Apr 26, 2017
Fear and Loathing In Japan
The Spa magazine in Japan released the results of a survey of 1,140 male full-time employees in their 40s, about what they hated about their jobs. The top four complaints were salaries have not risen because of decades of deflation; a sense of being underappreciated and undervalued and a...
Apr 19, 2017
Big Brother Japan Inc Style
“What anchors their behavior is the salaryman’s desire to protect himself – no one wants to put their position at risk by telling the truth”. This little gem of an insight was made by a retired nuclear engineer who worked for Toshiba. He was referring to the various scandals that...
Apr 12, 2017
Bad Business Battlefield Promotions
In the military, junior officers are the equivalent of middle management in business. In times of warfare these middle managers are often wounded or killed in battle. There are no replacements from officer school, so the most capable member of the team is promoted on the battlefield,...
Apr 5, 2017
Positive Mindset For Leaders
How do we set up a positive mindset? More importantly how do we set it up from morning when we awake and when we start work? What are we feeding our mind? What things are occupying our thoughts? How do we control what we allow into our mind? Who has influence over our mindset? Are we...