07.Jul.2010 Overview of AWF’s April event – Climbing your own Everests, Arlene Blum
In another inspiring event held by the AWF, Arlene Blum gave a presentation titled “Climbing Your Own Everests: Leadership, Vision, and Problem Solving” on April 6, at the Thomson Reuters Akasaka office. Arlene, a truly motivating and captivating speaker, started her speech with a story of her freshman year in college. During that first year [...]
Report from GOLD’s 2010 symposium
The following is a report from an attendee of the 2010 symposium arranged by Global Organization for Leadership and Diversity (GOLD). For more details on GOLD, please visit http://www.goldleaders.org/ From the “Leading and Navigating Tsunami Culture” seminar on March 22nd, 2010, we learned that although the spotlight may land on either gender or racial diversity, [...]
07.Mar.2010 AWF’s February Event with Takumi Shibata, Deputy President & COO of Nomura
AWF’s February 2nd event, featuring guest speaker Takumi Shibata, Deputy President & COO of Nomura, was a huge success – with about 150 people turning out to hear Mr. Shibata speak, it was the biggest event in the history of our organization. Mr. Shibata, a truly engaging speaker with a comfortable, storytelling, approach, began the [...]
17.Jan.2010 Details of a new Japanese management textbook: “Innovation and Change in Japanese Management”
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new business book edited by long-time AWF supporter Parissa Haghirian. The details are below. Innovation and Change in Japanese Management Edited by Parissa Haghirian (Sophia University) with an introduction by Makoto Abe (Tokyo University) Palgrave Macmillan (2010) / Hardcover: 240 pages / ISBN-10: 0230216676 / Price: [...]
08.Jan.2010 Book publishing internship
Please find details below on a book publishing internship with the local entrepreneur and publisher Caroline Pover. Message from Caroline: I noticed a significant number of enquiries coming my way toward the end of last year, specifically regarding the possibility of doing a publishing internship with me. Perhaps the time of year lends itself to [...]
12.Nov.2009 Invitation to global entrepreneur week event
We wanted to bring your attention to interesting events that will be taking place this month as part of the Japan edition of Global Entrepreneur Week. http://www.entrepreneurshipweek.jp/en/ The GEW: Globally Successful Entrepreneurism on November 20th (held at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) event is free and by invitation and if you are interested please [...]
