Tag archive for ‘japan’
10 Social Media and Leadership Stories on the Tragedy in Japan
It’s been a pretty heady and devastating week, but here are ten important and sometimes disturbing social media and leadership stories that deal with the Tragedy in Japan. The beautiful photo to the left was taken on 3.15.11 in Nagoya, Japan by ka_tate.
1. Tips from the Better Business Bureau on Donating to Earthquake relief efforts in Japan
2. Real-Time Japan News Resources
3. Tweeting in Japan: The Good, the Bad, and the Panicked
4. Japan’s Emperor Akihito reassures …
Japan’s Poltical Leaders Must Manage Expectations
It is a truism that political leaders need to manage expectations. In Japan, it should be the first item of concern.
Here’s an excerpt from a story in the Washington Post about Japan’s leaders and polls…
“In Tokyo the people of Japan love opinion polls that measure the popularity of their prime minister. The problem is, they almost never love the prime minister himself. The public calls him weak. The media grill him about …
Shaping Creative Energy: The Birth of the Graphic Novel
Yoshihiro Tatsumi is the father of the graphic novel. He took his passion for Japan’s daily children’s cartoons (Manga) and used it as a vehicle to tell gritty, poetic, stories that attracted adult readers.
He called his new art form Gekiga and it became explosively popular in Japan throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Thirty years later Gekiga, Tatsumi’s idea of a graphic novel, would become popular in Europe and America.
In the 800-plus page autobiographical graphic novel, …
Entrepreneurs Aren’t Exactly Lucky (Neither are Leaders)
Are entrepreneurial people gifted or just lucky?
If you’ve ever read an article about a successful self-employed person you’ve probably thought they were blessed with a large dose of talent coupled with good fortune. The years of hard work, trial & error, and perseverance, are usually summed up in a few lines that sound like this:
“After college Mr. X worked for 3 years in a high-paced marketing department where he made contacts and began constructing his …
Leadership Link Round-Up: July 13-17
Can the UK really spur nationwide employee engagement? Let’s hope they offer free coffee.
Know what you can control…and what you can not.
Great, you’ve been promoted…but what are the chances you can stay promoted?
Risking vulnerability is part of authenticity. Couldn’t agree more.
10 ways to handle your mistakes. Don’t deny them.
Good breakdown of a compelling book on time management.
Morgan Stanly’s teen intern got it wrong says a teen at BusinessWeek.
Do you indulge in management excesses? They are…
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