Kazumasa Yamada has worked on social infrastructure projects at Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Experienced new development, joint venture formation, M&A, PMI, and value enhancement for large-scale overseas infrastructure projects such as power plants and smart cities. He also gained hands-on experience implementing philosophy-based management while seconded to an operating company. Yamada subsequently studied innovation methodologies utilizing “broad-based design” and system design at the Illinois Institute of Technology's School of Design.

At BIOTOPE, Yamada integrates practical experience from operating companies with theoretical knowledge to lead long-term vision formulation, management philosophy development and dissemination, strategy formulation, business/service design, and philosophy branding for diverse organizations—whether for-profit, non-profit, or public sector. He excels at capturing the structural challenges of society and organizations from a systems perspective, leveraging the power of vision to drive nonlinear change and value creation.

Beyond consulting, Yamada has extensive experience in training and lectures on business design, system design, design thinking, and co-creation facilitation.

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三井物産にて社会インフラ事業に従事。発電所、スマートシティ等の海外大型インフラ事業の新規開発、JV組成、M&A、PMI、バリューアップ、実際に事業会社に出向しての理念経営の実装を経験。その後、イリノイ工科大学デザインスクールにて「広義のデザイン」を活用したイノベーション手法、システムデザイン等を修める。BIOTOPEでは事業会社での実務経験とデザインスクールで学んだ理論を融合し、営利・非営利・公務問わず様々な組織の長期ビジョン策定、経営理念策定・浸透、戦略策定、ビジネス・サービスデザイン、理念ブランディング等をリード。システムの視点で社会や組織の課題の構造を捉え、ビジョンのチカラで非線形の変化と価値を生むプロセスを得意としている。コンサルティングに加え、ビジネスデザイン、システムデザイン、デザイン思考、共創ファシリテーションなど研修・講演実績も多数。