"Japan's suppa ginosha movement,
like the work of nations to preserve their national treasures in the arts and
their culture, is one of the world's first government approaches
for transferring knowledge to the next generation of workers. Japan loses 10
million from their workforce during the next 4 years and over 20 million in
population by 2050. Between now and 2050, other countries face
similar demographic and economic imperatives: Russia, Germany, Italy,
Spain, Ukraine, Romania, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, and a dozen other countries
face population declines as large as 40 million. And so what Japan does with
their suppa ginosha movement will have implications about how future
workforce knowledge transfers are performed around the world. Organizational
development people in human resource departments will need to be ready with
solutions."
