Global Career Incubator

Japan-anchored, globally open Talent & Business Acceleration Firm

Transform Potential into Global Performance

We work with businesses and individuals at the Japan-global interface. From business direction and organizational execution to hiring, career decisions and performance at work, we help turn possibilities into sustainable results.

Enterprise solutions

For businesses

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Management & Organization Consulting

Japan-Global Expansion & Growth connects business strategy with organization, governance and execution. We help clarify what to pursue, who is responsible and how decisions become action.

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  • Review the organization and management systems as the business grows.
  • Build the execution structure for overseas expansion or growth in Japan.
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Recruitment Consulting & RPO

Hiring difficulties and early departures can have deeper causes in governance, HR systems, evaluation, culture or the way the business operates. We connect upstream recruitment design with management and organization consulting, then support execution.

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Talent Search

We help businesses recruit executives, leaders, specialists and bilingual or global talent. We connect the business challenge and the role with candidate experience, motivation and the conditions for performance after joining.

WHEN TO TALK TO US

  • Hire a leader for a new business or overseas operation.
  • Clarify specialist role requirements and assess candidates.
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GCAP ENTERPRISE

We combine know-how from individual GCAP programmes, hiring knowledge from major global companies and our consultants’ management and operating experience. Hands-on development connects learning with the work and performance your business needs.

WHEN TO TALK TO US

  • Translate development for managers and emerging leaders into action at work.
  • Develop people who can lead overseas operations or multinational teams.
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Career solutions

For individuals

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Career transition

We help you consider companies and roles, prepare for selection and make an informed career decision. Remaining in your current role can also be an option. Job placement is free of charge to individual candidates.

WHEN TO TALK TO US

  • Find companies and roles where your experience can contribute.
  • Compare opportunities and make a considered career move.
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Global Career Accelerator Program

GCAP is paid, individual career support. We work on career direction, preparation for applications and interviews, and performance at work through analysis, practice, feedback and revision.

WHEN TO TALK TO US

  • Communicate your experience and strengths effectively in interviews.
  • Develop the capabilities needed for promotion or a new role.
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Our people

Experience that connects decisions with practice.

Shinichi IKAWA

Shinichi IKAWA

CEO| Management, Business & Organizational Transformation Partner

His experience spans policy and organizational work at Japan’s Ministry of Defense, COO responsibilities at a growing company, and business management in Japan and overseas. He translates management challenges into systems that work in practice.

Ryuichiro HANAJIRI

Ryuichiro HANAJIRI

Chief Strategy Officer

Alongside financial services experience at a major Japanese bank, he has managed subsidiaries in Japan and overseas and worked in management control, internal audit and internal controls.

Shun KIYOHARA

Shun KIYOHARA

Senior Consultant, Talent & Business Acceleration

After corporate sales and profit-and-loss management, he worked in recruitment for care services and senior roles, and in establishing recruitment businesses.

Andrey Pak Tsuruta

Andrey Pak Tsuruta

Career Consultant

His experience as a recruiter at Robert Walters and a hiring leader at Google informs his knowledge of recruitment and careers at international companies.

Daiki SHIBATA

Daiki SHIBATA

Career Consultant

He has worked at IBM, Amazon and Microsoft and served as an interviewer. Within GCAP, his support focuses primarily on preparation for Amazon.

Matthew Nemick

Matthew Nemick

GCAP Professional English Coach

Drawing on sales and legal work in the United States and Germany, he provides practical training for interviews, meetings and negotiations in English.

Sakie HIGUCHI

Sakie HIGUCHI

Life Coach / Career Coach

She became a coach after working in development and business-process consulting, and supports clients in clarifying career goals and developing skills.

Meet our experts

What guides GCI

Possibility needs a way forward.

Purpose

Expand Possibility at the Japan-Global Interface

Corporate Vision

Potential Beyond Limits

How we work

COMMIT

Agree outcomes, act together, review the evidence and build capability that remains with the client.

Our service principles

Our Commitment

What GCI stands for

Purpose · Why we exist At the point of contact between Japan and the world, we expand the possibilities that people and organizations can achieve. Expand Possibility at the Japan-Global Interface

Mission · The outcomes we pursue We transform possibilities into results that can be recognized around the world. Transform Potential into Global Performance

We respect the decisions of both companies and individuals.

We respect business objectives alongside individuals’ goals and values, and help both businesses and individuals make informed decisions.

We consider people and business together.

We connect the organizations and roles necessary for business with the conditions under which people can demonstrate their abilities.

COMMIT · How we work with clients

Build the capability to move forward independently.

We will determine both the desired results and the scope of support, and will accompany you in implementation and improvement. For businesses, we transfer knowledge and methods and develop people within the agreed scope, building internal capability and independence. We provide support to individuals so that they can acquire the ability to think, choose, and act on their own, even when the environment changes.

Human × AI × Knowledge

We combine expert experience and judgment with AI-assisted information analysis and knowledge management. People are responsible for checking the output, understanding the customer's situation, and deciding what to choose and how to proceed.

We aim to become a company that continuously delivers value by connecting the experience and knowledge gained through support to investment in human resources, services, and technology.

CAREERS

Build client outcomes with us.

We are looking for people who want to support the ambitions of businesses and individuals, deepen their expertise and help shape GCI’s next stage of growth.

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Your next step starts with a conversation.

Tell us what you want to change and what is getting in the way. We will clarify the support, responsibilities and next step together.