Why Japanese love charts, graphs, and diagrams
The other day I was teaching a seminar on Working Effectively with Americans to a group of Japanese expatriates from a major electronics manufacturer’s U.S. subsidiary. We were discussing...
Cross-cultural communication
In Japan, much is said between the words…pay attention!
How to understand the grunts, sighs, hisses and hums that are a common part of Japanese conversation...
The art of drawing out information from Japanese colleagues
How information is exchanged in Japanese companies...
Expecting a direct answer from the Japanese may be “difficult”
How to achieve clarity and avoid misunderstanding...