14 years ago, I attended Yoshiko Sakurai’s seminar for small business audience. She said, when you read a book, have a pen or pencil in your hand, and underline the parts that means something to you. If you do that for 10 years, you will be standing here instead of me, giving seminar about the… Continue reading Starting up design essay project
Category: Learning from people, books
The moment of AHA!
Humans will be mostly manufactured
Maybe humanss will be manufactured, not born by year 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't room for them to play… Continue reading Humans will be mostly manufactured
Understanding Ichiro’s words through American master coaches lessons
My friend and I were having lunch on March 24th, and she showed me that the World Baseball Classic final game was being played in Los Angeles as we were having our lunch in Tokyo. During my teenage years, with an American step-father who loved to watch sports on TV, our family watched some kind… Continue reading Understanding Ichiro’s words through American master coaches lessons
The way Japanese executives think about company responsibility
I don't know what percentage of Japanese executives feel this way, but last week, I've heard it directly from the director of major Japanese companies, like I did from many Japanese executives before. We are responsible for providing livelihood for the citizens. We have to think of ways to offer meaningful jobs for as many… Continue reading The way Japanese executives think about company responsibility
Why meet face to face?
http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/include_video.swf?edition=US&videoId=97787 This year, more people than ever attend the World Economic Forum at Davos. As this video asks: Why attend? We are now capable of sharing so much information virtually. It will probably take several generations, if ever, for the humans to become natural at virtual meetings. In the recent seminar I organized about building… Continue reading Why meet face to face?
Astrology based on changed position of sun rising
Discovering this kind of thing is just so much 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 right.… Continue reading Astrology based on changed position of sun rising
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.
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… Continue reading What does productivity mean?
Fascination with progress
My job required that I find people at wide range of profession to interview very quickly, so I contacted my new and old friends
Why Japanese loves Louis Vuitton and ignore major foreign IT companies
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
Worklife success
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
Expericence design circa 1925
The secret of all true persuasion is to induce the person to persuade himself. The chief task of the persuader, therefore is to induce the experience. The rest will take care of itself. Inclueincing Human Behavior, H.A
Impact of Informal by Cecil Balmond
Engineers are fascinating breed of people. They manipulate numbers to create things
Ray Kroc, Howard Schultz, Joe Girard
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
Blog is a community: caring together
As I was surfing the internet today, I came upon a moving blog entry by Tom Peters. In the entry titled Black Dogs, Loved ones, Etc., I felt like inscribing the following words to my heart and brain: First, I think Blogs should be personal & authentic
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