Interview: Group CTO Toshinori Machida A company where dreams become reality

I want to make this artience a place where employees can fulfill their dreams.

Whether the company makes a profit is ultimately just the result of our labors.
The most important thing for us is that employees fulfill their dreams.

We want to employ people who are willing to take on challenges.
At artience, we have small teams executing each project.
The teams are usually around five people.
It can be challenging for new employees, but those in their third year at the company can become project leaders.
Don’t you think it’s more appealing to become the leader of a five-person project after three years than to be the first or second from the bottom in a 50-person project?

At artience, no one will tell an employee to stop trying new things.
We want to hire people with a thirst for challenges who are keen to pursue success and fulfill their dreams.

When I joined the company, I also wanted to create three solutions that didn’t exist in the world.
And I’ve actually created two of them.
I take pride in having created technology that people around the world use in their daily lives.
Personally, I want to experience this again and again, so I keep taking on new challenges.
Now I want to create the last one.

Of course, I’m confident that I can do it.

We have countless different technologies.
I believe our strength lies in having three core technologies, each supported by a wide variety of related technologies.

I believe that innovation can mean “new combinations.”
I think that by combining this technology with that one, we can create something new, or by merging that company’s technology with ours, we can create something unique.
I believe our strengths lie in our determination to create new technologies and propose new products based on them, as well as our ability to actually bring them into existence.

At artience, whether you’re a new employee or the chief technology officer, everyone can share their opinions equally during discussions about technology.
There are always challenges to overcome, but at our company, many people come up with various solutions.
During discussions, I make it a point to express my views as an engineer, rather than as the Senior General Manager of R&D or chief technology officer.

artience has always fostered an atmosphere in which everyone feels comfortable expressing their opinions.
Especially in R&D, employees have the discretion to freely pursue their own R&D, as long as it does not exceed 20% of the total work time.
This 20% is like saying you can do whatever you want every Friday.
If this produces good results, that employee will be evaluated highly.

Doing the work you want to do is definitely more appealing than doing work you’re told to do, and it tends to deliver better results.