Foreign based commercial interiors products companies (B2B) in Japan are chronically seeking account managers and sales staffs. They will never succeed in hiring and retaining capable employee they seek, let alone prosper in satisfactory way unless they change they way they do business
Category: Culture Difference Japan Asia US Europe And All
Culture difference discovered by experience
China factor
My new acquintance and I were talking about our own perspective about economic situation by region. He now lives in Shanghai, and that gives him a good perspective about what is really happening in China as well as how China is making a difference within the region
Meeting with a group of Japanese
Conference, meetings, workshops with many participants proceed differently between foreign capital companies and Japanese companies (excluding Sony and a few other westernized companies) in Japan. With foreign captial companies, they are used to western way of communicating
Knowledge used for business management
Currently, I am working rigorously with a foreign capital company in Tokyo. 10 years ago, this move project would have been relatively simple
Business as output of education
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 grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle
Salary to match the capability and performance
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 grinde your own wasabi. We mix chopped nori, ground ginger to our taste at the table when we eat cold soba noodle
Translation
I was commenting all books coming out should at least have e-book version, because if a book was in data form, translation software can be used to translate anything, and it would promote better understanding of attitude of a culture on certain topics. My friend disagreed whole heartedly
Emerging Expressive Generation
I noticed lately that many of the blogs written by Japanese are very expressive. They explicitly describe how they feel, what they think about certain matter. A year ago, when there were not as many Japanese bloggers as there are now, majority of them were about things. The latest, coolest things
The Gap: Education & Business
The spring warmth has finally come for the past week here in Tokyo area. Trees are coming to life with soft greens and blossoms in various shades of pink, yellow, white, and blue. While I was cycling, as usual, thoughts begun to take shape as words
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