Mr. Kitashiro, Mr. Takeuchi, and Dc. Daisy

Happy Halloween!!! I hope you all got enough sweets and chocolates:) I know everyone's been quite busy with practice for the festival, finals, and reports. So I'll just write a short blog about the guest speakers we've had this week.

Mr. Kitashiro. He is as kawaii as our president. Although he graduated from the university of Keio, I thought he kind of seemed like an ICU student. He explained to us how he went to talk to the president of  the whole of IBM in the States to argue how his customer was right. He would go straight all the way through if he thought what he was doing was right and ask questions when he wasn't so sure about something. I think this has a lot to with ICU's critical thinking. And that pushed him all the way up to the top of IBM Asia.
A lot of the people I meet these days tell me to read books. And so did Mr. Kitashiro. I have so many books I want to and have to read waiting for me, and yet I cannot find time for any of them. Maybe I'm not too great with handling my time... But Mr. Kitashiro made it very obvious that reading was good for you in many ways. Also, knowing about your country. To tell the truth, I know nothing about Japan. Especially its politics and history. The other day, I went to accompany one of Hitomi's foreigb friends(?). They asked us some questions while we were walking down a shrine, but we were both puzzled and quite... It was quite embarrassing and sad to come to know that you know nothing of your country. Hopefully I will not encounter any more of these awkward situations...

Mr. Takeuchi and Dc. Daisy's experiences were somewhat extraordinary and unusual. They kept repeating that they knew nothing about Micronesia, including the language, culture, and people. And the more times they repeated it, the more I came to think that they really really were new to the whole country, let alone the situation. It was very surprising to know that the school was in a vey difficult situation. But it was even more surprising when they mentioned how Dc. Daisy was called the "savior." And how they respected him as he was one of the gods.
Although what Dc. Daisy did was a great deal of risk, I think the career has changed the rest of his life. He was dealing with new staff and a risky university, when he may have been sitting back at a comfortable chair, representing one of the best schools in his own country. I think Mr. Takeuchi mentioned how the right person(Dc. Daisy) was brought in at the right time. Matters could have been worse if he had come in earlier or later. The school could have gone bankrupt completely if it wasn't Dc. Daisy. But thank god it was Dc. Daisy at the right time to save the school!

What I learnt from all the guest lectures we have had so far, is that every one of them is very different. They operated their leadership in their very own way and managed to succeed. But one thing I have found in common is that they all have a very good sense of humor. Every now and then, in between their presentation, they would say a little something that would make us grin. They obviously weren't the funniest of jokes(no offense), but it made their speeches much more entertaining and easy to remember. Although we have read through the list of tips of Shackleton's leadership, I think the most important that may be true to every leader could be to have that little bit of humor.