What is the future form drawn by "Co -creation"?――I robot CEO Colin Angle × Rakuten University President Shinya Nakayama × Tech writer Kazutoshi Otani

Cumulative sales have exceeded 30 million units!Colin Angle, an i robot CEO, who has made the robot vacuum cleaner "Rumba" that has been selling now, is a secret story from the birth of "Rumba" to success when the Ilobot was established when he was a child.The first book, "Colin Angle" co -creation ", which made the world's first story in the world, was released on October 29.

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To commemorate the launch, talk events on "co -creation", which are indispensable to future businesses, have been distributed on November 3rd.

Irobot Corporation Founder and CEO Colin Angle

Established an i robot company in 1990.In 2002, Rumba, a practical robot vacuum cleaner, which was the first commercial success in the world for the first time in the world.This event is remote from Massachusetts in the United States

Rakuten Corporation Rakuten University President Shinya Nakayama

Joined Rakuten Co., Ltd. during the founding period (about 20 employees) and became the first EC consultant.While communicating the framework of business, he works on the store community.

"Colin Angle" co -creation "" author, Kazutoshi Otani

Including interviews with Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniac, he will give advice on IT, camera, photographs, design, bicycle fields, and product development.

Navigator is John Kabira

Radio personality / narrator / caster.In 1988, he turned into a navigator at the same time as the opening of J-WAVE.Since then, he has been active in a wide range of sports program MC, information program MC, television, commercials, magazines, and stage.

Session 1 Why do we need "co -creation" for future business?

While working style changes rapidly due to the spread of remote work, the power needed to facilitate communication and the entire company is in the same direction, the three people are "co -creation".Say with your voice together.

Mr. Angle, "The rise of social media and too much individualism that" collaboration is bad "is increasing, which suppresses the power to create really wonderful new things. think.

Emphasizing the importance of creating new and wonderful things by cooperating is a very timely message for those who are trying to create a new business or organization.Currently, the society we live is full of new tools and innovation, and it is necessary to have very complicated and powerful knowledge in order to release their original power.

Such knowledge is hardly compensated by a single person. "

Mr. Nakayama: "I think playing work is the most important point, and the image of co -creation at work is that the child plays in the park after school and someone says," The person who hides.This finger stops, and the flag is set up, everyone gathers and starts playing.

Maybe I'm tired of doing it all the time, but then I tune the rules a little while matching the face, and I can continue to play happily without getting tired while the difficulty gradually increases.I think it will lead to good co -creation. "

Otani: "I felt it from the time I met Colin on the first day of this book, but he's a very open -minded person.There is a pride, but I know what we are missing, and I think it's an attitude to accept it from the outside.

I think it is a very important factor in co -power.Colin is a good leader, but in the framework of "co -creation", it may be a listener.The leader is not a hierarchical relationship, but a role given in the team. "

Interesting stories about "co -creation" are still going on, but the continuation can be viewed on this official I robot official YouTube or other SNS (see the article below).

Session 2 What an engineer in the future wants to ask Colin

Currently, six students studying robotics at Tokyo Institute of Technology have appeared.Mr. Angle seriously answered questions from people who aim to be professional engineers and managers, such as "How to get over when you get stuck" and "Why did you focus on Rumba and home robots?"for example…

Questions of Kazuki Watanabe, 4 years old, in the Faculty of Machine Machinery.

"When I was developing it and it didn't work, I had to give an idea, but I didn't come out. In such a case, when I work with people, when I think for it myself, or something for ideas, etc.I want to ask if there is. "

Angle "I would like to give you two advice. One is to clarify why you are doing that research and what you want to achieve. If you lose" why "Motivation is easily lost. All studies are accompanied by a lot of challenges, and there are few examples of research projects that have been started and terminated as planned. So the fact that you feel difficult is ".It means that you are doing research correctly.

The second is related to the theme of "Co -creation".You are not alone.If you respect and create a team with those who agree with your mission, you should use the ideas and skills of the whole team.There were many such situations on my long journey of I robot.

If you face the problem and do not know how to overcome it, the company's co -founder and partner will advise you, "Have you ever thought like this?"At one point, they had a good proposal, and sometimes, their ideas were moved in a new direction, so they could find a breakthrough that would have never been considered before.rice field"

Not only students, but also business people who are stuck in work, those who want to achieve success in startups, and those who want to overcome something must be aware!This pattern can also be seen on YouTube or SNS below.

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