Mogic considers

Repulsive, but still.

"I'm thinking of starting up a business like this, what do you think?"
I have an idea for a web service, can you help me?
I want to hire good people, how can I find them?

The question may be asked.

The answer is always the same in the end.

'Hmmm, we can think together, but I don't know.'

The first two are the following.

Because I have heard hundreds of stories in the past and was not always sure of the outcome.

However, I can tell if the person who speaks to me is likely to be enthusiastic enough to continue.

There are areas that the person is avoiding or choosing not to look at because of their heightened passion, and I deliberately ask about those areas.

If you are starting up a business, you might say, "After six months, the money I have set aside has run out. If it's not what you imagined, how will you make ends meet?"

If it's a new web service, you can say, "After six months, it's not even a whimper. How would you judge it if no one was looking at it?

If you were hiring, you might say, "I hired a good person, but what would you think if a year later he/she is not the same? But what would you think if a year later they are not the same?

I am sorry to say that this is all a bit watered down.

I believe that those who are willing to listen and work on it, while rebelling against it, will naturally continue to do so.

like a small boat longing to be rowed

There are many indicators that measure individual skills and organizational performance in business.

These range from the numerical, such as the amount of programming, speed of documentation, and accuracy of coding, to the qualitative, written, such as leadership that involves members, a sense of responsibility to complete tasks, and a cooperative spirit to fit in with others.

If you then add up evaluations such as sales and cost reductions for each department, you get an overall picture of the company.

This is very common and commonplace.

There is little room for doubt.

Therefore, I dare to reconsider saying so.

In these days when the importance of teamwork and organizational unity are being loudly called for, I wondered how the interlocking of people with people and departments with departments is being evaluated.

If one department is doing well and another is not, something seems wrong.

Comparing it to a supply chain, even if one department produces a large number of parts, if the next department that receives the parts does not handle them well, it is called a bottleneck.

Of course, if it is easier to standardize work, perhaps the transfer of tasks between departments could be incorporated into the evaluation.

They would check on the next step, and if there were no problems, they would proceed with the work in a routine manner.

But if we hope to create new value beyond human-to-human interlocking, standardization will be difficult.

Standardization, newness dwells outside the confines of its definition.

Reproducibility, it is established with something missing.

In other words, if we are looking at continuous innovation, we have to leave the continent of standardization and reproducibility like a small boat paddling impatiently to islands yet to be seen.

Computers, like humans, are

Regular internal meetings are routine and not very memorable.

But if you look at today's regular practice from three years into the future, you will find it very valuable.

With that in mind, I made live recordings of meetings here and there.

If you join online, the audio is automatically transcribed for your convenience.

Here is such a transcription from a regular Branding.

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As usual on a certain day in September, we start at 1:30 p.m.
13:37:05 Yes, okay then. Shall we start? Does it look okay?
13:37:13 Okay, we will begin.
13:37:17 Um, yes, oh, I see. I have to share the screen. Hmmm, this is it.
13:37:32 Are you seeing this?
13:37:34 Yes.
13:37:34 Uh-oh.
13:37:37 Okay. So we'll start passing by that guy too? 13:37:38 Yes.
13:37:44 Um, so the audio content is perfect. We're going to record it for now, yes.
13:37:52 Phew.

14:04:20 Shall we go to the next display on the first floor then?
14:04:27 Okay. Yes, I think so.
14:04:27 Well, Halloween is fast approaching, and we are continuing to make preparations, but can you send videos to chat, or not?
14:04:38 Yes, and it depends on the weight. If it is short, you can send it.
14:04:48 You can try sending it anyway.
14:04:43 About the first floor, this is it for now.
14:04:56 Ah. Neon sign.
14:04:56 Tested the neon sign thing a little bit yesterday.
14:05:00 Ah. This is the one I tried to do before.
14:05:03 A-ha-ha.
14:05:03 Eh, I can't see it. How am I supposed to do this?
14:05:06 No, no, no, I sent it to chat.
14:05:10 Ha ha ha ha ha.
14:05:11 Oh, really.
14:05:11 It's true. It's true.
14:05:14 What's this?
14:05:09 Wow. Wow. Wow. I may have changed a little bit for sure.
14:05:15 Hahahaha. No, I've changed quite a bit.
Wooooooo...

