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This month's MVP is Asaki Ikeda from headquarters.

Hello, I am Sakuyama, who also serves as the head of the headquarters.

This month's MVP is Asaki Ikeda, a headquarters staff member.
Various systems and rules have changed at Monosus this year (some are still in the process of being transitioned), and Ikeda has been heavily involved in preparing for and implementing these wide-ranging changes, creating the right environment for them.

He was the driving force behind the company's in-house calendar transition.

Among all the tasks, the main event over the New Year period was the migration of the company's internal calendar.
I don't think there are many people who use calendar tools expecting them to change.
It would be one thing if it were just personal appointments, but there are also mountains of visitors and internal meetings scheduled to use conference rooms several days to several months in advance.

As part of the preparations at headquarters, we needed to roughly consider the following items in order to switch to a new calendar application:

1. Contract procedure for use
2. Understanding general usage (differences from previous versions)
3. Account preparation for all members
4. Group settings to display members by department
5. Introducing add-on tools to make things easier to see
6. Adjusting the switching timing
7. Migrating events already registered in the old calendar before the company-wide release
8. Cancellation of current calendar contract
   

The seventh one was especially difficult.
This is the process of transferring events registered in the existing calendar to the new calendar.
Since we couldn't do it with a simple import/export method, we had to migrate it manually, checking each item by eye and pointing.

Of course, we cannot handle personal schedules, so we made "those with conference room reservations involving executives or department heads" the top priority for migration, but we could not be more wrong.
It really wasn't easy.

The way he steadily and steadily moved through a schedule that had almost no impact on him was enough to make the president say, "Ike-chan won't run away!" I felt his strong determination to finish and see things through.
It's a world of difference from how I would have expected to help, only to never give a penny. I know that I wasn't relied upon from the start, but it's really amazing that I was able to finish it by the deadline using the resources I could rely on.

The change in the MVP selection method, and what the head of the group recommended

Going off topic a little, the method for selecting the Monthly MVP has changed from this time on.
Until last year, the department heads would inform the relevant executive of the recommended members, and the winners would then be decided by a discussion between the three executives. However, starting this year, the department heads gathered together and decided on the winners by discussion among themselves, and this was the first time the new rules were implemented.

Naturally, department managers recommend members of their own departments.
As each person gives a presentation about their recommendation along with their reasons, others join in and the conversation continues with "That's right," "That's true," "But," and "I thought so," until finally one person is chosen. The discussion lasts for 30 minutes. In this short time, one person is chosen as the MVP.

As discussions on the new rules progress,
Actually...I didn't recommend her, my direct subordinate, as much as the managers of other departments did.

Certainly, my recent work has been a very important role for the company as a whole.
There were a lot of really difficult things and problems.
Sometimes it gets late into the night and still isn't finished.
One thing after another is happening to me for the first time, and my head is about to explode.

But as someone who has known her for a long time,
It was just like their everyday lives up until now, when the waves came they just overcame them as they always had.
What never changes is their sincere attitude at all times.

It's not that I don't acknowledge it or that I'm not grateful.
I may have had a strong selfish feeling that "this is not enough, there is still so much more I can do," and unconsciously ended up looking at it critically.

At that time, I received a strong recommendation from another department.
There were many people who were watching more closely than I, who was nearby.

Mr. Ikeda, now that you think about it, you're right.
I'm sorry I couldn't take the initiative and strongly recommend it.

It may sound like a cliché, but thank you so much for everything. I'm very grateful.
And congratulations on winning the MVP award!

(PS: I would also like to thank Okubo-san, who worked hard alongside Ikeda-san.)