In a conference held last month(2002.11), I had an opportunity to speak after the keynote speech by a Nobel Prize winner in economics.

In his presentation, it was very easy to understand his thinking process and see how each topic takes a part and contributes to the whole presentation. He did not use MS PowerPoint ( he later told me that he wasn’t a big fan of Microsoft products ) but used a tool called “MindManager”(※) to present his thoughts. Continue reading →

Every summer, I visit Silicon Valley as a place for a “fixed-point observation.” I am able to discover many things observing companies that change the way they are as the time goes by. Continue reading →

You may have heard of a summer camp held annually in a suburb of Boston for young and talented musicians invited from all over the world. Seiji Ozawa, a world famous conductor, was the head of the instructors at the camp. I was deeply impressed when I saw how Mr. Ozawa inspires young musicians through conducting the orchestra, and I felt that I would like to do the same for our clients. Continue reading →