2026 1Q-2Q ToTAL Workshops: Orientation schedule has been announced!
We will hold orientation sessions to introduce the workshops scheduled for 1Q and 2Q of the 2026 academic year. The session will also explain course enrollment and one-time participation.
As the event dates vary depending on your academic year and other factors, please check the details via the link below and join us!

Undergraduate Students
ToTAL Students
Graduate Students (Non-ToTAL)

If you can not attend any of the orientation sessions, please refer to the materials provided after the orientation.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

  • Slack: #contact-cee-leadership_innovation (Science Tokyo internal)
  • Email: total.tokunin [at] total.titech.ac.jp

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Orientation Materials

Presentation materials will be uploaded after the orientation.

Presentation Materials (for Undergraduate students)
Presentation Materials (for Graduate Students)
2026S Workshop List
Workshop Selection Form

We look forward to your participation in our programs!

Now Accepting Applications

April 2026

【Call for Participants / April 26】Storytelling for Researchers

Communicate your research compellingly—turn your ideas into stories that resonate.

[1-2Q AY 2026 Briefing Session and Meet Up Meeting] Lean Launchpad Program (LLP): The Fastest Path to Business Competition

[Call for participants] 1-2Q AY 2026 Briefing Session and Meet Up Meeting (mandatory for all participants)Lean […]

May 2026

【Call for Participants / May 10, 17】Co-Creation Workshop with Need-Knowers

Transform problems into value through co-creation design

[Call for Participants / Starts May 11] Empower You Program

Unlock Potential, Unleash Success: Empower You!

[Call for Participants / Starts May 12] Debate Club

Challenge yourself without pressure! Enjoy debating while honing foundational argumentation and diverse perspectives.

【Call for Participants / Starts May 13】Tsutaeru Lounge

Build essential communication skills every researcher needs

【Call for Participants / May 16 & June 13】Exploring Your Values for Career Decisions

Find your core values through dialogue.

June 2025

[Call for Participants / June 6] Enneagram Workshop

Workshop to deepen self-awareness through diagnostic testing

Leadership Core Program group discussion photo
[Call for Participants / Starts June 14] Leadership Core Program

Learn the fundamentals of leadership through dialogue, self-awareness, idea generation, consensus building, and communication.

[Call for Participants / June 20, July 4] Negotiation Process for Consensus Building

Practice negotiation and mediation with role-play exercises

July 2025

【Call for Participants / Starts July 3】Process Work Meta-Skills for Navigating Conflict

This program helps you develop the skills to understand the structure of relationships and facilitate dialogue in situations where conflict is inevitable within a team with diverse values, while remaining calm and protecting yourself.

[Call for Participants / July 11, 12] Scenario Planning Practice

Expand future possibilities and increase your options for action.

【Call for Participants / July 18, 25】Self-Expression Workshop Starting with Creative Work

Grow your confidence in expressing yourself through creative work.

August 2025

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Workshop Catalogue

These workshops are designed to help students develop and strengthen the skills and mindset that are key components of entrepreneurship (Innovation, Motivation, Initiative) while also helping them identify their aspirations.

  • 2026 Spring Workshops
  • All Workshops

Innovation

Identifying & Framing Issues, Idea Generation, Vision Setting, Hypothesis Testing

Co-Creation Workshop with Need-Knowers

Transform problems into value through co-creation design

Effectuation Workshop

Take stock of your past experiences and connections, and rediscover your inherent potential

Scenario Planning Practice

Expand future possibilities and increase your options for action.

Design Thinking for Beginners

Let’s experience ”Design Thinking”, which can be said to be the global standard for “a way of thin […]

Experience and Learn UX Design!

“User-Centered Design” Methodology

Motivation

Self-Awareness, Discovering Personal Motivations, Goal setting, Transforming Knowledge

Empower You Program

Unlock Potential, Unleash Success: Empower You!

Exploring Your Values for Career Decisions

Find your core values through dialogue.

Enneagram

Workshop to deepen self-awareness through diagnostic testing

Developing Creative Thinking through Art

Developing creative thinking skills that empower you to create your own future in uncertain and complex times.

