When I travel, little things I see, new smell stimulate me, and those things make memories of experiences, including work I did there. And more I travel, more I appreciate the beauties around me at home, more I appreciate things I take for granted that are very Japanese. Just a lit
Category: Workplace design
Philosophy and journey of workplace design
With Help from Today’s IT
The day after I got back from SF, I had a presentation for design concept report at the client site with one of my partners. I am really pleased with how this project turned out
A Break after an intense work week
View out of window at Natural Beat cafe in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Inside the cafe Great to have a choice!
Place full of fun distraction
Tokyo is full of fun and exciting distraction, cool stuff, fascinating stuff, all these things I can experience at the stores, and take the experience home with me should I choose to buy any little thing!! I think this is it
Old Model Communication
The old model communication I am talking about is people working across the border with the advantage of time difference, where some decision could be relayed just slow enough that the people at the other side of the border could not affect the decision made by your side
Goals of worklife
Maybe sour grapes. But an e-mail my friend sent to me allowed me to express exactly what I have been thinking about lately. My friend sent me an e-mail with an article of a woman succeeding in growing a company with type of work that I specialize in
My Favorite Building Complex in Tokyo 2
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
My Favorite Building Complex in Tokyo
When I first visited one of my clients in Opera City building in Hatsudai, I did not like it. The building lobby area felt like maze. I have terrible sense of direction, and without good signage and clear visual indication for orienteering, I get lost easily
Sociological and psychological aspects of working independently in Japan
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
Working, watching in Shibuya
Sitting at a counter seat in a crowded Starbucks, view from the place, checking e-mails on mobile phoneShibuya work style
Business Discussion
Places we go after work hours to talk shop
All about relativity
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
Professional Japanese Women
It is still a rarity when a woman strolls into a giant Japanese company as a consultant. But because it is still a rarity, women can take advantage of such situation. I did just that recently when I conducted a series of workplace design/ change management workshop
Behavioral traits of big global 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
Entrepreneurial spirit stays the same
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