It's a problem. Computers, like humans, cover up inaudible words with laughter.

it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it

When making decisions in a company, we are inevitably concerned about whether we are making choices because we want to or because we have to.

When considering the future, we have several possibilities, but whether we have narrowed them down to 10 options or only 2 options from the beginning is a very different starting point from which to make a decision.

Even if we discount the grandiose catchphrase, "The future is infinite," the number of options should swing toward the many, so it is disconcerting when there are so few options.

If we apply this somewhat aggressively to job hunting, it is similar to the fact that in April of one's junior year of college, one can choose from a wide range of industries, but in April of one's senior year of college, one must carefully narrow down the industries and companies to choose from.

If you find it difficult to move to a different company in the same industry after 5 years of work, and even more difficult after 10 years, the composition is the same.

It seems that the environment that surrounds us in the years that are slowly passing us by is slowly and chemically reacting to and narrowing the world that seems to be automatically possible.

In this situation, I have to assume that this is the only option.

If it is positive, that is fine, but if it suddenly lowers my eyes, I am concerned.

That said, it's almost impossible to remove a sinking assumption just before you make a decision.

So this time around, I'm going to go back a long way and try to do something about it.

You can either constantly strive to have 10 or more options, or you can guide them along the way so that the two that look good can remain as options.

I am still not sure what the future holds, even though I have been racking my brains for a long time, but I am going to take the opportunity to go as far as I can think.

Two hundred and twenty days have passed

As the admonition to watch out for typhoons for 220 days counting from Risshun (the first day of spring), typhoons came with a vengeance.

Perhaps it is because I have spent the Chou-you-no-Sekku without seeing chrysanthemums, but I started preparing for the far-off shore early.

Once we take a break from the cool mornings and evenings, Halloween will be here in no time.

Yes, you may say I am getting ahead of myself, but the end of the year is in sight.

The annual New Year's calendar project, New Year's greeting card project, and New Year's greeting app project are all on fire.

Essay addressed to myself

I rarely make plans, but I just keep track of them.

The list of what I have been doing each month since starting the business is the longest, and the rest of the list is facts for each event that occurred.

What was lucky, what got me into trouble, what went unexpectedly well, what unexpectedly went wrong, what I gathered materials and made decisions, what I talked about and realized, what was trial and error in service, what members were struggling with, what my assumptions were blind spots.

If you look at the records every three months or so, you will have an essay vaguely addressed to yourself.

Connecting events, creating diagrams, adding explanations, and layering stories.

When the stories unexpectedly resonate with you, you will feel freshly inspired, as if you are reading an epic poem that has been passed down from faraway times.

Learn and draw a spiral

The eLearning LearnO logo features a snail.

The image of slow and steady progress and a little bit charming seemed to match the new online learning system, and was adopted.

For this 10th anniversary rebranding, we are reworking the logo, making it a little more three-dimensional and adding depth.

It is so obvious if you look closely, but there is a hidden and important thought there.

I quote from a snail research history that happened to have some similar nuances.

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The Singing Snail
Satoshi Chiba (Author)
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History and snails are very similar.

Both repeat and spiral.

Whether it was tragedy or comedy, Roman historians and Marx agreed that history repeats itself, and what Hegel, Francis Bacon, and Nostradamus had in common was that history seemed to them to be a spiral staircase.

The growing snail shell, on the other hand, has to make a full turn, adding a new calcium carbonate shell on top of the current shell, and then go all the way around the back before returning, in order to reach the position where its future head is - literally right under its nose.

This is repeated many times to form a spiral shell.
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I believe that the message of going far, far in circles to reach one higher self is very hopeful for those who are serious about learning.

My First Retirement

Today, for the first time, I saw off someone who had reached retirement age.

We have worked together for about 10 years now.

I could go on and on about such-and-such a time or such-and-such a thing I did.

He was a very beloved person, so everyone naturally gathered around, wiped their cheeks at his little backside with his many gifts, and waved at him until he finished a brisk ride up a gentle slope on his rain-shielded bicycle.

It wasn't so much work as play.
I made friends with people as old as my grandchildren.
I started playing games on the Switch after I joined the company, and I taught my sister how to play.

I will never forget the carefree, smiling profile.

What makes me happy about starting a company is when I meet people I don't know and when memories are painstakingly spun one by one.

We will weave today's gratitude into the fabric of our lives and walk again with new people.