Reading Notes: 'Corona Shock Survival: Japan Economic Recovery Plan' by Kazuhiko Toyama

Reading notes on Kazuhiko Toyama's 'Corona Shock Survival.'

Reading Notes: 'Corporate Transformation: Remaking Japanese Companies' by Kazuhiko Toyama

Reading notes on Kazuhiko Toyama's 'Corporate Transformation.'

Reading Notes: 'リーダーの仮面――「いちプレーヤー」から「マネジャー」に頭を切り替える思考法' (The Leader's Mask: How to Switch from 'Player' to 'Manager' Mindset) by Hirohiro Ando

Reading notes on Hirohiro Ando's 'The Leader's Mask' and the Shikigaku view of management, with quotes and comments.

Reading Notes: 『絶望しきって死ぬために、今を熱狂して生きろ』(To Live Passionately Now in Order to Die in Complete Despair) by Kenjo Toru

Notes from Toru Kenjo's sequel about strategic communication, management intuition, and living without regrets.

Reading Memo: 'Creating Management Teams that Co-create the Future' by Yoshiyuki Suzuki

Reading notes on Yoshiyuki Suzuki's book about sparking real dialogue inside a management team.

Reading Notes: 'Managers Must Not Flee to Profits' by Susumu Fujita

Reading notes on Susumu Fujita's HBR interview about exit decisions and resisting the comfort of profits.

Reading Notes: 『人月の神話』(The Mythical Man-Month) by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

Notes on Brooks's classic on software project management — Brooks's law, surgical teams, and milestones.

Reading Notes: 'ＮＯＩＳＥ　組織はなぜ判断を誤るのか？' (NOISE: Why Organizations Make Wrong Decisions) by Daniel Kahneman

Notes on Daniel Kahneman's 'NOISE' and how to reduce noise in organizational decision-making.

Reading Log: 'Ōkina Uso no Ki no Shita de ～Boku ga OWNDAYS wo Keiei shinagara Kangaete ita 10 no Uso.～' (Under the Big Lie Tree ～10 Lies I Was Thinking About While Managing OWNDAYS～) by Shuji Tanaka

Reading notes from the OWNDAYS CEO on money as exchange, trust, and professional preparation.

Product Strategy Development Practical Introduction - BtoB Edition

A curated reading list of references and case studies for developing a BtoB product strategy.

Business books recommended by a fashion e-commerce startup CEO

Business book picks on leadership and transformation, recommended by a fashion e-commerce startup CEO.

108 things to do first when contract development starts

A kickoff checklist for contract dev projects covering tooling, product owner, priorities, and release flow.

Development Project That Kills All Motivation

Reflections on a development project with no market research or revenue estimates that killed engineer motivation.

Why Narcissistic Leaders Resist Remote Work — A Reflection from Running a Fully Remote Organization

A Wharton team has published evidence that the more narcissistic a leader is, the more they resist remote work. The reason isn't productivity or culture, but the loss of the power and status that in-person work supplies. From the seat of an executive and CTO running a fully remote organization, I reflect on this uncomfortable finding a step removed: auditing your own motives, the hidden costs of return-to-office mandates, and remote work as a governance mechanism.

The Origin of Software Engineer Culture: 'Personal User Manual / Public User Guide'

Tracing the origin of the Personal User Manual culture back to Urs Hölzle's A Guide To Urs and beyond.

Articles and Books I Referenced for Setting Qualitative and Quantitative Goals

Articles and books I referenced for setting qualitative and quantitative goals.

Reading Notes: 'The Startup: Internet Entrepreneurship! Let That Fool Give It a Try'

Notes from 'The Startup' on the commando/general/bureaucrat archetypes and the turning-point gambles founders make.

Reading Notes: 'Japanese Dream - E-Revolution Declaration by a 26-year-old Listed Company President!' by Susumu Fujita

Notes from Susumu Fujita's 'Japanese Dream' on eliminating person-dependency to build a strong organization.

Reading Notes: 『HIGH OUTPUT MANAGEMENT』by Andrew S. Grove

Notes from 'High Output Management' on managerial leverage, one-on-ones, and task-relevant maturity.

Reading Notes: 'Cutting-Edge Business Theory They Don't Teach in Business School'

Reading notes on 'Cutting-Edge Business Theory They Don't Teach in Business School', covering knowledge exploration, transactive memory, and leadership styles.

Reading Notes: 『Who You Are（フーユーアー）君の真の言葉と行動こそが困難を生き抜くチームをつくる』(What You Do Is Who You Are) by Ben Horowitz

Reading notes from Ben Horowitz's 'What You Do Is Who You Are', focused on culture, priorities, and decision-making styles.

Recommended Books for New Employees

Recommended books for new employees covering onboarding and the purpose of 1on1s.

Thinking About When Operating Companies Should Do Contract Development

Why an operating company shouldn't take contract dev during its own service's peak season, using an e-commerce year-end as the example.

Reference Books and Articles for Understanding Software Accounting

Books and articles I used to understand software accounting from an engineering-leader perspective.

Books Read by a Startup Engineer-CEO to Create a Business Plan

The books a startup engineer-CEO read to build a business plan from scratch.

The Debt of Being Unable to Decide

A short note on the debt that piles up when a startup can't decide who owns each call.

Hiring Plans Should Be Cautious Even After Successful Fundraising

Why hiring plans still need to be cautious after fundraising — spell out the role and its day-one work before interviewing.

Recommended Books for Directors/Executive Officers/Management of Tech Startups

Four book recommendations for tech-startup directors and managers, each linked to my reading notes.