Consultants who have worked with a range of companies have a better overall view than Japanese employees themselves of how Japanese companies differ from each other....
You may think this detracts from the appeal of the presentation, but if your audience includes people who are not comfortable with English, prefer group based decision-making and don't like...
Rather like a math exam, you have to show the working out in your presentation, not just the answer, to get full points....
Employees are typically placed in a room, often windowless...
Next time you need to make a proposal to a Japanese person, see if you can draw it first....
My biggest concern about including honne and tatemae when explaining Japanese culture to non-Japanese is that it makes it sound like Japanese have a unique propensity to be liars...