Self-Expression Workshop Starting with Creative Work

Grow your confidence in expressing yourself through creative work.

Initiative

Communication, Team Building, Project Management, Practical Application and Reflection

Storytelling for Researchers

Communicate your research compellingly—turn your ideas into stories that resonate.

Debate Club

Challenge yourself without pressure! Enjoy debating while honing foundational argumentation and diverse perspe […]

Tsutaeru Lounge

Build essential communication skills every researcher needs

Trading Game

Experience the dynamics of international cooperation through gameplay!

Leadership for Nurturing Research by Creating the Space for It to Grow

Toward a research environment of shared learning and mutual inspiration

Leadership Core Program

Learn the fundamentals of leadership through dialogue, self-awareness, idea generation, consensus building, an […]

Negotiation Process for Consensus Building

Practice negotiation and mediation with role-play exercises

Process Work Meta-Skills for Navigating Conflict

This program helps you develop the skills to understand the structure of relationships and facilitate dialogue […]

Innovation

Identifying & Framing Issues, Idea Generation, Vision Setting, Hypothesis Testing

Expanding Interpretation

Ideas make it fun—embark on an adventure into the future you’ve never seen.

Systemic Design

Systemic design is a methodology that combines the theory of Systems Thinking with the practical methods of De […]

Transforming Your Mind to Foster Innovation

Through art and observation, notice the overlooked sides of people and society.

Ideathon

Let’s think together about businesses that anticipate the future!Using the “Design Thinking” […]

Design Thinking for Your Creative Practice

This unique and valuable two-day workshop will be led by 3 instructors who have taught students at Stanford Un […]

Future Foresight

By utilizing horizon scanning techniques to capture signs of uncertain change and forced thinking (brainstormi […]

EGAKU

By creating art (abstract paintings) and appreciating the work of others, participants will develop creative c […]

Experience and Learn UX Design!

“User-Centered Design” Methodology

Design Thinking for Beginners

Let’s experience ”Design Thinking”, which can be said to be the global standard for “a way of thin […]

Scenario Planning Practice

Expand future possibilities and increase your options for action.

Thinking Through Hands and Brains: Product Design with Material Study

Move your hands, shift your thinking, expand your creativity.

Motivation

Self-Awareness, Discovering Personal Motivations, Goal setting, Transforming Knowledge

Effectuation Workshop

Take stock of your past experiences and connections, and rediscover your inherent potential

Systems Thinking and Leadership

When reality doesn’t change even though you know it, still act to make a difference.

bookdialogue
Book Dialogue for Leadership

With a book in the middle, conversations flow more easily

Peer Coaching

Workshop to get to know yourself through dialogue with others

Developing Creative Thinking through Art

Developing creative thinking skills that empower you to create your own future in uncertain and complex times.

Dialogue of Inquiry ― p4c

Through dialogue, questions deepen, and inquiry continues.

Initiative

Communication, Team Building, Project Management, Practical Application and Reflection

Storytelling for Researchers

Communicate your research compellingly—turn your ideas into stories that resonate.

Nonviolent Communicatoin

In this workshop, we use Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to look at misunderstandings from new perspectives. Th […]

Explore Your Collaboration Patterns

Using the Collaboration Pattern card deck, participants uncover connections that are usually hard to see and r […]

Advanced Negotiation

Cultivate your communication skills by participating in negotiation role-plays.

Negotiation Process for Consensus Building

Practice negotiation and mediation with role-play exercises

Leadership for Nurturing Research by Creating the Space for It to Grow

Toward a research environment of shared learning and mutual inspiration

Trading Game

Experience the dynamics of international cooperation through gameplay!

Graphic Facilitation

Harness the power of visual expression to enhance constructive discussions.

Practical Applications Course (1 Semester)

Courses that are designed to provide students with hands-on experience of setting issues, creating ideas to solve them, and considering possible outcomes that would benefit users.

Lean Launchpad Program (LLP)

Propose a business idea and verify its feasibility in a group.

Programming Boot Camp (PBC)

Proposing new web service that should be nice to have, forming a team, then intensively developing a web appli […]