by isaokato | Feb 24, 2011 | Post
The once-mighty Japanese manufacturing juggernauts have been in a slow death spiral for two decades. Hitachi, Sanyo, Toshiba, Casio, Panasonic, and even Sony. I have the feeling that people born after 1990 do not even know those brands, except the last one....
by isaokato | Feb 17, 2011 | Post
I know, it doesn't matter anymore. Long gone are the days of "mysterious Japanese people" getting front page coverage from The New York Times. "China" is where the spotlight is on. We cannot blame the media; its attitude remains neutral...
by isaokato | Sep 27, 2010 | Post
For the past few years, I have been following gaming industry news: mostly news about Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft—the Big Three that rule the gaming platform with their Wii, PlayStation 3, and XBOX 360, respectively. I thought I was following their news because of...
by isaokato | Sep 5, 2010 | Post
I practice qi-gong and attend a meditation group on weekly basis. There is a Q&A session in which we ask questions such as “What is zen?” to a teacher. In the beginning, I used to think it was the answer that mattered so I listened carefully to what the teacher...
by isaokato | Aug 30, 2010 | Post
I am reading books on management and leadership. In summary, leadership is about showing others where to go, and management is about showing how to do it. To paraphrase Stephen Covey, if a company is a group of traders/explorers moving through a jungle, a worker is...
by isaokato | Aug 23, 2010 | Post
I have been on a hiatus from blogging for the past three months. There are (sort-of valid) excuses. Changed my job. Changed where I live. Changed my philosophical belief. (More about this in the future posts) But the biggest reasons are my laziness and fear. When...
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