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Last Updated: 06 May 2021 The Generation Gap in Working from Home in Japan and Europe
Last Updated: 02 Jul 2021 (Video) So, What is Monozukuri Actually?
Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024 (Video) So, What is Ikigai Actually?
Ikigai - The Japanese word for the goal that gets you going - is often misunderstood by non-Japanese speakers. So, what is Ikigai actually?...
Last Updated: 02 Jul 2021 (Video) So, What is Hansei Actually?
Hansei: the Japanese method of apologizing to your boss. Learn how to Hansei, and why Americans are so bad at it....
Last Updated: 02 Jul 2021 (Video) So, What is Karoshi Actually?
Karoshi simply means ‘Death by overwork’. Find out more about the history of karoshi, and what Japan is doing about in in this 5 minute video....
Last Updated: 02 Jul 2021 (Video) So, What is Horenso Actually?
'Horenso' means spinach, but it is also an important Japanese business acronym. Find out all about it in this quick 3 minute video....
Last Updated: 02 Jul 2021 (Video) So, What is Omotenashi Actually?
We're defining omotenashi as "wholehearted hospitality" - why Japanese customer service is probably the best in the world. This is the first in our new 3 minute video series on...
Last Updated: 09 Apr 2021 Defining Nemawashi
Similar to the phrase “getting everyone on the same page”, all decisions are made by group consensus, each part of the organization is listened to and its needs addressed, through...
Last Updated: 13 Apr 2021 Situational Leadership for Japanese managers
One of the issues that Japanese people who come to work in Europe find most challenging is the multiple nationalities of people they have to work with. European managers themselves...