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Learning that moves people.
We turn what we learn through real-world work into talks, workshops and immersive experiences that help people understand complex issues, connect them to their own context and see what they can do next.
We work with companies, universities, international groups and communities in English, Japanese or both.
WAYS WE WORK
Different formats for different challenges.
From a one-hour session for hundreds of people to a multi-day learning experience, we shape the format around what you want participants to understand, explore or do differently.
Talks & Seminars
Make complex issues relevant.
Story-led sessions that help people understand why social and
environmental challenges matter to them, their work and the choices
they make.
Workshops & Offsites
Create space for deeper engagement.
Participatory experiences combining learning with dialogue,
reflection, ideation and action, designed around the people in
the room and what you want to change.
Japan Immersion
Understand social innovation in context.
Immersive learning experiences combining talks, facilitated
discussion, site visits and conversations with practitioners,
entrepreneurs and communities in Japan.
“Social Innovation Japan made our program fun, interactive, and memorable. It has changed the way I see my work and helped me feel more purpose in my day-to-day”
Designed around the people in the room.
We do not start with a fixed curriculum.
We start with three questions:
Who is in the room?
What do you want them to leave with?
What kind of experience will help them get there?
The responses to these might mean a 60-minute interactive session, a bilingual leadership workshop, a full-day experience outside the office or a longer learning journey.
What this can look like
Making sustainability personal at scale
For a major Japanese technology company, we designed a story-led sustainability session for employees, including people who had not actively chosen to engage with the topic.
Taking learning outside the meeting room
For a global automotive brand, we created a full-day experience in Hayama combining a coastal hike, guest conversation, mindfulness, plant-based food, a beach clean and reflection.
Rather than another meeting-room workshop, the experience gave participants a direct connection with nature, place and action.
The engagement later led to follow-on implementation support.
Experiencing social innovation in Japan
Our Japan programs bring international groups into conversation with practitioners, entrepreneurs, communities and real-world initiatives.
Participants experience social innovation in its local context rather than only learning about it in a classroom. Previous partners and visiting groups include: Brazilian CEO delegation · Stanford · Swarthmore · USC Marshall · Texas A&M · Arizona State · Bentley · Baylor · Lafayette · Salem State · Kambala School, Sydney · Merchant Taylors' School, London
“The session by Social Innovation Japan was the highlight of our 10-day program in Japan.” Faculty participant
WHY SIJ?
Grounded in practice.
We approach learning as practitioners.
Our sessions draw on years of building initiatives, working across sectors and taking ideas from concept through to implementation.
That means we bring real examples, honest lessons and practical experience into the room, including what worked, what did not and what we learned along the way.
The aim is not simply for people to leave knowing more.
It is for them to see the issue differently, understand where they fit and feel better equipped to take a meaningful next step.
REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE
We bring lessons from initiatives, partnerships and programs we have actually built.
DESIGNED AROUND THE AUDIENCE
We adapt the content, format and facilitation to the people in the room.
FROM UNDERSTANDING TO ACTION
We focus on helping participants see what a challenge means for them and what they can do next.
Some of the best learning happens between peers.
Alongside commissioned programs, SIJ creates spaces where people working on change can learn from each other, exchange perspectives and build relationships across sectors.
Changemakers Café
Creating space for people working on change to learn from each other.
Changemakers Café is SIJ’s monthly community event series, bringing together people working across social impact, business, sustainability, entrepreneurship and community action.
Rather than centring one speaker or one-way learning, the format is designed for open exchange, peer learning and new connections across sectors.
It reflects a broader part of how SIJ works: creating spaces where people can share what they are learning, test ideas, meet others working on similar challenges and leave with new perspectives, relationships and possibilities for action.
See our public events HERE.
Social Innovation Hub at Venture Café Global Gathering
Bringing local and global perspectives together around shared challenges.
In February 2026, SIJ co-created the Social Innovation Hub at Venture Café’s Global Gathering in Tokyo, in collaboration with Venture Cafe Toyo and Mori Building’s Glass Rock social action hub.
We designed and facilitated bilingual, interactive sessions bringing together practitioners, entrepreneurs and innovators from Japan and overseas to explore themes including resilient cities, inclusion and wellbeing.
Rather than simply sharing ideas from a stage, the program created space for participants to exchange perspectives, learn across sectors and identify opportunities for collective action.
What change are you trying to create?
Whether you are planning a company session, team offsite, university program or immersive visit to Japan, tell us who it is for and what you want them to understand, feel or do differently.
We can help shape the rest.