7 New Practitioners Join Minerva-Style Leadership Program 'Managing Complexity' as Instructors

Learner's Learner Inc. (Representative Director and CEO: Kimiharu Kurokawa), which is based in Itoshima City, Fukuoka, and works on developing corporate leaders nationwide, has announced that 7 new instructors have officially joined the Minerva-style leadership program for working adults, 'Managing Complexity'. With this expansion, the program now has a total of 39 instructors.

A New Form of Learning for an 'Era Without Correct Answers'

In a rapidly changing society, an increasingly complex business environment, and a mix of diverse values, what is needed is not 'teaching knowledge', but fostering human resources who can ask questions and adapt to change through practice and dialogue.

Leadership is not something to be understood with the head, but forged in practice. Based on this belief, since the program's inception, we have welcomed practitioners who have faced decision-making and team building as our instructors.

By combining the practical knowledge of our instructors with the 18 scientific and systematic thinking habits developed by Minerva Project, the parent organization of Minerva University in the US, we provide practical, field-based leadership learning for working adults.

From Teaching Knowledge to 'Thinking Together': Accompanied Leadership Development

The 7 newly added instructors are professionals who have accumulated practical experience in diverse fields such as startup management, global business, corporate management and HR in large enterprises, editing and publishing, leadership education, and overseas entrepreneurship. All instructors bring their practical field knowledge and a critical awareness of organizational and societal issues, approaching the program with a posture of learning together through dialogue with the participants.

[Newly Joined Instructors (in alphabetical order)]

Hiroyuki Araki (Representative Director, Manabi Design Inc.)

After working at Sumitomo Corporation and Globis (Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Management), he founded Manabi Design Inc. He serves as an advisor for Flier Inc., an evangelist for CQ BANK, and a faculty member at Musashino University's Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Graduate School, and Globis University Graduate School of Management. He is also engaged in regional revitalization through the commercialization of learning. He is the author of numerous books, including 'Map of Effort', 'Lessons in Structured Thinking', 'Naked-Eye Thinking', 'Map of Self-Study', 'Reading with Your Own Head', 'Let's Go on a Journey with Straw in Hand', 'Understand Just by Looking! Business Book Picture Guide', 'World 'Bankruptcy' Picture Guide', and 'World 'Failed' Products Picture Guide'. He is also the personality of Voicy's 'Hiroyuki Araki's book cafe' and the Podcast 'Super Theory of Relativity'.

Comment

For many years, I have been involved in the learning of business professionals in various forms such as corporate training, business books, and audio media, but it is rare to find a program where the learning design is so meticulously built based on the principles of the 'science of learning'. It has also been an unlearning experience and an update to my own style. I am sure it will be a valuable learning opportunity for those who participate.

Fumio Iwasa (Co-founder/Editor, Toidoku)

At Diamond Inc., he edited management textbooks and books by business leaders, and served as the editor-in-chief of the 'Harvard Business Review' magazine. He has interviewed a total of 200 business leaders. Since becoming independent in 2017, he has been involved in content development such as books, audio, and web as an editor, while also engaging in new business and organizational development for companies. In 2025, he co-founded Toidoku Inc. and is promoting an online reading seminar business.

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Through interviewing over 200 business leaders, I have felt that in today's Japan, leadership is perceived too narrowly as a role within an organization. Originally, it is something everyone should demonstrate under uncertain situations. 'There is no correct answer, but we have no choice but to come up with an answer and act.' I believe this system, where you can practically learn the necessary thinking methods without running away from this inconvenient premise, is one of a kind.

I highly encourage those who harbor a sense of 'haziness' as a leader within themselves to participate. That sense of discomfort will be given a different meaning, and it should become a place where you can understand both your strengths and weaknesses a step deeper.

Masaru Nagura (Representative Director & CEO, FoundersNation Inc., etc.)

After obtaining a Ph.D. in fusion engineering, he was in charge of deep-tech startup support policies and entrepreneurship education policies at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. After completing the System Design and Management program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he worked in management consulting and venture capital before participating in the launch of CIC Tokyo, one of Japan's largest startup agglomeration bases. He served as the head of startup support programs. In 2025, Scalarat