Recap: HENNGE Talks! Episode 2— HENNGE Culture in a Nutshell.

Hello! 👋

We hope you are doing well and staying safe. Last week, on June 18, we held our second episode of HENNGE Talks! — HENNGE Culture In a Nutshell. We were joined by our CEO and CTO, Kazuhiro “The Kimono Guy” Ogura himself.

In this episode, we took a trip down memory lane and got a glimpse of how HENNGE came to be. Starting from when he was a kid making video games for himself, to a university student establishing his own company, Ogura san shared with us the values he believes in as a technology lover and as the CEO/CTO of a company.

“The world is becoming more unstable and changing. In this kind of world and environment, the only way to survive is to transform yourself.” — Ogura Kazuhiro

HENNGE has had its fair share of struggles over the years, and each hurdle has been an opportunity to grow and challenge ourselves. Hear the story of HENNGE and how it came to be the company we are today.

You can watch the full episode below:

Timestamp:
0:00 — Opening of the HENNGE Talks!
4:00 — Speaker Introduction
9:00 — How HENNGE started?
16:47 — As a Japanese company, where did the globalization conversation start?
32:34 — HENNGE’s ideal company culture V.S. the reality
36:37 — The first international employees we have
38:13 — Highlights of HENNGE as a diverse company
42:20 — True or False: About HENNGE
48:07 — A message to our attendees
49:36 — Q&A session
1:03:38 — A message for our attendees (in Bahasa Indonesia) —
1:04:20 — Join us for HENNGE Talks! Ep 3: Life as a Global Intern at HENNGE
1:04:55— Closing

HENNGE Talks! Episode 3: Life as a Global Intern at HENNGE on June 26, 11 am JST will be our next episode. Camilo our former intern / current software engineer will be sharing his six-week Global Internship Program experiences with you and answering your questions!

Register for our third episode of HENNGE Talks! here. See you soon?