As Yusuke said in end of my presentation, I am going to be the captain(部長) of the band circle next year.
The captain doesn't really have to show strong leadership, like making a long-term vision and keeping that with the members. All the members like music, and are already highly-motivated. It is more like a desk-work, like writing documents and submitting them for using the 新D multi-purpose hall.
However, the skills I learned in this class was not all about leadership. It was about making good atmosphere. Making negotiations go well. Making good impressions to other people. Teamwork. Resolving Conflicts. Saying 「でーきーるー！」. Doing the best at where you are.
With these skills, I think I can be a better person, a better captain.
This term was a quite hard time for me. Many events made me think of the distance between me and me in the personal vision statement. But what I really think now is that I have to learn from the mistakes and start from what I can do now.
It may take a really long time, but I am starting to be the leader I want to be.
Thank you!
2014年2月23日日曜日
Wrapping Up the Course: Shackleton
As the recent classes were mostly about the research paper and final presentation, I was starting to forget about what was written in Leading at the Edge. So, I re-read it briefly, and I'll write down what I got from this book in general.
The book was my entertainment in the transporting time(the book was rather too big to read in a seriously crowded train, though). The most memorable episode in the book, was the episode of Simpson and Yates, introduced in the Stamina chapter, page 66.
The sub-title the episode had was "Let Go of Guilt (But Learn from Mistakes)", and that guilt, was huge and serious. Yates and Simpson was hung at an ice wall of Andes Mountains, and Yates cut the rope to survive. It was not the kind of guilt I would know. I thought that this example was too serious for a "mistake" and "learning from it". The situation was like a bad dream. I thought of the true meaning of "the edge" and got frightened by the idea that I may have to make a decision in a circumstance like that and "learn from it".
However, the more surprising and memorable part was that Simpson, who sled deep down to a crevasse, managed to crawl out from there. He thought of the things he can do, and just repeated that. "Do what you can, even when you are in a hard time" was the lesson I took from this story.
It is strange that I didn't pick the episodes of Shackleton, even this is a book about him, but this was the most interesting story for me.
Personally, the ten features introduced in this book, are things that is already known that they are important. Although, the good point of this book is that it shows WHY it is important, with various strong stories.
The book was my entertainment in the transporting time(the book was rather too big to read in a seriously crowded train, though). The most memorable episode in the book, was the episode of Simpson and Yates, introduced in the Stamina chapter, page 66.
The sub-title the episode had was "Let Go of Guilt (But Learn from Mistakes)", and that guilt, was huge and serious. Yates and Simpson was hung at an ice wall of Andes Mountains, and Yates cut the rope to survive. It was not the kind of guilt I would know. I thought that this example was too serious for a "mistake" and "learning from it". The situation was like a bad dream. I thought of the true meaning of "the edge" and got frightened by the idea that I may have to make a decision in a circumstance like that and "learn from it".
However, the more surprising and memorable part was that Simpson, who sled deep down to a crevasse, managed to crawl out from there. He thought of the things he can do, and just repeated that. "Do what you can, even when you are in a hard time" was the lesson I took from this story.
It is strange that I didn't pick the episodes of Shackleton, even this is a book about him, but this was the most interesting story for me.
Personally, the ten features introduced in this book, are things that is already known that they are important. Although, the good point of this book is that it shows WHY it is important, with various strong stories.
Reflection on the Presentation
Last Friday, I've did my final presentation on The Beatles' Leadership.
Actually, I think I have to check the things I have to fix, or I should have not done, rather than listing what I thought was good.
Bad-point 1
The first thing is that I overused video-clips.
I wanted to show the songs, just for quick introduction and fun, but I didn't think about the loading time, and that video-part took pretty much time. That made me speak quite too fast later. The presentation time was rather short, so I should have cut that part, at least the half of them.
Bad point 2
The second thing is that I did not really care about the time, which is close to the first point.
