What “Essence of Global Businesses” is about

~ Get smarter in Global ~

In today’s rapidly evolving world, the speed at which society, economy, politics, and many other facets of life are progressing is unprecedented. As we move forward, these areas will only become more complex, diverse, and interconnected.

In this environment, we face new challenges in our daily lives. Yet, businesses, innovations, inventions, and a renewed spirit of challenge have emerged to solve many of these issues. The importance of globally connected, cross-border collaboration and cooperation has never been greater, and it is becoming the most significant force in human history. Of course, such collaboration must be built on principles of fairness, mutual benefit, and synergy.

However, significant gaps remain in our understanding, knowledge, insights, and experiences. These gaps exist not only between individuals, but also across regions, nations, and cultures. That’s where this newsletter comes in.

"Essence of Global Businesses" aims to bridge these gaps. As a global business expert, I will share original, exclusive, and independent perspectives, insights, analyses, ideas, opinions, non-fiction stories, and information related to global business. This could encompass a wide range of topics, including corporations, organizations, nations, politics, economies, markets, societies, laws, mentalities, cultures, regions, and histories. My goal is to deliver value that makes our readers smarter in their respective fields around the world.

You won’t find an alternative to this type of content in mainstream media or on social networks. Here, we provide deeper, more essential insights from unique viewpoints that set us apart.

We’ll be publishing this newsletter on a 1-2 times per month basis.

Let’s "Get Smarter in Global" together and grow together in the global space.

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Who read this

Top management(them including top global firms in Fortune 500), leaders, senior professionals, business owners, entrepreneur, investors, enthusiastic students etc who are working and achieving somethings or/and willing to do so in global cross-border spaces in any of their organizations and communities including giant global companies, large companies, mid-small sized companies, startups, governmental and public entities(them including national Minister levels people), non-profit sectors, and schools etc from any region and any nations(Asia, Middle East, Africa, Americas, Europe, Oceania, etc) around the world.

Very diverse community here.

What you will gain and How we are unique different

The mentality, mindset, and insights needed to thrive in today’s global ecosystems are continuously evolving. However, many people struggle to stay updated and often rely on mass media, biased information, one-sided views, or unreliable sources like social media. Much of this information lacks expertise, is non-essential, and can be unrealistic.

As an Asian/Japanese with extensive global business and management experience across emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, combined with education in Japan, Europe, and the United States, I offer a unique perspective. My approach is independent, socially aware, cross-organizational, objective, and centered around essence, facts, and truth.

In this newsletter, you’ll find a platform that can change, update, upgrade, and expand your mentality, mindset, and insights. We aim to soften, deepen, and dig into the essential aspects of your inner growth and understanding.

Through this unique media experience, you’ll:

Gain updated, essential insights and knowledge that will empower your thinking, broaden your horizons, and help you navigate global business fields.
Improve communication skills, apply new knowledge in management practices, and come up with innovative business ideas.
Better understand different cultures and leverage this understanding in your business and career.
Find new business investment opportunities, organize your thoughts, and engage in productive discussions and brainstorming.
Deepen your awareness and understanding, preparing you to play an active role in diverse fields and acquire the essential skills you may currently lack.
Potentially connect with business partners within our community.

Additionally, we aim to foster two-way communication and create unique opportunities for collaboration, not just one-way dissemination. Through high engagement, we will offer group chats, exchange letters, discussion threads, interviews, cross-posts, and collaborative content within an exclusive community for our core subscribers.

This platform will provide experiences and value that can’t be found elsewhere—wider and deeper insights that are not easily accessible through other media or social platforms.

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Who the Writer, Hiroyuki Itoh is

Hiroyuki Itoh works with founders, CEOs, and senior leaders of emerging market companies who are navigating the most complex phase of growth—
the stage where ambition begins to outpace organizational structure, leadership bandwidth, and decision making systems.

His work sits at the intersection of business, organization, and leadership.
Not as a conventional consultant, execution outsourcer, or broker of introductions, but as a long term strategic partner who engages closely with leadership teams to help build durable outcomes in complex, cross border environments.

Over the past 15 plus years, Hiroyuki has worked across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, supporting more than 400 companies ranging from fast growing local enterprises to global corporations. His experience spans international trading, sales and marketing, investment, corporate operations, consulting, and executive level advisory, with extensive on the ground exposure in emerging markets where uncertainty, speed, and asymmetry are constant realities.

