• The Pitfalls in "Eliminating Insensitivity"

    Japan as a high context culture Japanese culture is said to be a “high context culture.” The ‘context’ here refers to the cultural background, such as customs, knowledge, and values that each of us has. In a high context culture, the background has been mutual understanding, and the people there assume “you know what I mean before I tell you, don’t you?
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  • You Don't Exist, If You Don't Speak Out

    The sin of not speaking out For anyone working in a team, speaking what s/he’s thinking out is not a ‘should-do’, but a ‘must-do’. Some people make it their rule to speak out after someone started and not to be the first one. You indeed need to be brave when speaking out first, but if everyone is waiting for someone else to start, nothing on your business will proceed.
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  • Communication is important! But how?

    Halli Hallo, I am a Designer! I’m Luisa, a 26-year-old UX / UI Designer with good communication skills, additionally I was born and raised in Germany, so I’m not a native English speaker. During college I studied Communication Design, which is about solving problems and expressing information that is easy to understand.
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  • Creating Strong Company Culture: How to Let Ideas and Values Penetrate in Your Company

    By letting ideas and values penetrate, companies can create strong culture of their own. This time, I will write about “how to let ideas and values penetrate.” “Values” Important in Making Daily Judgments For a company to grow, its work must be evolved and renewed. In the evolving process, you do not have precedents and therefore, you will have to make your own decisions for each situation.
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