Comments on: Why We Don’t See the Forest for the Trees – A Cultural Thing? http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing Equipping Managers via Requisite Organization Systems Design. Talent Management, Leadership, Organization Design. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:30:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Glenn Mehltretter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing/comment-page-1#comment-221 Glenn Mehltretter Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:50:10 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing#comment-221 I've been taking Aikido for a number of years. the specific version is <a>"Ki Aikido"</a> A foundation of this approach is "awareness". Our <a>sensi (teacher)</a> is a Japanese native, she continually asks. Where is your mind? What is your partners intention? Through the examples she uses and stories she tells it seems clear the the idea of awareness is in bedded in the Japanese culture. I’ve been taking Aikido for a number of years. the specific version is “Ki Aikido”
A foundation of this approach is “awareness”.
Our sensi (teacher) is a Japanese native, she continually asks. Where is your mind? What is your partners intention?
Through the examples she uses and stories she tells it seems clear the the idea of awareness is in bedded in the Japanese culture.

]]> By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing/comment-page-1#comment-220 Michelle Malay Carter Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:25:35 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing#comment-220 Hi David, Is there hope for us North Americas yet? Are we at least beginnig to ask the right questions? Michelle Hi David,

Is there hope for us North Americas yet? Are we at least beginnig to ask the right questions?

Michelle

]]> By: David Zinger http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing/comment-page-1#comment-219 David Zinger Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:50:12 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing#comment-219 Before you leave for Asia realize the study was out of the University of Alberta in Canada. I do think it makes a solid point about being more attuned to others and our impact on them. Before you leave for Asia realize the study was out of the University of Alberta in Canada. I do think it makes a solid point about being more attuned to others and our impact on them.

]]> By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing/comment-page-1#comment-218 Michelle Malay Carter Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:17:35 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing#comment-218 Hi Jack, Thanks for the comment. Some interesting insights. I think you are on to something. The article on the study makes another interesting point that: East Asians are accustom to read the air "kuuki wo yomu" of the situation through their cultural practices. I don't know that I have been teaching my children to read the air, but it makes a lot of sense. Regards, Michelle Hi Jack,

Thanks for the comment. Some interesting insights. I think you are on to something.

The article on the study makes another interesting point that: East Asians are accustom to read the air “kuuki wo yomu” of the situation through their cultural practices.

I don’t know that I have been teaching my children to read the air, but it makes a lot of sense.

Regards,

Michelle

]]> By: Jack Fallow http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing/comment-page-1#comment-217 Jack Fallow Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:20:07 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing#comment-217 Hi Michelle, This ability (or inability) to see what is going on beyond ourselves becomes critical as work veers towards the higher levels of complexity. Lets imagine that level six type positioning is about living simultaneously as a corporate citizen of multiple local cultures. Then, it would suggest that being able to read the signalling of those cultures is a requirement for survival. Being able to communicate to those cultures would be another, and more difficult, part of the challenge. It may be that reading the environment, and particularly the human dimension, is experienced differently in parts of the world that dont have the western post-Reformation belief that the individual is the critical element in society. We read that mergers have been planned between two top people 'who really get on well'. Sadly their systems and teams dont find the matching process so easy. Why did the bosses not know? Jack PS Just as an aside, the Japanese people whom I have met, have always humbled me with their humility. They check my thinking before asking questions. They ask my permission to use my ideas or approaches. They advise me of their progress. When they change my approach, they ask if they have got it right. Westerners mainly criticise it and or steal it! Hi Michelle,

This ability (or inability) to see what is going on beyond ourselves becomes critical as work veers towards the higher levels of complexity. Lets imagine that level six type positioning is about living simultaneously as a corporate citizen of multiple local cultures. Then, it would suggest that being able to read the signalling of those cultures is a requirement for survival. Being able to communicate to those cultures would be another, and more difficult, part of the challenge.

It may be that reading the environment, and particularly the human dimension, is experienced differently in parts of the world that dont have the western post-Reformation belief that the individual is the critical element in society. We read that mergers have been planned between two top people ‘who really get on well’. Sadly their systems and teams dont find the matching process so easy. Why did the bosses not know?

Jack

PS Just as an aside, the Japanese people whom I have met, have always humbled me with their humility. They check my thinking before asking questions. They ask my permission to use my ideas or approaches. They advise me of their progress. When they change my approach, they ask if they have got it right.

Westerners mainly criticise it and or steal it!

]]> By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing/comment-page-1#comment-216 Michelle Malay Carter Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:47:22 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing#comment-216 Hi Matt, Thanks for the comment. Those are good questions. Are you planning a PhD dissertation anytime soon? It would make for a good study. Michelle Hi Matt,

Thanks for the comment. Those are good questions. Are you planning a PhD dissertation anytime soon? It would make for a good study.

Michelle

]]> By: Matt Anderson http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing/comment-page-1#comment-215 Matt Anderson Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:32:56 +0000 http://69.89.31.143/~organja8/missionmindedmanagement/why-we-dont-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-a-cultural-thing#comment-215 How much of that is because Japan doesn't have the wide open Midwest? Doesn't geography and the Nature we live in play just as big a part? I wonder if you might get the similiar results in New York City or Chicago as you might in Omaha or Peoria. How much of that is because Japan doesn’t have the wide open Midwest? Doesn’t geography and the Nature we live in play just as big a part? I wonder if you might get the similiar results in New York City or Chicago as you might in Omaha or Peoria.

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