Japanese entrepreneur, educator and consultant Kunio Hara garnered the greatest number of views on TEDx Talks in 2022, out of a total of 15,900 speakers worldwide. He is the first Japanese to become the most popular speaker of the year on the Technology, Entertainment and Design platform.
His talks were about his strong belief that “people and countries exist to be praised” and his lifelong dedication to spreading this idea throughout the world by using an education and training method he calls Ho-Me-I-Ku, a play on the Japanese words for praise (homeru) and raise (iku, or sodateru). The basics of the method are praising oneself to improve self-esteem and praising others and finding their invaluable strengths. What and how to do this are tailored to each educational institution and youth support organization, as well as to companies aiming to create a better working environment for the well-being of their employees.
