Diversity

The DIGITAL HOLDINGS Group has implemented a Group Executive Program comprising ability development, appointment, evaluation, and compensation functions, with the aim of developing the next generation of senior management and personnel to lead business transformation.
Each year, around 20 candidates are carefully selected from among the employees to take part in a range of programs aimed at strengthening the mindset formation and business development skills of the next generation of leaders. Candidates grow significantly by applying the knowledge and skills they have learned in the course of their daily duties.

The Proactive Learning Camp classes are held once or twice each month for young employees expected to form the core of the DIGITAL HOLDINGS Group in the future, with the aim of expanding their horizons as businesspeople, and raising their perspectives. This original program has been created with the cooperation of the consultant Katsuhiro Okamura, who also lectures at institutions such as the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University. Around 70% of the employees who have completed the training have become corporate officers or executives. Training is conducted over one year, with attendees learning about leadership, marketing, finance, etc. during the first half, and case studies in the second half.

Ever since it was founded, the DIGITAL HOLDINGS Group has nurtured a culture that celebrates the activities of employees.
Awards are presented at various forums, including the MVP announced at each company each half year, and quarterly awards in each domain.
The selection criteria are not limited to the achievement of personal targets, but also include contribution to the company (organization) in the context of its philosophy and vision, and multi-faceted evaluation by colleagues.

DIGITAL HOLDINGS emphasizes the importance of frequent reviews of targets and feedback between supervisors and subordinates, in order to promote the growth of every employee.
Specifically, employees participate in monthly interviews with their line managers to manage goals and review strengths and challenges from a long-term perspective.

This program enables employees to work from locations other than the company office, for the purpose of enhancing productivity.
At present, DIGITAL HOLDINGS only permits employees to work from home, but is considering giving them more options.

Under this program, employees are entitled to ten consecutive business days’ leave and a special allowance of ¥30,000, in addition to regular paid leave, for each three years of continuous service.
This is also referred to internally as “refreshment leave,” and is used by many employees for travel or other activities.
Many other employees utilize the refreshment leave in combination with regular paid leave as an opportunity for self-improvement by heading overseas for short-term study or acquiring high level qualifications.

It is possible for employees to change the hours they work depending on their personal circumstances, such as childcare or nursing duties.
Rather than setting a single rule for the whole group, employees are in general permitted to continue to utilize reduced working hours for childcare in units of one hour, depending on their personal circumstances, until their children graduate from elementary school.

This program enables employees to utilize up to a total of five days per year out of their annual paid leave in portions as short as one hour.

DIGITAL HOLDINGS permits employees to seek secondary work, conditional upon prior application.
By choosing secondary work in different industries with different business models, employees are able to learn knowledge and expertise that they would be unable to acquire at DIGITAL HOLDINGS. The opportunity to work together with different people, with whom they would not be able to associate in the course of their regular duties, also supports employees to grow.

DIGITAL HOLDINGS provides employees with free breakfast every morning, consisting of rice balls, miso soup, and fruit granola, with the aim of promoting a morning-oriented work style (to enhance employee health and productivity).
This program is popular among employees living alone, and those who like to start work early.
It helps employees to utilize their morning time more meaningfully.

DIGITAL HOLDINGS has introduced a “free-address” system where seating is not designated, and employees are free to work from any desk, with the aim of enhancing operational productivity by allowing employees to move seats freely as necessary for work such as inter-divisional projects.
Personal items are not placed on desks, but kept in lockers.

DIGITAL BASE is a cafe space on the 5th floor of the Tokyo Office. It can be used for events, informal meetings and lunches. Boxed lunches are sold here at lunchtime, with long lines of employees waiting to buy the popular curry lunchboxes on the twice monthly “curry days.”
After 6pm, it is place for employees to relax and refresh themselves with free alcoholic drinks.

Glass-walled meeting rooms are provided on each floor.
Informal meetings can also be conducted in the open office space, and there are also spaces where employees can meet standing up.
In addition, there is a “Nagomi” meeting space, a Japanese traditional-style room surrounded by whiteboard walls.
This space, providing a change of atmosphere, is popular for brainstorming and exploring ideas.

The company library contains a collection of reading materials, primarily “books recommended by officers,” “100 best business books” and “top MBA must-reads,” to support employees’ self-investment.
The Library is situated in DIGITAL BASE. All employees are free to browse inside the Library, and can borrow books through a specified procedure.

DIGITAL HOLDINGS has its own fully-operational white cyc studio for capturing videos and still images.

It features professional lighting and equipment, facilitating enhanced creative quality and faster production speed.