Decline or Survival through AI-Native Management? The Path Japanese Companies Must Take in an Era of Drastically Declining Labor Force

"AEE: New Management Model for an Era of Drastically Declining Labor Force" book cover.

Explaining the essence of true DX to business leaders.

The first publication from SYNTHESY BOOKS is now available.

The introduction of the AI-Native Management Model, "AEE," will bring a bright morning to the future of Japanese companies.

In 2030, Japan is expected to lose 6.44 million workers.

Japanese companies are at a critical juncture, facing structural crises due to aging populations, declining birthrates, legacy systems, and slow decision-making.

What is needed is a transformation into a structure that halves workload while doubling compensation, with "speed of intelligence" rather than "quantity of information" as a competitive advantage. Only the introduction of an AI-Native Management Model can make this possible.

This model aims to automate, accelerate, and sophisticate decision-making through generative AI, and to drive industries by controlling robots and sensor networks. Employees will be freed from the constraints of learning operations and routine tasks, and will focus on creating new value as conductors of AI. This is the new management model: AI Enabling Enterprise.

This is not just another book about AI utilization.

It is a book that unravels the "survival strategy" for Japanese companies in the AI era.

AEE's true aim is to maximize human value with AI.

In today's world, where generative AI has become as common as a daily advisor, many Japanese companies ironically continue to operate with outdated systems, tying up valuable human resources in inefficient tasks. The harsh reality is that approximately 65% of employees experience stress with internal systems, significantly impairing productivity, and posing a fundamental question about the very survival of Japanese companies. As "AI-First" companies, wielding the speed of AI intelligence, emerge, there is only one path to survival: to establish AI not merely as a tool for operational efficiency, but as the foundation of management that embodies on-site discipline and the wisdom of experience. This is the next-generation management model, "AEE (AI Enabling Enterprise)," advocated in this book.

Freed from routine tasks, humans become "conductors" of AI.

By placing generative AI at the core of management and simultaneously linking it with physical AI that controls robots, autonomous mobile carriers, and sensor networks, we will build a management architecture that drives industry. This structural shift will also dramatically change the role of humans. Employees will be freed from tedious routine tasks and will focus on creating original value as "orchestrators" (conductors) of AI. Human creativity and the rich experience of senior employees will generate unprecedented added value.

Companies that achieve both dramatic workload reduction and doubled employee value creation – a seemingly impossible feat – will be the winners of the next era. Will they arm themselves thoroughly with AI, attract excellent talent, and build a high-wage structure? Or will they fall into a quagmire of low wages and talent drain due to a paralysis of thought called caution? This book presents a clear survival strategy to all corporate managers standing at this harsh crossroads.

[Book Information]

"SYNTHESY BOOKS AEE: New Management Model for an Era of Drastically Declining Labor Force - Corporate Survival Strategy Guided by AI-Native Management"

ISBN: 978-4-911595-24-4

Price: 1,800 yen (excluding tax)

Format: A5 variant - perfect bound

Published and Distributed by: Diamond Business Planning

[Table of Contents]

Foreword: The Lost Thirty Years and the Advent of the Age of Intelligence

Chapter 0: Only Companies That Can Inherit Management to the AI-Native Generation Will Survive

Chapter 1: The Limits of the Current Management Model and the Inevitability of Change

Chapter 2: Next-Generation Management Concept: The Overall Picture of AI Enabling Enterprise

Chapter 3: Management Architecture: The Essentials of AEE

Chapter 4: First Component: Sophistication of Decision-Making through Digital Corporate OS

Chapter 5: Second Component: Redefinition of the Labor Force through Employee Empowered by AI

Chapter 6: Third Component: Autonomous Physical Infrastructure through Automated Infrastructure

Chapter 7: Fourth Component: Flexible Business Design through Software Defined Business Process

Chapter 8: Digital Architecture: Hierarchical Structure with 9 Management Centers

Chapter 9: Driving Transformation: The Sustainable Direction Model and Ghost in the Enterprise

Chapter 10: How Will Organizations and Work Styles Change?

Chapter 11: Special Interview with an Expert

Chapter 12: Transformation to AI Enabling Enterprise: Survival Beyond Uncertainty

Chapter 13: 2030 Labor Reduction Program and 2030 Compensation Doubling Program

Conclusion: Turning an Uncertain Future into a Certain Strength - Final Recommendations for AI Enabling Enterprise

[Authors]

Syhthesy Inc. (Shinsechii)

A consulting firm that achieves sustainable corporate growth by integrating cutting-edge technology and management reform. It supports everything from strategy formulation and DX conceptualization to operational and organizational reform, system implementation, and operational sophistication, promoting improvements in corporate value that go beyond mere IT implementation.

Professionals well-versed in AI/data utilization, cloud, and enterprise systems structure management issues and translate them into actionable reforms. Its strengths lie in its ability to combine a CxO-level perspective with on-site implementation capabilities to achieve results that do not end with conceptualization.

Through collaboration with partner companies, it has established a system that covers consulting, implementation, and operation. It consistently supports client companies in strengthening their competitiveness and creating new value.