Archive for 2008
- Review of the year 2008
Thank you for making my 2008 a wonderful year! It was great working together with my friends, colleagues and clients. Had this enjoyable year end meeting. A typical one we had at many cafes and diners at various places in the world.
...- 31 Dec, 2008 | No comments yet
- Project Kobo Offices
Office is where people work together. I noticed when our team worked, 4 times out of 5, it was not at Project Kobo Kagurazaka Studio. It was far from my home, 1.5 hours one way. We LOVED Kagurazaka Studio. But it just didn’t make sense anymore So I gave up the studio. physically, me and […]
...- 27 Dec, 2008 | No comments yet
- Christmas Eve, Tokyo
My 14-year old son called me on my mobile at 4PM today, the Christmas Eve. “Mom, we want to eat fried chicken from the Kentucky Fried Chicken tonight. You know it’s Christmas Eve!” I was definitely not enthusiastic. I knew there was going to be a queue. I mean, you should order ahead of time for […]
...- 24 Dec, 2008 | No comments yet
- Sustainability effort: moving small office
I did it again.…. I let a few months slip by without writing anything. August, September were really busy, then came mid October and nothing. So this is what it’s like to be, affected by the economic situation of the time. Being a small operation, it was an easy decision to close my studio, especially the […]
...- 11 Dec, 2008 | No comments yet
- Noboru Konno’s Workplace Design Site
Noboru Konno has started a workplace design site that shows the latest trend. Happy Workplace This is a great read for people who are responsible within a company to create workplace that is a vital part of company operation, and for people who are workplace design professionals.
...- 23 Sep, 2008 | 4 comments
- Companies that can afford to have uninspiring workspace
Companies that can afford to have uninspiring workspace Fear: Employees afraid to lose their jobs Love: Employees love their jobs, pay, status of their company or their position Companies that need inspiring workspace Attract: Employees with rare talents; employees to do dull, or painful work Impress: Visitors
...- 03 Jul, 2008 | No comments yet
- Workspace is the result of how company feels about its employee
Simple! An action speaks louder than words.
...- 03 Jul, 2008 | No comments yet
- What does productivity mean?
I noticed that I choose to write English entry when I feel like being philosophical or contemplative, and to write Japnese entry when I feel what I will write about will be pretty factual and not offensive to general public. Departing from Tokyo, I went with 2 of my clients to do some research work […]
...- 26 Jun, 2008 | No comments yet
- Recent epiphany
After working on a project that demanded all my knowledge and experience of the past 40 years, I was rewarded with deep learning and epiphany. As I was reading Rachel Remen’s Kitchen Table Wisdom for the 23rd time, I came across the part that described the work of business consultants. Although Remen was talking about […]
...- 17 Apr, 2008 | 2 comments
- Japanese boys addicted to PSP
My Australian friend once mentioned to me during his first visit to Japan that he noticed that eating is interacting in Japan. At many sushi place, you grind your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle
...- 28 Jan, 2008 | 4 comments
