Judo Management in Japan

Japanesse readers feedback

Very good feedback from Japanese readers. 5 Stars book. Arigatō 日本の柔道マネジメントの読者からの非常に良いフィードバック。 とても感謝しています

Open Innovation in the Origins of Judo

Judo Open innovation

To develop the new discipline, Jigoro Kano used an innovation strategy similar to what we know now as Open Innovation, an approach for developing innovation proposed by Professor Henry W. Chesbrough in 2003. The main idea of this approach is that organizations can, and must, use external ideas as well as their own and, through […]

Apply the judo philosophy in times of disruption

Is it possible that the philosophy of judo can give us answers to face great challenges? In this video we reproduce a dialogue between Pere Alastrué, an expert in sports psychology and Ferran Agúndez, author of the book Judo management. Both are black belts 4art Dan of Judo and from their specialties give us their […]

Universitat de Girona MBA & Judo management

Judo negotiation

Developing negotiation competencies with the participants of the 2019 UdG MBA. During the workshop we have practiced the judo kumi kata (graping) incorporating what we have learned with different adversaries into the offer and counteroffer in the negotiation process. Creating trust among negotiators and learning as much as possible about our and their strengths and […]

The case method and the judo randori

Kurosawa’s first film, Sanshiro Sugata,  was based on a novel by Tsuneo Tomita about the rivalry between judo and jujitsu  (when Jigoro Kano began to develop judo from jujutsu, his efforts met with opposition from jujutsu practitioners).Sanshiro Sugata, is a thrilling martial arts action tale, but it’s also a moving story of moral education that’s quintessential Kurosawa. It´s […]

Harvard Business School & Kodokan Judo

In 1913 the Harvard Corporation authorised the continuation of HBS as independent entity. The first Dean Edwin F. Gay and his colleagues  believed business education should adhere the mission of instruction and commitment to research while also instilling in students an appreciation of the responsibilities inherent in the profession and their role as trustees of […]