Field notes, perspectives, and research from Design Thinking Japan. https://designthinkingjapan.com/feed.xml 2026-04-28T00:00:00Z Design Thinking Japan https://designthinkingjapan.com © Design Thinking Japan https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/sushi-tech-tokyo-2026 2026-04-28T00:00:00Z 2026-04-28T00:00:00Z

DTJ co-founder Brittany Arthur moderated a panel on operationalizing AI on the Atrium Stage at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/why-we-went-racing 2026-04-27T00:00:00Z 2026-04-27T00:00:00Z

A note on why DTJ took its real-time AI work to the racetrack.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/ai-atlas-launch 2026-04-23T00:00:00Z 2026-04-23T00:00:00Z

DTJ launches AI Atlas — live geopolitical intelligence tracking AI power, infrastructure dependency, alignment, and sovereignty across 195 countries.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/why-we-build-where-we-build 2026-04-14T00:00:00Z 2026-04-14T00:00:00Z

An AI studio at the intersection of Tokyo, Latin America, and Silicon Valley — and why the intersection is the point.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/the-signals-were-there 2026-04-10T00:00:00Z 2026-04-10T00:00:00Z

Three signals. One pattern. The organizations navigating this well aren't the ones who predicted it.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/ai-literacy-for-executives 2026-03-31T00:00:00Z 2026-03-31T00:00:00Z

Most executive AI programs teach terminology. Real AI literacy is the ability to evaluate an AI initiative and make a sound decision about it.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/pilot-purgatory 2026-03-17T00:00:00Z 2026-03-17T00:00:00Z

Nearly half of all AI initiatives never reach production. The problem isn't the technology — it's the model.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/vibe-coding 2026-03-03T00:00:00Z 2026-03-03T00:00:00Z

The cost of building software is collapsing. Every organizational assumption built on 'software is expensive and slow' is now in question.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/building-architecture 2026-02-25T00:00:00Z 2026-02-25T00:00:00Z

The engineering decisions behind our Synthesized Intelligence methodology - not a pre-planned system, but architecture discovered through necessity.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/future-signals-2026 2026-02-11T00:00:00Z 2026-02-11T00:00:00Z

AI can execute anything. The strategic advantage now belongs to those who know what's worth executing. Five structural signals are reshaping how organizations compete — and every one of them is an inversion.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/dtj-microsoft-elevate-partner 2025-11-05T00:00:00Z 2025-11-05T00:00:00Z

Design Thinking Japan has been selected as Microsoft's official training partner for Microsoft Elevate in Japan, delivering human-centered AI education for policymakers and enterprise leaders.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/human-centered-ai-video-series 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Design Thinking Japan launches an educational video series on YouTube, providing accessible content on practical and ethical AI implementation.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/human-centered-ai-coffee 2025-08-08T00:00:00Z 2025-08-08T00:00:00Z

A new discussion series designed to encourage conversations about responsible AI implementation and human-centered design principles.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/dtj-microsoft-future-signals-venture-cafe 2025-08-07T00:00:00Z 2025-08-07T00:00:00Z

Design Thinking Japan and Microsoft Japan hosted a significant AI discussion at Venture Cafe Tokyo, exploring trends reshaping human-technology interaction.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/human-centered-ai-leadership-academy 2025-07-22T00:00:00Z 2025-07-22T00:00:00Z

Design Thinking Japan announces the debut of its AI Leadership Academy, a cohort-based initiative targeting executives and innovation leaders.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/future-ai-signals-fukuoka 2025-06-12T00:00:00Z 2025-06-12T00:00:00Z

DTJ's CEO and Microsoft's Director of AI National Skills presented joint research at Venture Cafe Fukuoka on the future of AI.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/lerobot-hackathon 2025-06-01T00:00:00Z 2025-06-01T00:00:00Z

DTJ partnered with Tokyo AI to host a two-day hackathon as part of Hugging Face's global LeRobot initiative, connecting over 80 cities and 1,000 builders.

https://designthinkingjapan.com/thinking/future-ai-signals-2025-report 2025-04-11T00:00:00Z 2025-04-11T00:00:00Z

DTJ releases its comprehensive Future AI Signals 2025 report, offering strategic guidance for organizations navigating AI's rapid evolution.