The art of Takumi

The global overwork crisis is hurting mental health, physical well-being, productivity, and the bottom line.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Business leaders can combat overwork by resetting their relationship with time. But they’ll have to adopt a new perspective.

Grand Seiko’s engineers take their time cues from the Japanese tradition of takumis, or master craftspeople, who focus their energy on:

By rejecting hustle culture, Grand Seiko has created the most accurate timepieces in the world. Likewise, Western leaders can accomplish the extraordinary once they begin fixing business’ broken clock culture.