Stamen Supports Mino City Hall in Formulating Its Vision
Stamen Inc. has supported Mino City, Gifu Prefecture, in a workplace environment improvement project, helping staff formulate a new organizational vision. Through workshops and engagement surveys, the city developed a vision centered on the concept of "just right" (chodo-ii), inspired by the local tradition of Mino Washi paper.
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Stamen Inc. (Headquarters: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture; President and Representative Director: Taihei Onishi; hereinafter "the Company") has been commissioned by Mino City, Gifu Prefecture (Mayor: Keisuke Shinoda) to undertake a workplace environment improvement project, providing support ranging from organizational development to vision formulation. In this initiative, the company conducted engagement surveys and workshops centered on voluntary young staff members, ultimately formulating a vision that likens the organization's ideal state to "Mino Washi," a symbol of Mino City.
Overview of the Initiative | Workplace Environment Improvement Project Centered on Young Staff
This initiative is part of a "Workplace Environment Improvement Project" proposed by young staff members, which began with the FY2024 policy-making training program. The vision was formulated as part of an effort to rethink work styles for Mino City employees through dialogue among staff, five workshops, and engagement surveys.
The support aimed to establish a "Mino City-style vision for 'working'" and to build a foundation for sustainable municipal organizational management.
Workplace Environment Vision Formulated by Mino City
Vision | Let's Create!! A "Just Right" Mino City Connected to the Future: Three "Just Rights" Created by Mino City
1. A "just right" sense of distance
A relationship where one can interact naturally with citizens and colleagues, neither too close nor too far.
2. A "just right" way of life
An environment where both citizens and staff can challenge themselves and live and work in their own way.
3. A "just right" change
Taking steps that connect to the future while cherishing tradition.
Action Guidelines | W.A.S.H.I
W: Value the "work-work" (excitement) feeling
A: Express gratitude to one another
S: Sincere work and feelings
H: Notice changes
I: Act with a step ahead in mind
Comment from the Mayor of Mino City
Before becoming mayor, I worked as a city employee, but at that time, the word "engagement" was not as emphasized as it is today.
I am truly proud that for this vision formulation, the staff took the initiative themselves and visualized the future and essence of the organization with their own hands. Through the workshops, they rediscovered a "just-rightness" unique to this town—not born of compromise—and seeing the staff express their true selves and passionately debate their opinions gave me a firm sense of progress toward transformation.
Mino City has now set forth "transformation" as a goal to address the major challenge of population decline and has taken a new first step. For the organization moving forward, an environment where each individual can raise their voice as a "personal matter" is essential.
Comment from the Mino City Workplace Environment Improvement Team
We proposed this project with the intention of visualizing the essence of organizational issues through engagement surveys and formulating a workplace improvement vision so that all staff can move forward in the same direction. This vision, which reflects the opinions of all staff, was created entirely by the staff themselves, from the selection of words to the design.
What we reaffirmed through the workshops is that it is not just the convenience of life, but the "comfortable sense of distance that is neither too close nor too far" between staff and citizens that is the unique charm of Mino City. By placing this value of "just right" at the core of our concept, we will continue to pursue an ideal way of being for this town where both citizens and staff can be happy.
(Mino City Hall, Workplace Environment Improvement Team: Ms. Okada, Mr. Kuroda)
Comment from Ryoji Yamada, Executive Officer, Stamen Inc.
The background to starting this project lies in the changes in the environment surrounding local governments. Currently, it is the municipal staff who are responsible for improving the quality of life for citizens and the quality of services; however, at the same time, we see a situation nationwide where it is difficult to maintain the engagement and the passion—what you might call the "soul"—of the staff. As population decline and fiscal austerity progress, I feel that when we think about where to invest, it is time to look at "people" again and rethink the way local government management is conducted.
What I felt strongly through this project is the extraordinary passion of the Mino City staff to "recreate the organization with their own hands."
Rather than having an external consultant simply present idealistic theories, we started by thoroughly gathering the voices from the front lines. This vision was completed through a process of extracting "honest opinions" from all directions and engaging in thorough dialogue.
"Ease of working" and "sense of fulfillment" are by no means mutually exclusive. I feel that this vision, which each staff member has adopted as their own, will become the driving force to improve the quality of citizen services.
About Stamen Inc.
Founded in 2016 with the management philosophy of "Delivering excitement and spreading happiness to as many people as possible." Following steady business expansion, the company was listed on the stock exchange in December 2020. It develops multiple services, including "TUNAG," a service in the HRTech field, and "Watchy," a cloud-based IT asset management and operation log management tool.
Company Name: Stamen Inc.
