Stamen Supports Mino City Hall in Developing its Vision

Stamen Inc. (Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, President and CEO: Taihei Onishi, hereinafter "the Company") has been commissioned by Mino City, Gifu Prefecture (Mayor: Keisuke Shinoda) for its workplace environment improvement project, supporting the organization's development and vision creation. In this initiative, an engagement survey and workshops primarily involving young employees were conducted to formulate a vision that likens Mino City's symbolic "Mino Washi" (Mino paper) to the organization's way of being.

Overview of the Initiative | Workplace Environment Improvement Project Centered on Young Employees

This initiative is part of the "Workplace Environment Improvement Project" proposed by young employees, which began with the FY2024 Policy Planning Training. The vision was formulated as part of an effort to re-examine how Mino City employees work, through dialogue among employees themselves, five workshops, and an engagement survey.

The support aims to establish the foundation for sustainable municipal organization management by formulating a "Vision for Working in a Mino City Way."

Workplace Environment Vision Formulated by Mino City

Vision | Let's Create!! "Just Right" That Connects to the Future - Mino City's Three "Just Rights"

① "Just Right" Distance

A natural relationship with citizens and among employees, neither too close nor too far.

② "Just Right" Way of Life

An environment where both citizens and employees can challenge themselves and live and work in their own way.

③ "Just Right" Change

While cherishing tradition, take steps that lead to the future.

Action Guidelines | W.A.S.H.I

W: Cherish the feeling of "Waku Waku" (excitement)

A: Express gratitude to each other

S: Sincere work and feelings

H: Notice changes

I: Act with the next step in mind

Comment from Mino City Mayor

Before becoming mayor, I worked as a city employee, and at that time, the word "engagement" was not emphasized as much as it is now.

I am truly proud that the employees themselves initiated this vision development, visualizing the essence and future of our organization with their own hands. Through the workshops, we rediscovered the unique "just right" quality of this town, which is not a compromise, and I felt a sure sense of change as employees passionately debated, showing their true selves.

Mino City is now taking its first step forward with "transformation" in the face of the major challenge of population decline. For the organization going forward, an environment where each individual can speak up as if it were their own issue is essential.

Comment from Mino City Workplace Improvement Team

This project was planned with the intention of visualizing the essence of organizational issues through an engagement survey and formulating a workplace improvement vision, so that all employees can move forward in the same direction. This vision, which reflects the opinions of all employees, was created entirely by the employees themselves, from the selection of words to the design.

What we reconfirmed through the workshops is that the comfortable "just right" distance between employees and citizens, not just the convenience of daily life, is the unique charm of Mino City. With this "just right" value as the core concept, we aim for a unique town where both citizens and employees can be happy...