Nov 20, 2019
Nov 13, 2019
When Things Go Wrong Everyone Dives for Cover In Japan
Japan is a no mistake culture. This breeds timidity, resistance to change, lower levels of innovation, avoiding accountability and an aversion to responsibility. Fine, but what happens when mistakes actually occur? As the boss, you face a conspiracy amongst the...
Nov 6, 2019
Six Staff Members To Be Careful Of In Japan
In most cases, as leaders we inherit the staff employed by our predecessors. It is a rare chance to employ everyone yourself right from the start. That means there have been varying degrees of thinking about who constitutes excellent staff. Even if everyone preceding us...