Coaching from Sub Zero / Spring 2022, Session 1 — One year has passed from the previous visit to the Big Island in Hawaii, and 4 months from my previous my article at Medium. Now Enjoying sunshine here and fighting for fixing some issues (mainly pest control! Rat!!), I have new thesis for my country, for sure. <New College program started and incremental innovation> After 8 years…

Then, when? And which? — Coaching from Sub Zero — fighting against COVID-19 with Zoom / Autumn-Winter 2021–22 / Week 8 Please allow me to tell my short story on car. It is not a status symbol, nor for a joy, but I had million reasons to buy at each case. I never bought a car for my own, but for my family and had a good reason why I choose…

After easing state of emergency, the world is getting back to normal,, but “Can build back better?” — Coaching from Sub Zero — fighting against COVID-19 with Zoom / Autumn-Winter 2021–22 / Week 7 After the previous article on searching alpha (https://masahironakagawa-272.medium.com/chasing-%CE%B1-not-only-%CE%B2-as-an-educator-f948d927e8e9), we see more how people get back to normal, and huge “revenge” consumer activities all over the places. The more I see people get to back to the public space, the more I see too many cases where the quality of service…

Lesson from my students, after the state of emergency — Coaching from Sub Zero — fighting against COVID-19 with Zoom / Autumn-Winter 2021–22 / Week 6 At last, Japan eased the state of emergency on COVID 19 and gradually the traffic is coming back. This week has a national holiday on 3rd Nov, and most of peoples are getting easy to take a little longer holiday (very healthy), and I am receiving some student’s visit from…

Very intelligent discussion with my mentor Hiro — Coaching from Sub Zero — fighting against COVID-19 with Zoom / Autumn-Winter 2021–22 / Week 5 Last weekend was an annual Takeuchi Zemi Golf and I am honored to be a chauffeur for Hiro Takeuchi sensei and his wife Nobu-san. 50 miles drive to the golf course are always my precious moment with lots of updating, sometime at very private topics. …

I may be trying both, and hybrid style — Coaching from Sub Zero — fighting against COVID-19 with Zoom / Autumn-Winter 2021–22 / Week 4 As updating frequently, my exercise of Nakagawa Zemi are expanding gradually with lots of fun, and during these exercise, I am finding one of the key essence on how Coaching and Teaching are different. As Professor Clay Christensen at HBS explained many times (https://youtu.be/tvos4nORf_Y), we should tell “how to do”…

Talking about学歴/Academic Background/Budge — itself does not matter, but what you learn and materialize matters — Coaching from Sub Zero — fighting against COVID-19 with Zoom / Autumn-Winter 2021–22 / Week 3 Sex and the City the Movie in 2008 (https://youtu.be/g9Mx2OLnoGI) is my classic text for English lesson to the class. Some wordings are too straight-forward and x rated, but these are very simple and easy to understand. At the beginning, Carrie said “In New York, we came to get “love” and…

Recklessly and with agility — Coaching from Sub Zero — fighting against COVID-19 with Zoom / Autumn-Winter 2021–22 / Week 2 Another story on Kanta, who swims freely in this Metropolis, Tokyo. Already explored at my previous article at https://masahironakagawa-272.medium.com/5-keys-for-keeping-dream-and-the-dream-comes-true-at-last-6327267c64d2, Kanta moved to Tokyo and explores his new world, Shibuya, with his humble and hungry spirits.

Lesson from project ALOHA — Coaching from Sub Zero — fighting against COVID-19 with Zoom / Autumn-Winter 2021–22 / Week 1 On the early morning of August, I got a call from my mentor, Professor Hiro Takeuchi Sensei at Harvard Business School (at age of 74, still active at the classroom). “Hiro, I got a wild idea, then I need your help. Please ally with Gagi” I am 4th generation of…