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		<title>Humans will be mostly manufactured</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/insight/travel/humans-will-be-mostly-manufactured/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe humanss will be manufactured, not born by year&#160;2209.
Look around now.  We seem to have already made the choice.  We are waiting for the technology to catch up.  Kids in advanced country planted in front of PC or gaming device or some sort of machine, because there aren&#8217;t room for them to play outside.  They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use technology to communicate better</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/insight/use-technology-to-communicate-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title seem lame:  use technology to commuincate better.  I hear often that we already use too much technology and not enough face-to-face real life&#160;communicaiton.
It seems many of us had enough of fragmented, tedius, limiting technology communicaiton in text messaging, both in forms of e-mail and homepages including blogs.  In the world of web 2.0, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President of a major global company, president of a country</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/insight/president-of-a-major-global-company-president-of-a-country/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/insight/president-of-a-major-global-company-president-of-a-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture Difference Japan Asia US Europe And All]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar&#8217;s speech at UCLA for the inauguration of UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block, I started to think of the responsibilities of a president of a major global company and a president of a country.  Both are ultimately leaders who&#8217;s action and decisions affects everyone within his/her company or&#160;country.
Just as with a country one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Japan is all about the way of doing things&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/japan-is-all-about-the-way-of-doing-things/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/japan-is-all-about-the-way-of-doing-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the past couple of months, I&#8217;ve been having fun with Twitter.  Each day, I interact with all sorts of people of the world, finding very intersting&#160;information.
Today, through Rick Martin&#8217;s tweet, I found a very good portrait of&#160;Japanese.
With usual caveats against sweeping generalization, what this made me think  was: Japan is all about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twestival</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/twestival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work life]]></category>

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The team and I are organizing Twestival in&#160;Tokyo.
It&#8217;s on the evening of 12 February&#160;2009.
Please&#160;come!
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		<title>Now it&#8217;s going too far the other way?</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/now-its-going-too-far-the-other-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture Difference Japan Asia US Europe And All]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Resource Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think open plan in office works without having easily accessible private room or cubicle to use in&#160;need.
Like everything else, it&#8217;s not one size fits all.  How the workspace should be layed out depends on your&#160;job.
I thought of this because recently, I have seen several article that says open plan does not work, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potential of Twitter in Japan</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/potential-of-twitter-in-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/potential-of-twitter-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japanese Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uchida Yoko people thought it was another one of those crazy ideas I brought in.  Rather than doing Q&#38;A after panel discussion, I proposed that we set it up so that everyone can post question or comment during panel discussion to realize audience participation.  I explained that people would feel freer to express [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not new, but real needs of knowledge workers</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/not-new-but-real-needs-of-knowledge-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/not-new-but-real-needs-of-knowledge-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The current advanced region&#8217;s challenge is to match the wokplace and technologies for the workforce who are considered knowledge workers. This is to be quantified, but random interviews conducted has shown that our productivity in focused PC based knowledge activities such as reading and writing are highest in general public spaces such as cafes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astrology based on changed position of sun rising</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/insight/astrology-based-on-changed-position-of-sun-rising/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/insight/astrology-based-on-changed-position-of-sun-rising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insight]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Discovering this kind of thing is just so much&#160;fun!

I mean, we could point out that what astrologers say are vague and also two astrological readings on same person would contradict each other, but that kind of argument would still leave a possibility of one or more astrologers in the world might be&#160;right.
When we talk about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/2009/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New&#160;year!
Here&#8217;s to share with you my currently favorite&#160;video:

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		<title>Review of the year 2008</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/review-of-the-year-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/review-of-the-year-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business in Japan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for making my 2008 a wonderful&#160;year!
It was great working together with my friends, colleagues and&#160;clients.
Had this enjoyable year end meeting.  A typical one we had at many cafes and diners at various places in the&#160;world.

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		<title>Christmas Eve, Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/christmas-eve-tokyo/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/christmas-eve-tokyo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work life]]></category>

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My 14-year old son called me on my mobile at 4PM today, the Christmas Eve.  &#8220;Mom, we want to eat fried chicken from the Kentucky Fried Chicken tonight.  You know it&#8217;s Christmas&#160;Eve!&#8221;
I was definitely not enthusiastic.  I knew there was going to be a queue.  I mean, you should order ahead of time for that.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noboru Konno&#8217;s Workplace Design Site</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/ba-concept/noboru-konnos-workplace-design-site/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/ba-concept/noboru-konnos-workplace-design-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ba Concept]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning from people, books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noboru Konno has started a workplace design site that shows the latest&#160;trend.
Happy&#160;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&#160;professionals.
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		<title>Companies that can afford to have uninspiring workspace</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/insight/what-kind-of-company-can-afford-to-have-uninspiring-workspace/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/insight/what-kind-of-company-can-afford-to-have-uninspiring-workspace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resource Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies that can afford to have uninspiring workspace 

Fear: Employees afraid to lose their&#160;jobs
Love: Employees love their jobs,  pay, status of their company or their&#160;position

 Companies that need inspiring&#160;workspace

Attract: Employees with rare talents; employees to do dull, or painful&#160;work
Impress:&#160;Visitors

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		<title>Workspace is the result of how company feels about its employee</title>
		<link>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/workspace-is-the-result-of-how-company-feels-about-its-employee/</link>
		<comments>http://fujikosuda.com/worklife/workplace-design/work-life/workspace-is-the-result-of-how-company-feels-about-its-employee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Simple!  An action speaks louder than&#160;words.
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