Introducing the ‘Employment System Advance’ to Empower Next-Generation Leaders Aged 18-22 Through Sustainable Business Experience – Noi Tatsuzaki Is the First Selected

Leave a Nest Group (Group CEO: Dr. Yukihiro Maru; Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) has launched a new program called Employment System Advance. It targets people between 18 and 22 years old who have demonstrated exceptional talent in research and development during their secondary school years to allow these young individuals to join Leave a Nest's knowledge manufacturing industry and gain experience in creating a serious sustainable business. 

The aim is to encourage the next generation of leaders to Advance by proactively challenging themselves without boundaries, bridging the sensibilities and values of the next generation with the business world, and promoting organizational Advancements. The leaders employed under this system will be called ‘Molting Generators', and new members will be accepted annually. 

We are pleased to announce the first person to be selected is 19-year-old Noi Tatsuzaki, who has been developing original robots since elementary school and has collected numerous accomplishments, such as being selected at Science Castle and the Masason Foundation. Tatsuzaki will become a Molting Generator on 2 March 2023 and will focus on developing deep tech for next-generation education and solving deep issues.

For inquiries about the Employment System Advance: https://global.lne.st/contact/

Since its foundation in 2001, Leave a Nest has welcomed university students, from both Japan and abroad, who possess a strong passion for solving global issues and take the initiative to engage in the field of knowledge manufacturing with us. 

In 2008, Mr. Shohei Maekawa, a student at University College London, temporarily returned to Japan during his summer holidays to join Leave a Nest. After completing his postgraduate studies, he rejoined Leave a Nest and is now a Director at Leave a Nest Singapore. Dr. Jun Nishida, who established Leave a Nest's Robotics Lab during his first year of university in 2012, currently works as a researcher at the University of Chicago. Meanwhile, Mr. Kosuke Katano, who has been part of the Nest Bio Venture Lab since high school in 2014, has served as a researcher at the MIT Media Lab and is now an augmented ecosystem researcher.

Furthermore, many managers involved in Entrepreneurship Education, one of Leave a Nest's 20th Anniversary Projects, studied business at Leave a Nest's “Makers University” in their early 20s and have since matured into successful entrepreneurs. 

Therefore, dedicating oneself to the field of knowledge manufacturing within Leave a Nest and collaborating on long-term initiatives between the ages of 18 and 22 provides the most efficient method for developing entrepreneurs capable of tackling social challenges. By combining the sensitivity and uninhibited thinking of the next generations, we aim to cultivate Leave a Nest's philosophy of “shaping the future from the perspective of the future.”

The Next Generation Leaders hired through the Employment System Advance will be given the title of “Molting Generator”. This title has two meanings: “to encourage the chicks to leave the nest by facing their next challenge”, and “to create a trigger for regrowth as a stimulant for the organization”. 

Tatsuzaki, the first individual to become a Molting Generator, joined the Robotics Lab at Leave a Nest when in fifth grade. They began developing robots and were awarded the Research Fund THK Award of Science Castle during the first year of middle school. Afterwards, they created Pen-chan, a serving robot designed for restaurants, which earned them both the Excellence Award and the Conference Special Award at the Science Castle Kanto Conference 2017. Tatsuzaki was later responsible for robot design on their team at the FIRST Robotics Competition, where they made it to the world championships. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they also carried out a donation project to donate face shields manufactured using 3D CAD technology. In recognition of their efforts so far, Tatsuzaki has been selected by Lenovo, the Masason Foundation, Forbes JAPAN, and others as one of the young individuals transforming society. In this instance, they will collaborate with us during a gap year between high school graduation and university admission.

In the future, Leave a Nest Group will continue to promote activities that contribute to solving issues together with the next generation of potential entrepreneurs, like Tatsuzaki, and contribute to global happiness.

We actively welcome individuals between 18 and 22 years old who want to work as part of Leave a Nest Group. Please feel free to reach out for more information.

Employment System Advance

• Job title: Molting Generator
• Period of Employment: Up to two years
• Selection Process: In accordance with the recruitment regulations of Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
• Period of Admission: Indefinite
• Activities: Promotion of education projects, launch of new projects
• Work Form: Paid employee (working days etc. to be discussed on an individual basis)
• Requirements:
  ・Be between 18 and 22 years old
  ・Have excellent results at Science Castle, a conference for middle and high school students
  ・Have a track record of promoting activities with a strong awareness of issues during their middle and high school years)
• Inquiries: Please use the form on Leave a Nest website (https://global.lne.st/contact/)

 

Noi Tatsuzaki's Profile

Born in 2004, Tatsuzaki started working on electronics at the age of five, and shifted to robots at the age of nine; in fifth grade, they attended the Robotics Lab at Leave a Nest to develop original robots. Later, Tatsuzaki presented the serving robot Pen-chan created using THK components at the Science Castle Kanto Conference 2017, where they won the Excellence Award and the Conference Special Award. Since 2017, Tatsuzaki has been a member of FRC Team SAKURA Tempesta, where they are in charge of design. Later, Tatsuzaki competed with their team in the FIRST Robotics Competition and won two Regional Chairman's Awards and all three Rookie Awards. They were also the only Japanese person selected by Lenovo as one of the “10 Groundbreaking Young Women Changing the World”. Tatsuzaki is currently a Generation 5 member of the Masason Foundation. Furthermore, in 2020 they founded Face Shield Japan 2020 by using the 3D CAD technology developed in the Robotics Lab and donated 2,000 face shields to those in need. In 2022, Tatsuzaki was selected in the Forbes JAPAN 30 Under 30 list as the youngest person selected that year.