Before this class, I thought he would be a kind of person who is difficult to get along with, because Ken told us his achievement. I could not imagine the person who totally changed the business style of one of the most biggest company in the world. The real Mr. Kitashiro was, however, very kind and honest person. To tell the truth, I was really surprised...because it seemed to me that he was an ordinary man at first(I changed my mind...after the lecture, he was not "ordinary" at all lol).
1. his manner
I really liked the way he talked to us. His voice was really soft and comfortable to listen. Moreover, I felt he had strong confidence through eye contact, posture, humor and the way he involved us in his speech. His public speech style was very similar to my ideal one...
2. his story
The most memorable story was "Courage to say NO". In order to change the "no discount policy" of IBM, he never gave up and eventually went to the headquarter of IBM for direct negotiation. In Japanese culture,it is kind of crazy action, because the headquarter is considered as "the absolute authority" without any reason. Maybe we tend to stick to "tradition" or "rule" in our style.
I think his lecture gave us the courage to survive the present society. Even if we have to do something uncomfortable in our culture in order to pursue the best outcome, we should not be afraid of doing that, at least we should try it, because it is "mottainai" to waste our chances.
I would like to thank Mr. Kitashiro and Ken for giving us the opportunity to listen to this amazing lecture.
Hi Shiori,
返信削除Thanks for responding to Mr. Kitashiro's lecture—I was hoping some of you would. I am glad that it was so inspirational for you; he certainly always has been for me.