Impact Circle Supports DENSO Techno Philippines in Formulating Impact Theory for its Advanced IT Human Resource Development and Employment Creation Model

Impact Circle Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Satoshi Takahashi; hereinafter "Impact Circle") has collaborated with DENSO Techno Philippines, Inc. (Headquarters: Makati City, Philippines; President: Hirokazu Takashima; hereinafter "DENSO Techno Philippines") to conduct an impact visualization project for the company's unique human resource development programs, "DENSO Techno Academy" and "FUSION," which integrate everything from the training of advanced IT personnel to employment and practical development in the Philippines.

This project systematically organized and visualized, from an impact perspective, DENSO Techno Philippines' efforts to solve social issues such as the mismatch in the education and employment market and the immaturity of the professional culture for advanced tasks in the Philippines, through the construction of a Japan-Philippines joint development system.

1. Background and Purpose

In the Philippines, structural social issues such as a lack of employment opportunities for the youth, a mismatch between education and the labor market, and income disparity remain serious. Meanwhile, in Japan, there is an urgent need to advance IT human resources, particularly in software development, and to strengthen industrial competitiveness.

In response to these challenges, DENSO Techno Philippines, through "DENSO Techno Academy" and "FUSION," provides automotive engineering education programs to high school graduates from rural areas of the Philippines and promotes initiatives to secure stable employment after graduation. After joining the company, in collaboration with the Japan headquarters, they support career advancement into high-value-added upstream process tasks such as software design, thereby achieving both the development of highly specialized professionals in the Philippines and the strengthening of the development capabilities of Japanese companies.

Based on this background, this project organized and visualized the "Japan-Philippines Joint Advanced Human Resource Ecosystem," which simultaneously solves the social issues of both countries, as an "Impact Concept." An Impact Concept is a framework that systematically verbalizes the significance and structure of the social value created by a company, promotes the formation of a common understanding within the company, and supports dialogue and consensus-building with external stakeholders.

2. Implementation Details and Steps

1. Clarification of Regional Issues and Desired Vision

Impact Circle organized the social issues in both the Philippines and Japan that DENSO Techno Philippines aims to solve as follows:

● Philippines: "Poverty and income disparity," "Mismatch between education and the employment market," "Immaturity of professional culture for advanced tasks"

● Japan: "Decline in IT competitiveness"

Based on these, the two companies jointly defined their desired vision as "a society where the Philippines and Japan co-create and generate high-value-added labor, establishing an economic partnership that leads Asia."

2. Formulation of a Logic Model

We organized the input resources of DENSO Techno Philippines, such as human, intellectual, and financial capital, and activities such as "providing education for advanced IT personnel to outstanding local high school graduates" and "forming Japan-Philippines joint development projects." We then visualized the connections to outcomes such as "enabling Filipino employees to secure stable, high-value-added employment and income" and "gaining IT competitiveness in the global market through Japan-Philippines collaboration."

3. Interview Survey for Qualitative Impact Visualization

Interviews were conducted with local employees of DENSO Techno Philippines and employees of the Japan headquarters (Denso Techno), based on the outcomes organized in the logic model. We collected stories of feelings, behavioral changes, and changes in awareness resulting from the support, and utilized them for the qualitative visualization of impact.

4. Outcome Indicator Development

We established short-term outcomes as quantitative indicators, such as the percentage of Filipino employees engaged in upstream process tasks, average length of service, and the frequency of constructive opinion exchanges between Japan and the Philippines, and prepared a future impact measurement and monitoring system.