Elämä LLC, a company based in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture that plans and operates Finland-inspired learning and well-being programs, is recruiting participants until July 1, 2026 for its training program in Oulu, Finland, titled “Training Program in Finland to Envision Autonomous Ways of Working for Individuals and Organizations in the AI Era” (tour code: ELM20261001). Since 2019, the program has been adopted as corporate training by a total of four companies. The program is produced by Yumi Ishihara, a researcher of Finnish lifelong education and representative of Elämä. Moe Hirata, a freelance HR and talent development consultant, will accompany the full itinerary as program director. Travel arrangements and tour escort services will be handled by Meitetsu World Travel Inc. The nine-day program departs on October 17, 2026. As generative AI spreads rapidly, many companies are improving operational efficiency, but new issues are emerging. Employees may lose the ability to think independently by delegating judgment to AI, decision fatigue may accumulate due to information overload, and managers may struggle to respond to changes caused by AI adoption, leading to lower team motivation. Elämä describes this phenomenon as a form of “AI fatigue” and proposes on-site training in Finland, a country advanced in AI and consistently ranked first in the world for happiness. Finland’s productivity, measured by GDP per capita, is about 1.75 times that of Japan, while the country is also known for its advanced work-life balance. Having experienced Nokia’s management crisis, Finland elevated the ability to learn from failure into a national strategy. This culture of resilience is positioned as exactly what Japanese companies need in the AI era. Ishihara says that what is needed in the AI era is not only the skill to use AI, but also the ability to have one’s own axis and make autonomous judgments, and that Finland has social systems rooted in cultivating this capacity. The program h