Managing for Creativity in Japan » consistency http://a-small-lab.com/managing-for-creativity-in-japan Talking with Foreign Executives in Japan Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:02:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 You always get what you always got http://a-small-lab.com/managing-for-creativity-in-japan/you-always-get-what-you-always-got/ http://a-small-lab.com/managing-for-creativity-in-japan/you-always-get-what-you-always-got/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:00:37 +0000 Chris Berthelsen http://a-small-lab.com/managing-for-creativity-in-japan/?p=96 “The old adage “if you always do what you’ve always done then you always get what you always got” is very true in Japan. You get very consistent results, but where does that leave you on the creativity and innovation barometer?”



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This post is part of a series of excerpts from interviews with foreign executives in Japan, focusing on creativity. Excerpts have been edited for confidentiality.
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]]> http://a-small-lab.com/managing-for-creativity-in-japan/you-always-get-what-you-always-got/feed/ 0 Cutting Good Cookies http://a-small-lab.com/managing-for-creativity-in-japan/cutting-good-cookies/ http://a-small-lab.com/managing-for-creativity-in-japan/cutting-good-cookies/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:00:47 +0000 Chris Berthelsen http://a-small-lab.com/managing-for-creativity-in-japan/?p=270 “Here they tend here to take the cookie cutter and cut the same cookie. It’s a good cookie, I mean once they get the design right its great and I think, as I said, that’s why their products are so great. Because once they design it, it’s designed with that reliability built in. They know how to make the same copy again and again and again. If it was Spain there would be somebody cutting a corner somewhere thinking that they could actually do it quicker. And that introduces some variability which results in difficulties or bad quality.”



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This post is part of a series of excerpts from interviews with foreign executives in Japan, focusing on creativity. Excerpts have been edited for confidentiality.
We’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences in relation to this topic. Please feel free to comment directly on this site or get in touch at chris@a-small-lab.com (Chris Berthelsen)
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