How can top leaders learn? Part 2
2021年5月20日 Philosophy
We were talking about how Inamori shared his tips with business leaders. In the early eighties, the business leaders of small to middle size companies in Kyoto asked Inamori* to share his experiences and tips of business administration through a couple of workshops. Inamori wanted to contribute to Kyoto’s economic growth and voluntarily started a …
How can top leaders learn? Part 1
2021年5月18日 Philosophy
In the early eighties, the business leaders of small to middle size companies in Kyoto asked Inamori* to share his experiences and tips of business administration through a couple of workshops. Inamori wanted to contribute to Kyoto’s economic growth and voluntarily started a small group workshop, which has expanded to Seiwajuku, which has 15,000 members …
The other aspect of the wasted time Part ２
2021年5月14日 Philosophy
We were talking about events, which we find to be the “waste of our time”. Those events are actually not totally “wastes”. Reasons are as follows. 1 Finding the corporate mission to be shared with their staff. 2 Removing our mental blocks 3 Being aware of our vocation 4 Giving positive energies to others 5 …
The other aspect of the wasted time Part 1
2021年5月12日 Philosophy
Some people said this is the total waste of their time, or other people say that working for this company seems to do nothing to their career. However, personally, I feel that there is no time to be wasted in our lives. In other words, every moment in our life has a certain meaning in …
When will Japanese inbound tourists come back?
2021年5月10日 Market Trend
It has been more than one year since the COVID-19 pandemic spread almost all over the world. Some global investors have acquired large hotel portfolios. Other investors have been investing into residential port in Tokyo central. Others have been very much active to invest logistics and data centers together with Japanese business partners. …
The revival driven by gratitude Part 2
2021年5月7日 Philosophy
Every time I read Inamori’s words, I find how powerful the gratitude is. We were talking about why gratitude can bring so many great result even in businesses. Especially, over the JAL revival episode, Inamori shared his story: how gratitude worked to drive JAL’s miracle recovery. The gratitude can be fallen into the following five …
The revival driven by gratitude Part 1
2021年5月5日 Philosophy
Every time I read Inamori’s words, I find how powerful the gratitude is. Especially, over the JAL revival episode, Inamori shared his story: how gratitude worked to drive JAL’s miracle recovery. The gratitude can be fallen into the following five directions. 1 Gratitude for our lives 2 Gratitude for others (altruism) 3 Gratitude for clients …
The family business tragedy-Otsuaka Furniture case-
2021年5月3日 Family Business
Today, I would like to share my ideas on why the tragedy happened in that family business. Otsuka is one of the top furniture companies founded in 1969. Due to the high economic growth era in Japan in seventies and eighties, they have expanded their business. Katsuhisa, (Katsu), the founder and the father of Otsuka …
Enhance staff’s engagement for highly professional firms Part 2
2021年4月29日 Philosophy
The highly professional firms such as law firm, copyright application, accountant as well as some sectors of services, eg. Luxury restaurants have the same common issues. They have to train their staff but once they’ve got skills and experiences, they easily leave the original place and open their own business or they eventually get head …
Enhance staff’s engagement for highly professional firms Part 1
2021年4月27日 Philosophy
The highly professional firms such as law firm, copyright application, accountant as well as some sectors of services, eg. Luxury restaurants have the same common issues. They have to train their staff but once they’ve got skills and experiences, they easily leave the original place and open their own business or they eventually get head …