I took too much time on the introduction, and the leadership episode part had to be carried out in a hurry. That was because I was afraid that if the audience did not know much about the Beatles, the presentation would be boring.
Although, the presentation was about leadership, not the career of The Beatles, so I did not really have to show the information about the band, and I could introduce episodes that doesn't need so much background information. Or I could show a chronology(年表) in the slides at first and move on.
Bad-point 3
The third, and I think the biggest mistake, was that I chose my presentation time as the last day. I knew I would not start working early and make a high-quality presentation, but I chose Friday. This maybe deeply related to my character, but I should stop postponing things.
Good-point
My presentation had many things to be fixed and improved, but the good-point is that I could learn how to make and use the slides in presentations. Koji's presentation inspired me a lot. I could not really learn his confident delivery, but I learned much about slide-making, and it was meaningful.
Overall, I'm not really satisfied with my presentation. However, I will make this a lesson, and be a better presenter in the future!!!!
Actually, I think I have to check the things I have to fix, or I should have not done, rather than listing what I thought was good.
Bad-point 1
The first thing is that I overused video-clips.
I wanted to show the songs, just for quick introduction and fun, but I didn't think about the loading time, and that video-part took pretty much time. That made me speak quite too fast later. The presentation time was rather short, so I should have cut that part, at least the half of them.
Bad point 2
The second thing is that I did not really care about the time, which is close to the first point.
I took too much time on the introduction, and the leadership episode part had to be carried out in a hurry. That was because I was afraid that if the audience did not know much about the Beatles, the presentation would be boring.
Although, the presentation was about leadership, not the career of The Beatles, so I did not really have to show the information about the band, and I could introduce episodes that doesn't need so much background information. Or I could show a chronology(年表) in the slides at first and move on.
Bad-point 3
The third, and I think the biggest mistake, was that I chose my presentation time as the last day. I knew I would not start working early and make a high-quality presentation, but I chose Friday. This maybe deeply related to my character, but I should stop postponing things.
Good-point
My presentation had many things to be fixed and improved, but the good-point is that I could learn how to make and use the slides in presentations. Koji's presentation inspired me a lot. I could not really learn his confident delivery, but I learned much about slide-making, and it was meaningful.
Overall, I'm not really satisfied with my presentation. However, I will make this a lesson, and be a better presenter in the future!!!!
2014年2月10日月曜日
What I Took From Mr.Kitashiro, and Vision of Future
On 2/3, Mr.Kitashiro, who is the president of IBM Japan, came to our classroom and gave us a very interesting lecture. I will write down what I got from his lesson, just not to forget that fruitful outcome.
1.Making Decisions
The story which was the most memorable was that about making decisions.
He told us that when you are 100% sure, that decision is too late. Therefore, we need the guts to decide, with 50 or 60% confident. Sometimes that decision may turn out to be a failure, but it is OK as long as you learn something from it.
I am kind of a person who decide slow, so I was little ashamed to hear this. I often delay my decision, and makes one just before the deadline, based on somewhat intention. As long as I don't delay the decision off over the deadline, it may be OK, but the problem is that I'm deciding with almost no logical confident. I would have to start faster, and finish faster.
2.Career-Design
Another story that was interesting was the one about making career-designs.
Mr.Kitashiro told that doing your best at where you are is more important than having career-designs.
The reason I thought this as an important story is from the experience I had this week. Last Wednesday, I had an interview with the staffs of Service-Learning Center. The interview was to check whether I am capable for the service learning program, and it was quite hard. There are several reasons for this, but the biggest reason is that there was a very difficult question in the interview.
One of the interviewers asked me about my "future vision", like what I want to do after graduating from ICU. This was very hard, because I haven't really thought about those very important issues.
This experience and Mr.Kitashiro's lecture made me think about planning my future. In the end, I came up with the idea that the "future vision" may be the "long-term goal", so for now, I am thinking of my long-term goal.
