The Leadership Japan Series By Dale Carnegie Training Japan

http://japan.dalecarnegie.com Your team’s introverts never fight for the brainstorming blue marker pen.  They leave it to the extroverts to occupy the white board, the ideas, the airwaves and the debate.  Consequently, we wind up with a shallower harvest of ideas for the organisation.  Voluminous and loud doesn’t mean most smart or insightful, but too often the same bolshie few dominate the proceedings. Over time this breeds a dangerous winnowing process entertaining a narrow band of ideas produced by the noisy minority.  How do we unleash the full power of these introvert types, who don’t bark and don’t bite?  This is especially important in Japan where the culture drives modesty, anonymity and a teishisei (低姿勢)or low profile.   “Think and Write” is a great tool to tone down the airwaves competition.  Instead of sponsoring a streetfight shoutfest of ideas, like the old style stock exchange floor brokers bellowing orders to chalkies, we start with stone silence.  On adhesive notes, have everyone write down on