The purpose/aim of the workshop is bringing the participants to concretely/practically reflect on the concept of ‘Legacy’ and on the possibility – imaging the future they want to create – to steer their own business model and actions to be ‘good ancestors’. The proposed format includes individual reflection activities, sharing & discussion, prioritization and selection. 

Being in Japan, the idea is to use the Kyosei approach: Kyosei can be translated literally into English from two Japanese characters which mean working together (kyo) and life (sei). From these English roots, Murakami (1992) characterizes Kyosei as “cooperative living or symbiosis.” The word comes originally from ecology, and it was not until the twentieth century that the concepts of Kyosei began to be applied to describe the business environment- referring to living and working together for the common good enabling cooperation and mutual prosperity to coexist with healthy and fair competition. Workshop structure: after sharing the Legacy concept and the path started by AIDAF, we establish a parallelism with the Kyosei: participants are invited to reflect singularly on ‘What would me the maximum expression of Kyosei in 10 years? What are (considering the present trends and challenges) the 3 fundamental elements contributing to this vision and what can your company do to contribute to such a model?’.

In the second part of the workshop participants as requested to visualize their Legacy profile (now and in 10 years), and final discussion/wrap up is conducted by the moderator.