding members with an awareness of the issues.

Consulting alone is not enough to enhance clients’ performance. This is why we aim to develop world class corporate people through developing problem solving capability of the client companies.
  
  

Apply Now