Aug 31, 2022
We are all exposed to leadership lessons throughout our lives, yet for most of the time we are unaware of them. When we were children, we didn’t think about what it meant to be a leader. Adults were all seen as leaders and they seemed to be unassailable authority figures whom we had to obey. In sports, maybe we...
Aug 24, 2022
Covid driving us all to work from home has been good for the commuter. For Tokyo, many people typically face three hours a day in lost commuting time, standing around in packed train carriages, waiting to get to their office or getting back home. That three hours is now being spent sleeping, playing with the kids,...
Aug 17, 2022
Leadership encompasses many required skills and mind sets and it is always interesting to dissect the topic from fresh angles to shed some light on areas where we could be making a bigger effort. Japan has hordes of managers, but no so many leaders. The managers here are great at getting the operational side of things...
Aug 10, 2022
All guns blazing the new leader hits the ground running. They are the new broom, sweeping all the detritus away from the old regime’s reign of terror. “Embrace me as your saviour”, they say. Well dressed, even natty, their hair is nice, they look the money. They are the type of front man the organisation needs...
Aug 3, 2022
Covid-19 cases are skyrocketing every day. Just when you thought we might be getting somewhere, the latest BA5 variant is spreading like wildfire. For many businesses this will make no difference, but for many industries like mine, we are watching those numbers like hawks, praying they go down. Why? Because our...