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3 lessons that businesses can learn from natural disasters

Takashi Mitachi |

TED@BCG Singapore

• October 2013

The Japanese are no strangers to tsunamis and earthquakes. Takashi Mitachi shares the three most important strategies they use to cope with frequently occurring natural disasters – and what businesses should learn from them.

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The Japanese are no strangers to tsunamis and earthquakes. Takashi Mitachi shares the three most important strategies they use to cope with frequently occurring natural disasters – and what businesses should learn from them.

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About the speaker

Takashi Mitachi

Disasters strategist

Takashi Mitachi, a BCG Senior Advisor, is a core member of the of World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Japan, Vice Chairman of Japan Association of Corporate Executives and the chair of its healthcare business committee. He also serves as a board member of Japan Association of UN World Food Program. He is a visiting professor at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Management.

About TED Institute

Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.

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