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Shikumi Notes

Field notes on organisational seeing.

Occasional writing on the structures beneath the structures — what founders and leaders notice, name, and redesign as their organisations grow.

  • No. 02
    Case studies

    The underdrawing beneath continuity

    Toraya has made confectionery in Japan for nearly five centuries. Beneath the heritage lies an underdrawing: archives, written standards, patient training, and an adjacent space to experiment.

    August 2026·14 min read
  • No. 01
    Essays

    What is organisational seeing?

    A note on the practice of noticing what an organisation is actually made of — the structures, habits, histories and everyday behaviours that shape how work really moves.

    July 2026·10 min read
  • No. 03
    Case studies

    The Restraint Legami Hasn't Chosen Yet

    A catalogue of 5,000 products across 17 worlds. Growth that compounds by adding. The scarcer skill at this scale is not what to make next, but choosing what to let go — and who has the authority to say no.

    September 2026·9 min read
  • No. 04
    Case studies

    Legami: growth and organisational seeing

    A case study of product creativity, retail scale and creative renewal. How a company producing novelty at industrial scale protects the curiosity its brand depends on.

    September 2026·18 min read
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