Rochelle Kopp: Japan Inter-Cultural & Communications Expert


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Feb 26 2020 47 mins   3
This episode I sit down with one of the sharpest Japan inter-culturally minded people I've ever met. Rochelle Kopp is a Japanese business culture expert and cross-cultural communications specialist and is the founder and Managing Principal of Japan Intercultural Consulting. We share drinks and eye-(ear)-opening facts and stories about Japanese business norms. Its another podcast from the Grand Hyatt's Oak Door bar. Just give the first 5min a listen, I'm sure you will want to continue to the end. Other topics we dive into: The reason Japan loves cute mascots for nearly everything Why Ikebana (flower arrangement) is analogous for Japanese on-the-job-training The reason Employee engagement in Japan is one of the lowest in the world "Periodic Personnel Rotations" a typical corporate tradition which holds back Japanese business Why a large number of Japanese are in jobs they have no motivation for and how this results in the low labor productivity Debating differences between japan and the West Discuss the article "30% of Japanese managers feel stress when dealing with foreign employees" The Japanese government's efforts to improve employees work-life balance Rocelle's take on the future of Japan How the Japanese generation-gap is changing the way people work in Japan gugu Sleep Company https://gugu.jp Japan Intercultural Consulting https://www.japanintercultural.com Rochelle Kopp https://www.linkedin.com/in/rochellekopp/ The Rice-Paper Ceiling, Valley Speak, The Lowdown, and other books from Rochelle Kopp https://www.amazon.com/Rochelle-Kopp The Japan Times articles https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/rochelle-kopp/