[Event Report] ManaBe Lab CEO Junya Urachi Speaks at 'Premium Summit', Proposing 'Speed Reading as an Information Processing Skill' to Survive the AI Era

ManaBe Lab (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Junya Urachi), operator of the 'GSR Online Master School'—a brain-development speed-reading program that enables reading a book in 10 minutes—is pleased to announce that its CEO, Junya Urachi (popularly known as 'Speed Reading Teacher Shack'), spoke at the 'Premium Summit' on Sunday, May 17, 2026, a premium online summit attended by business leaders and highly motivated individuals.

The conference featured 15 experts from various fields, including James Skinner, a management consultant who introduced the global bestseller 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' to Japan and has advised numerous large corporations and government agencies. During the session, Urachi gave a lecture on the importance of 'human-side information processing capabilities' in the AI era and presented specific methods to dramatically improve them, receiving a significant response from many participants.

■Lecture Content: New Challenges Arising from Information Floods in the AI Era
In recent years, due to the rapid advancement of generative AI and the focus on 'Time Performance' (Taipa), the volume of text information to be processed in daily business and learning environments has surged. Consequently, the challenge has shifted beyond the traditional need to 'increase reading volume' to addressing 'information processing ability itself'—the skill to instantly determine key points from massive amounts of data.

In response, Urachi, a former physics teacher, emphasized the importance of the 'GSR (Generative Speed Reading)' method, which integrates neuroscience and physics, as an 'information processing skill to survive the AI era.' He advocated for the necessity of ability development based on speed reading as a first step to changing how we spend our time in life.

■About 'Premium Summit'
'Premium Summit' is an online conference hosted by Nirvana LLC, aimed at high-level business owners, executives, and highly motivated business professionals. The event held on May 17, 2026, gathered 15 top experts, including James Skinner, who continues to influence business leaders domestically and internationally with his unique management psychology. It served as a special venue for sharing reproducible insights on next-generation business strategies and cutting-edge ability development.

■About 'GSR (Generative Speed Reading)'
GSR is a brain-development speed-reading program aiming for reading one book in 10 minutes. It is a unique, systematic method based on the 'generative' concepts developed by Stanford University psychology PhD Stephen Gilligan and Robert Dilts, a leader in NLP research, combined with neuroscience.

・Addressing Contemporary Business Challenges
It aims to help individuals master reading styles tailored to their cognitive characteristics rather than just 'fast reading,' addressing concrete worries such as 'no time despite wanting to read,' 'cannot stay focused,' or 'cannot output understood content well.'

・Functioning as a Foundation for Productivity Improvement
GSR not only increases reading speed but also fundamentally improves brain processing speed and concentration, directly impacting daily work productivity. It dramatically streamlines information processing, enabling business professionals to invest time and energy into the challenges and creative work they truly want to face.

■Speaker Profile
Junya Urachi
CEO, ManaBe Lab
After obtaining a science teaching license at Kochi University, he worked as a public high school physics teacher. He mastered speed reading as a solution to solving 1,400 hours of overtime tasks annually, significantly improving his work efficiency. Based on that experience, he developed the speed-reading method 'GSR (Generative Speed Reading)' which fuses the perspectives of neuroscience and physics. Currently, he is active under the nickname 'Shack' and has provided speed-reading guidance to over 45,000 people.