Japan can tap seniors' know-how by redefining leadership

In an inclusive society, you're never too old to contribute

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For decades in Japan, "leaders" have been understood to be people, usually men, holding management positions at large corporations. (Photo by Satoko Kawasaki)

Tomoe Ueyama is an entrepreneur and the founder of Project MINT, a venture dedicated to reimagining leadership. Jody Ono teaches leadership development as a specially appointed professor at Hitotsubashi University Business School and visiting lecturer at Tokyo University Graduate School of Public Policy. She also serves as Senior Adviser for G3 Japan.

Like many women of her generation in Japan, 59-year-old Maya Muramatsu had been a housewife for more than 30 years. With her kids reaching adulthood, she signed up to take part in Project MINT, a learning community that conducts leadership development to help individuals refresh purpose and engagement at later stages in life.

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