Aug 25, 2022
Peter Drucker has this great quote. “Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion and under performance. Everything else requires leadership”. In this modern day and age, why do still encounter these three horseman of the apocalypse of organizational dis-function? Each signals its own...
Aug 18, 2022
How should we reproduce the content we have designed for our talk? Do we have to remember it exactly, memorise it so we can be faithful to our speech design and message? If it is a very short speech, you can try and memorise it, but these are usually very special occasions. Japan is a very formal country, so if you...
Aug 11, 2022
It always astonishes me that many salespeople have very little sense of proper timing to start selling their product or service. In the sales call, they are in a rush to get down to business. Japan has mastered the idea of building some rapport before starting the sales conversation. Small talk predominates at the...
Aug 4, 2022
We find it frustrating when we have good ideas or suggestions but all we receive is rejection or even worse criticism of our ideas. Part of it can be the culture of the organization. When someone savages our contribution they cancel our idea creation ticket right there. However my crazy, unworkable, ridiculous,...