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Doing business in Japan during COVID-19

The way that people do business in Japan has radically changed as a result of COVID-19. Historically, the Japanese are very much about face to face relationship selling where you establish relationships and build trust. But now everything has to be done remotely or online. Like everyone else, the Japanese are really keen to keep doing business so they've actually embraced the remote way of doing things which has been quite interesting to watch and had some unexpected benefits.

EP. 3 Developing a Long-Term Data Strategy Minna Karha, Head of Data at Finnair

Minna Karha, Head of Data at Finnair, joins us for this episode of Rise of the Data Cloud. She came to Finnair two and a half years ago as the first person in that role. The company considers data expertise to be essential for its ongoing digital transformation. She built a team and developed a long-term data strategy through 2025. A key element of the strategy is moving much of Finnair’s data to the cloud so it can be more easily integrated. Right now, Finnair is beginning to share data via the cloud with business partners, including other carriers.