Mr.Kitashiro's lecture was interesting and stimulating. I'm looking forward for the lecture by Hibiya-Gakuchou, too.
1.Making Decisions
The story which was the most memorable was that about making decisions.
He told us that when you are 100% sure, that decision is too late. Therefore, we need the guts to decide, with 50 or 60% confident. Sometimes that decision may turn out to be a failure, but it is OK as long as you learn something from it.
I am kind of a person who decide slow, so I was little ashamed to hear this. I often delay my decision, and makes one just before the deadline, based on somewhat intention. As long as I don't delay the decision off over the deadline, it may be OK, but the problem is that I'm deciding with almost no logical confident. I would have to start faster, and finish faster.
2.Career-Design
Another story that was interesting was the one about making career-designs.
Mr.Kitashiro told that doing your best at where you are is more important than having career-designs.
The reason I thought this as an important story is from the experience I had this week. Last Wednesday, I had an interview with the staffs of Service-Learning Center. The interview was to check whether I am capable for the service learning program, and it was quite hard. There are several reasons for this, but the biggest reason is that there was a very difficult question in the interview.
One of the interviewers asked me about my "future vision", like what I want to do after graduating from ICU. This was very hard, because I haven't really thought about those very important issues.
This experience and Mr.Kitashiro's lecture made me think about planning my future. In the end, I came up with the idea that the "future vision" may be the "long-term goal", so for now, I am thinking of my long-term goal.
Mr.Kitashiro's lecture was interesting and stimulating. I'm looking forward for the lecture by Hibiya-Gakuchou, too.
2014年1月24日金曜日
About my writing - The Rock Band Project
For my research, I decided to write a paper on rock bands as an organization.
When we think the music as their products and band members as the employees, rock bands can be said that they are part of the world's biggest companies, and the important part is that the products are made by close cooperation of members.
As I was researching, I found a very interesting website, which is called "The Rock Band Project". This is the introduction movie of the project.
Not only that this website will be inspiring for my research, but also this will be fun for everyone who likes music and have interest in managing teams. It is really worth visiting.
Down below is my research proposal.
Shackleton Ch.2 & 3
It's been a while since I last posted my blog....
Chapter 2 of Leading at the Edge was about giving right speeches at right time, using vivid and memorable symbols, demonstrating the leadership through action.
What I was reminded by this theme was the strategy Matthew Calbraith Perry, who we know as ペリー, used in the negotiation with the Bakufu officials. It is kind of a counter-example of being visible.
Perry never came out of his room, and did not show himself up at any negotiations. What he thought was that by not showing himself up, Japanese officials will fear and respect him.
If he did otherwise, the fear would be much less. If you are a leader and want to make the team members fear and respect, this can be one of the tactics you can use, but getting friendliness and respect would be much better, so you should not do it, mostly.
Chapter 3 of Leading at the Edge was about being optimistic, spreading and maintaining the optimism, seeing the chance in danger, and making your feet stay on the reality.
Personally, I'm quite a positive thinker. However, it's true that I sometimes, (or maybe often) think about the deadlines too positively. So what happens is that..... you know.
Actually, keeping the reality may be the most difficult and essential part of optimism.
Chapter 2 of Leading at the Edge was about giving right speeches at right time, using vivid and memorable symbols, demonstrating the leadership through action.
What I was reminded by this theme was the strategy Matthew Calbraith Perry, who we know as ペリー, used in the negotiation with the Bakufu officials. It is kind of a counter-example of being visible.
Perry never came out of his room, and did not show himself up at any negotiations. What he thought was that by not showing himself up, Japanese officials will fear and respect him.
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| The strategy can be said that it was a success, because Japanese painters drew Perry in a demon-like way. |
Chapter 3 of Leading at the Edge was about being optimistic, spreading and maintaining the optimism, seeing the chance in danger, and making your feet stay on the reality.
Personally, I'm quite a positive thinker. However, it's true that I sometimes, (or maybe often) think about the deadlines too positively. So what happens is that..... you know.
