Comments on: Hail and Farewell http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/22/hail-and-farewell/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:20:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MajHarvey http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/22/hail-and-farewell/comment-page-1/#comment-268713 MajHarvey Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:58:18 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5775#comment-268713 Thirded. Thirded.

]]> By: Ron http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/22/hail-and-farewell/comment-page-1/#comment-268588 Ron Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:01:25 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5775#comment-268588 Fridge, I second that request!!! Fridge, I second that request!!!

]]> By: Fridge http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/22/hail-and-farewell/comment-page-1/#comment-268536 Fridge Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:39:22 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5775#comment-268536 Lex, When will the statute of limitations pass for what will undoubtedly be yet another of your magnificent sea stories, this time regarding "JASDF Eagles out of Hamamatsu"? Lex,
When will the statute of limitations pass for what will undoubtedly be yet another of your magnificent sea stories, this time regarding “JASDF Eagles out of Hamamatsu”?

]]> By: Flatlander http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/22/hail-and-farewell/comment-page-1/#comment-268478 Flatlander Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:55:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5775#comment-268478 Your experience may vary, but my admiration is based on 20 years of working with Japanese professionals from many companies in the electronics industry, in comparision to their peers of other nationalities both within and outside of Asia in similar roles. My observations on both strengths and weakness are by nature generalizations, but they are generalizations built upon many specific cases. Your experience may vary, but my admiration is based on 20 years of working with Japanese professionals from many companies in the electronics industry, in comparision to their peers of other nationalities both within and outside of Asia in similar roles. My observations on both strengths and weakness are by nature generalizations, but they are generalizations built upon many specific cases.

]]> By: Drew C. http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/22/hail-and-farewell/comment-page-1/#comment-268239 Drew C. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:02:03 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5775#comment-268239 Flatlander, Uh, no. Ever read anything about the issue with Mitsubishi and their truck hub failures from a few years ago? How about the Lockheed scandal? Know what a <i>kuromaku</i> is? Followed the failure of Livedoor at all? What about the <i>yakuza</i> trolls hat show up at business meetings for the purposes of extortion by damning with praise or threatening to publish magazines filled with various salacious details of the executive life? And man for man they are men, the notion of them all conforming to some archetype of "samurai" made me giggle. They're people, and although some may make a slight comparison to parallels between the ideology of modern business and something out of a Kurosawa movie, they are <i>not</i> the same. My wife (who is Japanese) works at a company where foreigners have found themselves integrated quite well. Maybe I'm a simpleton and completely missed the point of your post. Maybe you're trolling for meatloaf here. Who knows. But I maintain you're way off the mark here with this. Flatlander,

Uh, no. Ever read anything about the issue with Mitsubishi and their truck hub failures from a few years ago? How about the Lockheed scandal? Know what a kuromaku is? Followed the failure of Livedoor at all? What about the yakuza trolls hat show up at business meetings for the purposes of extortion by damning with praise or threatening to publish magazines filled with various salacious details of the executive life?

And man for man they are men, the notion of them all conforming to some archetype of “samurai” made me giggle. They’re people, and although some may make a slight comparison to parallels between the ideology of modern business and something out of a Kurosawa movie, they are not the same. My wife (who is Japanese) works at a company where foreigners have found themselves integrated quite well.

Maybe I’m a simpleton and completely missed the point of your post. Maybe you’re trolling for meatloaf here. Who knows. But I maintain you’re way off the mark here with this.

]]> By: Flatlander http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/10/22/hail-and-farewell/comment-page-1/#comment-268190 Flatlander Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:38:47 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5775#comment-268190 In business I admire the Japanese in many ways. Man for man they are samurai; individual competence is extraordinary. And they are honorable competitors - they will do what they agree to do. But they are insular and struggle to integrate foreigners effectively beyond narrow roles. And they tend to fight over the wrong ground and stay in competitive battles where they are disadvantaged far too long. In business I admire the Japanese in many ways.

Man for man they are samurai; individual competence is extraordinary. And they are honorable competitors – they will do what they agree to do.

But they are insular and struggle to integrate foreigners effectively beyond narrow roles. And they tend to fight over the wrong ground and stay in competitive battles where they are disadvantaged far too long.

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