en Factory to Speak at the Employee Engagement Improvement Conference 2026

En Factory Inc. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kenta Kato) will present a seminar at the “Employee Engagement Improvement Conference 2026,” held from 10:00 to 16:50 on May 26, 27, and 28, 2026. The conference focuses on how companies should understand engagement. Depending on that understanding, organizations can become either “companies that continue to change” or “companies where something never quite fits.” The event asks whether companies have made increasing systems and programs an end in itself, and whether they stop at reacting to survey scores. What organizations truly need to face is the “people” behind the numbers. What connects management and frontline teams is neither slogans nor employee benefits. What is needed is the ability to structurally understand, design, and fully implement both meaningful work and ease of working. The Employee Engagement Improvement Conference 2026 aims to refine that capability through academic foundations and practical examples from companies taking on challenges at the front line, freeing engagement from purely intuitive discussion. Event overview: Name: Employee Engagement Improvement Conference 2026: How to Build an Organization That Continues to Be Chosen Dates: May 26–28, 2026 Time: 10:00–16:50 Venue: Online via Zoom Fee: Free Organizer: BitA Inc. ou ly Company Note: The event will be held over three days, May 26, 27, and 28, with the same content each day. Program featuring en Factory: Title: Change from Within the Company, or Change by Going Outside: Designing “Connections” to Improve the Quality of Relationships Time: 12:20–13:00 Speakers: Ryuta Yamashita, Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Business, Otobank Inc. Yamashita joined Yahoo Japan in 2011, moved to Recruit in 2014, and focused on product development and new business development as head of an e-commerce business. In 2019, he joined an apparel e-commerce startup and became a director. Since February 2022, he has served in his current role as Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Business. His hobbies are jogging and visiting coffee shops. Yuma Shimazaki, Deputy Unit Manager, Life Design Unit, en Factory Inc. Shimazaki works as a cross-boundary consultant, proposing and supporting “place design” that creates opportunities for people and organizations to change through experiences outside their own companies. These include cross-boundary training services for developing autonomous talent, such as “Fukugyo Ryugaku,” “Ekkyo Circuit,” and “Leader Ryugaku.” Shimazaki also serves as co-representative of “O e HR,” a community of 1,500 HR professionals and HR service providers. Contact: En Factory Inc. Kakinuma Building 4F, 1-9-13 Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047, Japan TEL: 03-6869-6801 FAX: 03-6696-9710 URL: https://e facto y.co.jp/ E-mail: teamla ce @e facto y.co.jp Contacts: Shimazaki and Komatsu Related services: “Fukugyo Ryugaku” is a three-month training program, about one day per week, that promotes behavioral change through cross-boundary learning by solving challenges at venture companies. It incorporates peer learning and encourages transformation toward autonomous organizations. “Ekkyo Circuit” is a three-month, approximately 20-hour program in which mixed teams from different industries tackle startup challenges. Through the process of cross-boundary learning, it creates opportunities for people and organizations to change. “Leader Ryugaku” is a three- to six-month program, about one day per week, that helps participants gain a management perspective and change behavior by participating in venture company management and exercising leadership. “Teamla ce Enterprise” is an in-house-developed platform that revitalizes organizations by managing and promoting talent and information visualization, circulation of ideas, and opportunities for cross-boundary activities. The “Internal Side Job / Multiple Job Launch and Operation Support Service” supports companies in launching and operating internal side-job or multiple-job programs, in which employees take on additional work or projects alongside their primary duties.