Actually, keeping the reality may be the most difficult and essential part of optimism.
I've got nothing to say
2014年1月10日金曜日
Week3: Negotiation and Power Pose
As I was looking for something I can write on my blog, I got interested in good negotiators in the past, and I found this article.
The title is "Four Negotiating Skills We Can Learn from 'Lincoln'".
Lincoln as a negotiator
There are four skills introduced in this article, but the most interesting was the 4th one.
It is about making the person you are negotiating comfortable and relaxed. It says that making too big gestures, which we may know as power pose, makes you seem aggressive and makes the opponent negotiator feel uneasy.
We learned that making power pose and good gestures makes a good presentation, but the reason this works is maybe that presentation are often made one-on-many, but negotiation is made one-on-one.
Unlike presentations, negotiation is where people communicate with each other. Of course presentations are communication, but negotiation often includes much more intense exchange of words with smaller distance. Gestures and postures for presentations would make the other side overwhelmed and harmed.
To make the both sides satisfied more easily, making a comfortable mood and conducting the discussion smoothly with right gestures and physical communication would be very useful.
Week 2: My Personal Vision Statement
My Personal Vision Statement is:
I, Kengo Aihara, living at my highest and best, am empathic, determined, creative, sharp, and joyful.
So, in my highest and best, I can be kind to others. I can make others' sorrow smaller. I will have a strong will, and nothing will make me give up and get down. I can make something that no one has ever seen. I can think. I can always have fun at any hard time.
I will do my best to be a man like this.
Actually I made this last year, but hadn't post it until today. It's because I thought it was kind of embarrassing to show my internal faith, but I don't really care now.
To say the truth, I was pretty much indolent since the new year started. I didn't write reports, didn't post to blogs, didn't practice guitar. But as I re-read my personal vision statement, I remembered how powerful I felt when I composed this piece of writing. I was satisfied, and felt that this passage shows my ideas perfectly.
So, I've changed my mind, and my new year has started. This post is a message and a lesson for me.
Week 2: LE Ch.1 Vision and Quick Victories
The first strategy introduced was to "Never lose sight of the ultimate goal, and focus energy on short-term objectives".
The lessons related to the strategy were: don't cling to the past and be ready to change long-term and short-time goal, doing something even it is meaningless is far better than doing nothing, maintain a balance of your need and team's need(ex. need to defuse anxiety), prepare a routine so that people can feel safe, and working makes anxious feeling distracted.
In this post, I would like to confirm what my goal and objections are in this RW class..
In this research writing class,my long-term vision is to write good passages, and to be able to write accurately and correctly.
So the Short-term goals for the vision will be; getting used to writing by posting to the blog(which isn't I'm not really doing for now...), and to read a lot, know useful and cool expressions.
My English teacher in high school once said in class that writing something for seven minutes everyday is a good exercise for writing(I don't remember why it was 7 minutes), so maybe I can do that by my blog.
In addition to long and short term goal, I thought of Superlong-term vision, which is to make my English usable in even difficult and complicated circumstances. Being able to write and communicate will be big steps to this ultimate goal.
so in this picture, ultimate goal will be the "GOAL" and
short-term objectives will be the puzzle pieces.
In this post, I would like to confirm what my goal and objections are in this RW class..
In this research writing class,my long-term vision is to write good passages, and to be able to write accurately and correctly.
So the Short-term goals for the vision will be; getting used to writing by posting to the blog(which isn't I'm not really doing for now...), and to read a lot, know useful and cool expressions.
My English teacher in high school once said in class that writing something for seven minutes everyday is a good exercise for writing(I don't remember why it was 7 minutes), so maybe I can do that by my blog.
In addition to long and short term goal, I thought of Superlong-term vision, which is to make my English usable in even difficult and complicated circumstances. Being able to write and communicate will be big steps to this ultimate goal.
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