Through this work, he has come to believe that global growth is rarely about expansion alone.
More often, it is about designing the right structure, decision making rhythm, and partnership architecture so that growth can be sustained beyond founder centric execution and short term opportunity.

This newsletter, Essence of Global Businesses, is where Hiroyuki reflects on those experiences.
It is a space for thoughtful dialogue on leadership, strategy, and execution in emerging markets—featuring in depth conversations with leaders who are building real businesses under real constraints, through the ongoing series Emerging Markets Leader’s Talk.

He works selectively with leaders who value substance over noise, long term thinking over short term optics, and principled execution over quick wins.
If you are building something meant to endure—and are looking for a partner who engages deeply rather than broadly—this conversation may resonate with you.

He earned his Bachelor of Law, majoring in Global Politics from Hosei University in Tokyo, Japan, which included academic programs at Oxford University, UK. He also studied Sports Business and Management at the University of Mount Union in Ohio, USA, where he received multiple honors including Best Student Awards at the Senior Recognition & Honors Convention.

He began his business career in international trading, marketing and sales, business development, supply chain management, and investment management in the automotive steel sheet industry at a Fortune 500 global trading, investment, and management firm. Over many years, he handled hundreds of corporate clients and multi-hundred-million USD in annual business value, while also leading and managing business investments and executing the invested businesses and corporates management and the corporate revitalization across over 10+ Steel Service Centers (Subsidiaries, totally multi hundred million USD values annually) in Japan, Southeast Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam), and East Asia (Taiwan).
He has held key roles also at a leading global business and management consulting company.

With its global network and based on trust from companies in various industries and from consumers in each region and nation, his Onebloom Corporation engages in multifaceted business activities by making the most of its Integrated Corporate Strength (experienced with more than 400+ top leading corporate clients and customers in various industries worldwide).

His Onebloom Corporation has been certified as a "TICAD9 Co-creation partner"(TICAD9 Co-creator) by the TICAD Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan, in preparation for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) to be held in Yokohama from Wednesday, August 20 to Friday, August 22, 2025.

Publications & Thought Leadership
He is the creator, author, and publisher of the fast-growing global newsletter Essence of Global Businesses, which now has over 2,000+ subscribers and top open rates on platforms like Substack and LinkedIn. He also hosts the popular interview series "Emerging Markets Leader’s Talk," highlighting impactful leaders shaping the future in their regions.

Public Engagements & Roles
He is a Public Speaker in many spaces with emerging markets:
・Africa Trade and Investment Global Summit (ATIGS 2018. Washington DC, USA. Speaking topic related to Africa-Japan)
・Women in Mining & Energy (WiME Indonesia. Jakarta, Indonesia. Speaking topic related to Automation and Technology for the Inclusive Digital Transformation in Extractive Industry: A Case Study of Indonesia and Japan)
・Kakehashi Africa, Madagascar (Speaking topic related to “How to connect with Japanese Companies”)
・Heads Talk (Speaking topic related to “Unveiling the ASEAN Emerging and Investment Markets”)
・Japan-Sharjah(United Arab Emirates) Investment Forum (Speaking topic related to deepening of ties between Japan and the Middle East and the new possibilities for Japanese companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its rapidly evolving emirate of Sharjah)
Just to name a few globally.

And he is also a Country Representative Japan and Organizing Committee Member of Africa Trade and Investment Global Summit (ATIGS).
And, he was a Advisory Board and Partner Asia of Africa's Largest Trade Transport Energy Summit(ATTES), Advisory Board of Asian-African Chamber(India), and Mentor at National Innovation Agency(NIA, Thailand. Corporate Spark Outbound), just to name a few globally.

Global Experience & Personal Passion
He has visited over 40 countries and stayed and lived in many, continuously drawing inspiration from cultures, history, nature, wildlife, and the human spirit.
He has also volunteered in orphanages across Tanzania, Uganda, Mexico (Cuernavaca), and Guatemala (Guatemala City) etc, forming deep bonds with local communities.
A former competitive athlete, he played for one of the Top Eight Teams in Japan’s National Baseball Club Team Tournament, and also competed in The Intercity Baseball Tournament (Toshitaikou Yakyu, Top NonPro's National Baseball Tournament in Japan).
He played in the American College Baseball Summer League in San Francisco, California.
He is a lifelong learner with a simple but powerful philosophy: “My learning won’t stop until the end of my life.”

Currently followed by over 10,000 global professionals, mainly top executives and business leaders, across platforms like LinkedIn and X (Twitter)—a network that continues to grow daily.