ABOUT PLANNA
Redefining
how people work.
Planna operates in San Francisco, Irvine, and Tokyo. We work alongside companies — and the people inside them — to redesign workflows, technology, and organizational structures so AI can actually scale.
OUR MISSION
"To be the partner that helps people work differently — and build organizations that can keep changing."
Most transformation efforts fail at execution. Companies get great advice but struggle to implement it. AI pilots don't scale. Operations stay fragmented.
We founded Planna because we've run operations ourselves. We know that transformation doesn't happen in strategy decks — it happens when people understand a new way of working, and the workflows, technology, and organizational structures around them are built to support it.
We're practical, strategic, and hands-on. We work alongside people — until the new way of working is simply how they work.
LEADERSHIP
Taka Kawahara
Founder & CEO, Planna, Inc.
Taka founded Planna with a simple belief: that the hardest part of transformation isn't the strategy — it's getting people to work in a fundamentally different way.
He's spent over 10 years working across management consulting, ERP implementation, emerging technology adoption, and business operations in both Japan and the US. He's also built and run businesses himself — because he believes you can't help people change how they work unless you've had to do it yourself.
He operates across cultures and time zones — headquartered in San Francisco, with deep roots in Japan. Fluent in both directions.
Outside of client work, he runs restaurants, an art school, and other ventures — living proof of the same thinking Planna brings to every engagement.
WHERE WE ARE
Three cities.
One team.
San Francisco
Silicon Valley & Bay Area
Irvine
Southern California
Tokyo
Shibuya / Minato-ku