PeopleX Launches "Management Expert" Certification System Using "PeopleX AI Role Play"

PeopleX Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Daichi Tachibana; hereinafter: "the Company"), which solves HR challenges with AI, from recruitment to career support, will introduce a new system to fairly certify employees' talent management abilities using its conversational AI role-play service, "PeopleX AI Role Play."

This system allows for the objective quantification of talent management capabilities through AI-powered conversations via "PeopleX AI Role Play," certifying employees who meet certain standards as "Management Experts." By implementing this system, we aim to establish a fair certification process independent of subjectivity and actively promote an organizational culture where everyone can be evaluated properly and continue to grow.

Background to Introduction With the declining working population and diversification of work styles, the importance of talent management in companies has increased more than ever. However, traditional management evaluations tend to rely on subjective impressions from superiors and individuals' quantitative performance, making it difficult to fairly assess intangible qualitative abilities such as interpersonal skills and development capabilities. It is not uncommon for individuals and entire organizations to become exhausted when employees are promoted without proper aptitude assessment or sufficient training, despite the fact that the ability to perform practical tasks and management capabilities are fundamentally different.

Furthermore, the "Human Capital Visualization Guidelines (Revised Edition)" (Cabinet Secretariat, Financial Services Agency, and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), published on March 23, 2026, clearly stated that "investment in securing and developing talent with important skills (including wages)" and "introduction of a remuneration system based on jobs and skills" are crucial issues for expanding high-quality human capital investment that leads to increased corporate value. Companies are now required more than ever to objectively identify the abilities of individual employees and create concrete mechanisms to link these to appropriate treatment and development.

In this context, by utilizing "PeopleX AI Role Play," which enables role-playing and ability assessment through AI conversations, it becomes possible to objectively present abilities that were previously difficult to visualize as numerical values under standardized evaluation criteria. To resolve the black box nature of evaluations and accelerate human capital management, our company will also adopt this service internally and commence this system for fairly certifying employees' talent management abilities.

Overview of the System This system involves each employee conducting role-playing relevant to actual management scenarios using "PeopleX AI Role Play," thereby comprehensively assessing individuals' talent management capabilities.

The evaluation will use AI-based assessments of the following items:

- Safety and Trust: Was the interaction such that subordinates felt comfortable speaking their true feelings? - Grasp of Facts: Were the actual facts accurately grasped, rather than relying on emotions or impressions? - Visualization of Thought: Was the subordinate's thoughts and dilemmas brought out into words? - Deep Dive into Thought: Was the conversation delved deeper into the reasons, background, and values behind superficial statements? - Structuring Information: Was complex information organized into an easy-to-understand format? - Clarification of Expectations: Were the required roles and standards clearly communicated? - Actionable Next Steps: Was the discussion transformed into concrete actions? - Guidance for Support: Were problems that individuals couldn't solve on their own connected to organizational systems?

Employees who meet certain criteria in the assessment will be certified as "Management Experts" as proof of their advanced management capabilities. Certified employees will receive an official badge, which will raise their recognition both inside and outside the company, and the certification will be positioned as an important indicator for promotion and appointment. By linking objective evaluation with benefits, we aim to foster employees' self-driven skill improvement and revitalize the entire organization.

▼Badge printed on the business card of a certified employee (image)

Furthermore, with the launch of this system, our company has certified 8 individuals as "Management Experts." One of them is a talent who, despite not currently being in a management position, objectively demonstrated high aptitude. In addition, 9 individuals were certified at JEC Inc., a group company that provides human resource development and organizational development services. Moving forward, we will promote the improvement of management across the entire group, while also aligning with the management structures of both our company and JEC.

Future Outlook We will sequentially expand the "PeopleX AI Role Play" based ability assessment and certification system beyond talent management to a wide range of areas such as sales, customer service, and customer support.

In addition, by presenting learning content and career paths optimized for each individual based on their ability assessment results, we will achieve advanced talent development across all occupations and appropriate personnel placement based on data.

Furthermore, we will provide insights gained from our in-house operations to companies implementing "PeopleX AI Role Play," contributing to the overall productivity improvement of organizations.

About "PeopleX AI Role Play" This service allows users to conduct role-playing scenarios of various contents and settings, such as "sales negotiation practice as a sales representative" or "1-on-1 practice with a subordinate," all with an AI trainer. Individuals can practice at their own pace, anytime and anywhere, leading to reduced training costs. After practice, AI provides fair evaluations, supporting growth with納得感 (sense of understanding/acceptance).

Service site here https://peoplex.jp/ai-roleplay/

Key features of "PeopleX AI Role Play" are as follows:

(1) Practice 24 hours a day, 365 days a year AI Role Play allows practice anytime, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including nights and weekends. Individuals can practice at their own pace, regardless of time or place, which also helps reduce the workload of supervisors and trainers.

(2) Role-playing possible in various situations and settings, such as sales, CS, and customer service It can be utilized for various role-playing scenarios, such as "sales negotiation practice as a sales representative" or "1-on-1 practice with a subordinate," according to the purpose. It also has "multi-persona" functionality to simulate multiple characters and "scenario editing" functionality to add detailed settings, making it useful for practicing multi-person meetings and presentations.

(3) Eliminates subjectivity in training and achieves fair evaluation It resolves inconsistencies in guidance and evaluation by trainers, providing uniform and high-quality education across the organization. AI trainers provide fair evaluations, accurately visualizing participants' knowledge and skill acquisition, thereby supporting growth with a sense of understanding and acceptance.

If you are interested in "PeopleX AI Role Play," please download the detailed materials from the URL below. https://peoplex.jp/ai-roleplay/download/

We are currently recruiting partner companies for our partner program to introduce and support the implementation of "PeopleX AI Role Play" (this program includes sales promotion support and remuneration; contract conclusion as a partner company requires examination and certification by our company). Companies wishing to receive information about this matter, please contact us at: MAIL: contact@peoplex.jp

PeopleX Company Overview Corporate Name: PeopleX Inc. Representative: Daichi Tachibana Capital: 116 million yen (including capital reserve) Location: Shinjuku Sumitomo Building 24F, 2-6-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Business Overview: Development of conversational Agentic platform "PeopleX AgenticHR Platform" Development of conversational AI interview service "PeopleX AI Interview" Development of conversational AI role-play service "PeopleX AI Role Play" Development of conversational AI consultation service "PeopleX AI Consultation" Operation of unlimited reading service for HR and labor books "HR LIBRARY" Development of employee success HR platform "PeopleWork" Management and development support "PeopleX Management Consulting" Website: https://corp.peoplex.jp/ Service Site (PeopleX AgenticHR Platform): https://peoplex.jp/platform/ Service Site (PeopleX AI Interview): https://peoplex.jp/ai-interview/ Service Site (PeopleX Management Consulting): https://peoplex-mc.jp/ Service Site (HR LIBRARY): https://hrlibrary.jp/

Inquiries regarding this matter PeopleX Inc. Public Relations Department TEL: 03-6683-4199 Mail: info@peoplex.jp