This wonderful video is based on a retreat we held in the Fall of 2007 titled Invigorating Communities, Designing for Inclusion. The video was created by BAYCAT Studio, where Innovators Network member Villy Wang serves as the President and CEO. Enjoy!
Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
Lovesick Japan: Stories of Intimacy from Courts to Keitai (Cell Phone) Novels
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cell phone novel, Dana Goodyear, I-phone, I-phone novel, Japan, Japan Society, keitai novel, lecture, love, New Yorker Magazine, sex on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lecture @ Japan Society Tuesday, May 5, 6:30 PM
From the hottest cell phone novels to complex legal opinions to international sex surveys, stories of widespread dissatisfaction with romance and intimacy in contemporary Japan abound. Dana Goodyear, poet, journalist and the author of the New Yorker article “I ♥ Novels,” and Mark West, Nippon Life Professor [...]
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acumen Fund, Jacqueline Novogratz, Japan, Justin Rockefeller, lecture, Rockefeller, The Blue Sweater, U.S.-Japan Innovators Network on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
U.S.-Japan Innovators Network Lecture @ Japan Society
Tuesday, May 12, 6:30 PM
Imagine a world where everyone has access to water, housing, health services and energy. That is the goal of Jacqueline Novogratz, a member of the U.S.-Japan Innovators Network. In 2001, Novogratz started Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve [...]
Rules of Thumb—A Global Guide to Thriving (Not Just Surviving) in Turbulent Times
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged U.S.-Japan Innovators Network, Fast Company, Japan, alan webber, Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business without Losing Yourself, Rules of Thumb on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
U.S.-Japan Innovators Network Lecture
Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 PM @ Japan Society
* Rule #14 You don’t know if you don’t go.
* Rule #23 Keep two lists: What gets you up in the morning? What keeps you up at night?
* Rule #37 All money is not created equal.
* Rule #45 Failure isn’t failing, failure is failing to [...]
GDP BLUES REDUX
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 100 yen shop, Azabu Juban, consumer demand, daniel rosenblum, David Resler, exports, gdp, Japan, nomura, tokyo on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some days before leaving for Tokyo, I fretted about the state of the global economy, and Japan’s economy in particular.
In my January 30 post, GDP Blues, I mentioned David Resler, Managing Director & Chief Economist at Nomura Securities International, Inc., predicting that Japan’s 4th quarter GDP for 2008 could drop 9 pct or more.
That number, announced [...]
GOOD: I want my money in this envelope.
Posted in design, tagged design, GOOD Magazine, IDEO, Japan, the Designers Accord, Yasuhiro Asano on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Japan, we have a tendency to wrap everything. We are very much into packaging. Beautiful packaging. When people get married or die, we have the custom of wrapping money in an envelope and wrap the envelope with strands of cords which are made of rice paper. We call these paper cords mizuhiki. The [...]
GDP Blues
Posted in U.S.-Japan, Uncategorized, tagged daniel rosenblum, economics, gdp, Japan, Japan Society, nomura, recession, tokyo, U.S., womens bond club on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Watching Wall Street implode from Japan last September, it was easy to hope that after a couple of bailouts life would quickly return to normal.
Clearly, that’s not the case. As I prepare to return to Tokyo next week, I wonder how the people and the city are holding up under the strain of a seemingly intractable global recession.
At Japan Society last night we hosted a [...]
The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
Posted in Japan Society, U.S.-Japan, network, tagged Acumen Fund, Blue Sweater, Jacqueline Novogratz, Japan on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While I was reading Seth Godin’s new book, I came across with Jacqueline Novogratz’s name for more than a couple of times. Just like Godin, I am a big fan of Acumen Fund’s work. I knew that she was working on a book about her endeavor as a social entrepreneur. I checked Acumen’s website [...]
Enlightenment in a Tokyo Taxi and a Shoeshine Booth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daniel rosenblum, Japan, leisure, meaning, new otani hotel, retirement, salaryman, search for meaning, shoeshine, taxi, tokyo, work on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes attitudes towards work – especially work considered by some Americans to be “menial” - can offer insights into Japanese society. Recently I was chatting with a Tokyo taxi driver when I asked him how long he’d been a cabbie.
“Five years,” he answered.
“And before that?”
“I was a regular salary man.”
“Why did you decide to become a taxi driver?” I [...]
Japan’s Four Cs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daniel rosenblum, design, Felissimo, Japan, Japan C, New York on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I checked out Japan C at Felissimo Design House. Some days earlier, my colleague, Japan Society Director of Education Rob Fish, was interviewed on NY1 about the culture of cute while visiting Japan C. Japan C, Felissimo says, represents “all that Japan is today: Cool, Cute, Clever and Creative”. And it’s true. In the [...]
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