NURTURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUALS

HITOZUKURI

Unlocking the potential of our people

PASSION: UPLIFTED EMPLOYEES


Mazda aims to be, more than anywhere else, a company where people are uplifted. The Company firmly believes that energizing each and every employee and having them think and act based on an understanding of how issues relate to them is how it can maximize the contributions of its employees, and that this will tie into corporate growth.

Mazda’s diverse employees, who come from various backgrounds, try to deliver uplifting experiences characterized by joy and inspiration for customers and everyone else connected to the Company through their business activities, such as those related to Monozukuri (engineering and manufacturing) or Tsunagarizukuri (creating human connections).

FOSTERED STRENGTHS



Global Entrenchment of the Mazda Way* Code of Conduct

The Mazda Way, a code of conduct that details the Company’s approach toward work, is incorporated into human resource systems and also functions as a reference point guiding certain parts of these systems. This approach is designed to foster a corporate culture of employees exercising their individuality while also combining their strengths to contribute to the Company and society.

* In FY March 2009, Mazda summarized seven basic principles and values handed down within the Company over time and defined these as the Mazda Way.

Personal Growth Through Various Opportunities and Experiences

Mazda may be on the small side when it comes to automobile manufacturers, but it is for this very reason that it can offer various opportunities to engage in different tasks. This range of opportunities enables employees to take a multifaceted view of the essence of their work, allowing them to go about their work from an overall optimization perspective and expanding their potential to be active in various fields where they can utilize that experience in the future.

Human Resource Development through Monozukuri

Mazda seeks to develop human resources who are proficient at utilizing sophisticated equipment and tools and who can transform this proficiency into value for customers.    Accordingly, the Company’s human resource development programs are not limited to hands-on training on technologies and techniques. Another aim of these programs is to make employees better rounded as people   . For this reason, the Company offers field trips in collaboration with the community. In this way, human resource development programs are creating skilled, well-rounded, and motivated employees.



FUTURE INITIATIVES



Entrenchment of Blueprint Initiatives in Which the Front Lines Take the Lead

With emphasis on the Mazda Way, Blueprint initiatives are being advanced to evolve the actions of people. These initiatives aim to transform our corporate culture by turning the conventional pyramidal decision-making, where decisions come from up top and spread down to the front lines, to one where the frontline employees who are in direct contact with customers take the lead, and where management supports the front lines.

Hitozukuri to Expand the Scope of Monozukuri and Tsunagarizukuri

In developing the human resources who will be responsible for Monozukuri and Tsunagarizukuri in the future, Mazda wants to develop relationships with partners across the globe that blur various boundaries—between people and organizations—and that involve consideration for others and sharing of goals, and in which parties can discuss what to do to accomplish those goals from their different perspectives and learn and teach each other for mutual growth and success.

Creation of an Uplifting Workplace Environment in Which Human Rights and Diversity Are Respected

Mazda respects the diversity of employees as well as their various values and lifestyles. Through global, Groupwide coordination, the Company is developing processes and management and other systems that position respect for human rights as a fundamental part of its business.

TOPIC


Mazda Innovation Space Tokyo


In February 2024, Mazda opened Mazda Innovation Space Tokyo in the Roppongi area of Minato-ku, Tokyo. This hub will serve as a place where partnerships are formed and talented individuals dare to create new value. Mazda established this new space in Tokyo to reach far beyond the conventional framework of the automobile business, encounter a diverse range of talented individuals and business partners, and accelerate its co-creation activities. In addition to recruiting IT, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), and other specialists, this space is hosting interactions with new business partners, including those engaged in the electrification process, and facilitating new business development, internal workshops, and other activities for co-creation both inside and outside the Company.


MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF HUMAN RESOURCES



Executive Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

Tomiko Takeuchi


I believe that an important task for Mazda is the development of uplifted employees who are able to utilize their individual talents to engage in co-creation with external partners. The pace of change in the operating environment is growing increasingly swift, and we are therefore working to foster an organizational culture in which frontline employees are able to think and produce ideas by themselves and in which these ideas are actively shared to drive employees to tackle new challenges. We also aim to develop frameworks through which management can support such a culture. These were the goals that lead to the launch of Blueprint initiatives. Through this program, we sought to accelerate efforts to foster such a culture and to build frameworks for ensuring that human rights are respected as a fundamental part of our business in response to the recent rise in social expectations pertaining to corporate activities and human rights. We are also promoting recruit reforms through activities for accelerating co-creation with diverse individuals both inside and outside the Company. In this manner, Mazda seeks to transform its culture to forge connections with a wider range of colleagues in the future.