Representative: Taihei Onishi, President and Representative Director
Tokyo Headquarters: 5F, Bancho Kojimachi Building, 6-6-2 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Nagoya Headquarters: 1-14-8 Shimo-hiroi-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Business: TUNAG (https://biz.tunag.jp/)
Watchy (https://watchy.biz/)
Founded: August 2016
Number of Employees: 198 (Consolidated full-time employees as of the end of December 2026)
Securities Code: 4019
URL: https://stmn.co.jp/
Overview of the Initiative | Workplace Environment Improvement Project Centered on Young Staff
This initiative is part of a "Workplace Environment Improvement Project" proposed by young staff members, which began with the FY2024 policy-making training program. The vision was formulated as part of an effort to rethink work styles for Mino City employees through dialogue among staff, five workshops, and engagement surveys.
The support aimed to establish a "Mino City-style vision for 'working'" and to build a foundation for sustainable municipal organizational management.
Workplace Environment Vision Formulated by Mino City
Vision | Let's Create!! A "Just Right" Mino City Connected to the Future: Three "Just Rights" Created by Mino City
1. A "just right" sense of distance
A relationship where one can interact naturally with citizens and colleagues, neither too close nor too far.
2. A "just right" way of life
An environment where both citizens and staff can challenge themselves and live and work in their own way.
3. A "just right" change
Taking steps that connect to the future while cherishing tradition.
Action Guidelines | W.A.S.H.I
W: Value the "work-work" (excitement) feeling
A: Express gratitude to one another
S: Sincere work and feelings
H: Notice changes
I: Act with a step ahead in mind
Comment from the Mayor of Mino City
Before becoming mayor, I worked as a city employee, but at that time, the word "engagement" was not as emphasized as it is today.
I am truly proud that for this vision formulation, the staff took the initiative themselves and visualized the future and essence of the organization with their own hands. Through the workshops, they rediscovered a "just-rightness" unique to this town—not born of compromise—and seeing the staff express their true selves and passionately debate their opinions gave me a firm sense of progress toward transformation.
Mino City has now set forth "transformation" as a goal to address the major challenge of population decline and has taken a new first step. For the organization moving forward, an environment where each individual can raise their voice as a "personal matter" is essential.
Comment from the Mino City Workplace Environment Improvement Team
We proposed this project with the intention of visualizing the essence of organizational issues through engagement surveys and formulating a workplace improvement vision so that all staff can move forward in the same direction. This vision, which reflects the opinions of all staff, was created entirely by the staff themselves, from the selection of words to the design.
What we reaffirmed through the workshops is that it is not just the convenience of life, but the "comfortable sense of distance that is neither too close nor too far" between staff and citizens that is the unique charm of Mino City. By placing this value of "just right" at the core of our concept, we will continue to pursue an ideal way of being for this town where both citizens and staff can be happy.
(Mino City Hall, Workplace Environment Improvement Team: Ms. Okada, Mr. Kuroda)
Comment from Ryoji Yamada, Executive Officer, Stamen Inc.
The background to starting this project lies in the changes in the environment surrounding local governments. Currently, it is the municipal staff who are responsible for improving the quality of life for citizens and the quality of services; however, at the same time, we see a situation nationwide where it is difficult to maintain the engagement and the passion—what you might call the "soul"—of the staff. As population decline and fiscal austerity progress, I feel that when we think about where to invest, it is time to look at "people" again and rethink the way local government management is conducted.
What I felt strongly through this project is the extraordinary passion of the Mino City staff to "recreate the organization with their own hands."
Rather than having an external consultant simply present idealistic theories, we started by thoroughly gathering the voices from the front lines. This vision was completed through a process of extracting "honest opinions" from all directions and engaging in thorough dialogue.
"Ease of working" and "sense of fulfillment" are by no means mutually exclusive. I feel that this vision, which each staff member has adopted as their own, will become the driving force to improve the quality of citizen services.
About Stamen Inc.
Founded in 2016 with the management philosophy of "Delivering excitement and spreading happiness to as many people as possible." Following steady business expansion, the company was listed on the stock exchange in December 2020. It develops multiple services, including "TUNAG," a service in the HRTech field, and "Watchy," a cloud-based IT asset management and operation log management tool.
Company Name: Stamen Inc.
Representative: Taihei Onishi, President and Representative Director
Tokyo Headquarters: 5F, Bancho Kojimachi Building, 6-6-2 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Nagoya Headquarters: 1-14-8 Shimo-hiroi-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Business: TUNAG (https://biz.tunag.jp/)
Watchy (https://watchy.biz/)
Founded: August 2016
Number of Employees: 198 (Consolidated full-time employees as of the end of December 2026)
Securities Code: 4019
URL: https://stmn.co.jp/