{"id":46,"date":"2022-12-19T16:49:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/2021\/07\/labore-et-dolore-magna-aliqua-ut-enim-ad-minim-veniam-quis-nostrud-enim\/"},"modified":"2023-04-01T07:44:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T22:44:36","slug":"businesskaraoke-podcast-ep18-ecommerce-digital-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/businesskaraoke-podcast-ep18-ecommerce-digital-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"BusinessKaraoke Podcast Ep. 18: E-Commerce, Digital Transformation &#038; New Business Opportunities in a Post COVID Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46\" class=\"elementor elementor-46\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-778bd0da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"778bd0da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-428bc3e2\" data-id=\"428bc3e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c104a elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"32c104a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/U1aWsHrpAZU&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685bb59f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"685bb59f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>I was honored to be interviewed by Brittany Arthur on the <a href=\"https:\/\/businesskaraoke.buzzsprout.com\/1009438\/5248537-ep-18-e-commerce-digital-transformation-new-business-opportunities-in-a-post-covid-economy-with-evan-burkosky\">Business Karaoke Podcast Ep. 18: E-Commerce, Digital Transformation &amp; New Business Opportunities in a Post COVID Economy<\/a>. From the show notes:<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we sit down with Evan Burkosky and take an anecdotal approach to exploring the evolution of e-Commerce and digital transformation in Japan. Evan is the Japan country manager for Dynamic Yield, where he channels 2 decades of e-commerce insights to improving the customer experience (CX) by digitalizing the internationally renowned customer service concept of Omotenashi. We begin the conversation with a very candid recap of entrepreneurship and learn about Evan&#8217;s experience as being one of the first evangelists of e-commerce and the digital economy. We then dive into the some of the non-obvious influencers behind the slow adoption of technology among Japan Inc. while giving equal focus to the tangible opportunities that present themselves to businesses who can stomach risk.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did and don\u2019t forget to share your feedback with me on your favorite social platform.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin!<\/p>\n<p>Below are some timestamps of our conversation so you can quickly navigate the topics most relevant for you.<\/p>\n<p>Key Takeaways<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" \/> 02:00 | A personal journey of almost 2 decades in e-commerce<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" \/> 34:35 | 10 years of growth in 90 days &amp; the internet democratizing the playing field in Japan.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" \/> 39:30 | Social shifts and the wider impact on consumer behavior.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" \/> 44:00 | Challenges for Japan Inc. in responding to the pressure of COVID-19.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" \/> 49:30 | Non-obvious barriers to digitalization; natural disasters.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" \/> 54:10 | The ultimate goal of a corporation and trust ecosystem of the sub-contracting structure.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" \/> 1:01:20 | New business opportunities and mindset barriers to digital transformation <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f4a1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca1\" \/> 1:18:55 | What&#8217;s next?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/evanburkosky\/\">Connect with Evan on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you liked this episode, sign up to the Design Thinking Japan Newsletter at, www.designthinkingjapan.com<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was honored to be interviewed by Brittany Arthur on the Business Karaoke Podcast Ep. 18: E-Commerce, Digital Transformation &amp; New Business Opportunities in a Post COVID Economy. From the show notes: In this episode, we sit down with Evan Burkosky and take an anecdotal approach to exploring the evolution of e-Commerce and digital transformation in Japan. Evan is the Japan country manager for Dynamic Yield, where he channels 2 decades of e-commerce insights to improving the customer experience (CX) by digitalizing the internationally renowned customer service concept of Omotenashi. We begin the conversation with a very candid recap of entrepreneurship and learn about Evan&#8217;s experience as being one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dx"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1035,"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/1035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evanburkosky.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}