First, this study established that managers focused on purposes are not drivers of emergent innovation, which requires leaders who awaken associates’ spontaneity, creativity, and passion. Second, this study has shown that insights allowing implementation of effective organizational operations and associate-centered leadership is required in changing times. Third, this study has called for redefining organizations, both profit-driven and nonprofit, as collaborative communities. This study also has offered insights into the importance of emergent innovation and effective organizations and indicated why emergent innovation and new organizational operations are paramount in changing times. This study also has suggested that Japan’s economy must evolve beyond traditional systems, practices, and customs that once were successful in an industrial society.