Hideyuki Ezaki is the president of Management Assistance Co., Ltd., with over 15 years’ experience as a chief business consultant in Tokyo. He has supported 50+ SMEs in business planning, digitalization, financial management, etc. His insights on business management have been shared in over 20 countries. He has facilitated hundreds of workshops in ministries and universities and provided productivity consultation services in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Currently, he serves as an APO resource person to facilitate productivity-related workshops. The labor productivity and human resources development of SMEs in the digitalized era is the latest theme for consultation as he is a qualified labor and social security attorney.