LTYM - Running to the Future

Letters to a Young Manager

Running to the Future, #629
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Please note that this letter is in-process; the following are my notes

Dear Adam,

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2017 Mini-series about an 100 year old shoe manufacturer in Tokyo making a bet on the Rikuoh Running shoe. The storyline:
"Kouichi Miyazawa runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese socks). He is the CEO of the fourth generation company with about 20 employees. Due to a decrease of demand for tabi, the company is struggling to keep afloat. Kouichi thinks about launching a new product line: running shoes. For the company's survival, Koichi begins to develop running shoes using their accumulated knowledge for making tabi." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6372724/

Also see https://www.jff.jpf.go.jp/watch/jffonline2024/lineup_drama/rikuoh/

Key quotes from the series:
"What are you running for?"
"If we don't take up the challenge, we will die."
"The development of this marathon tabi is Kohazeya's greatest wish" ep. 1

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Sincerely yours,
Ed

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Takeaways:

What are you running for, the future or the past?

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