“You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself.” – Galileo Galilei
Creativity is the ability to find solutions to problems differently and with added value. Creativity is thinking about perception, its using thought as a tool to be more [...]

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Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general and is foremost known as a strategist who authored The Art of War (around 500BC), an ancient book on military strategy. His principles have been used for war by many legendary warriors, including Japanese Samurai Oda Nobunaga and [...]

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“I can foresee who is likely to win or lose.” Sun Tzu
It’s time to get away from the herd, and think for yourself. But having the will to win isn’t always the key; you need more to make it in a market that is brutally [...]

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Being a leader requires responsibility and determination. It’s not the easiest task in the world so there are certain aspects you need to know about what it takes to handle leadership.

1. First, Focus on Yourself
Before you start being a leader focuses on [...]

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Niccolò Machiavelli was born in Florence on 3 may 1469. He was a persona of the Italian Renaissance and deeply involved in politics. He was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, and author.

1. “A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.”
You can’t break consistency [...]

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Hirano Aichi was inspired to become a photographer at the age of twenty, when he snapped a shot with his father’s camera of a Shinto shrine. To him the scenery looked more realistic in the finder shone than it did in reality. “I want [...]

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Influential photographer, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, has been interested in photography since his second year in high school, as he began taking photographs of his trips.

After many of his trips, his friends had grown a curiosity for them and asked to see his explorations and for him [...]

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Doing what everyone else is doing won’t get you far. Sometimes it requires boldness and “immortal” expectations on your behalf to develop yourself and your team.

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“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.” – Peter Drucker

Things have changed, as Peter Drucker stated: “we are becoming knowledge workers.” Organizations are morphing and work positions are changing perpetually. The old habits: “our schools” are no longer effective, [...]

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A vision is what you want an organization or company to be. How you structure your business will be guided by your vision.

The Importance of having a clear Vision
Without a vision, there isn’t a commitment, simple as that. To build up your motivation and to [...]

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Designer Rie Isono grew up in a surrounding where her mother was very good at sewing, and she loved watching her create tones of things. She can change a colorful cloth into small articles and dresses. I think that this is the reason I’m today [...]

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Commissioned by the FRAGMENTAL MUSEUM to envision an urban outdoor structure/installation experimenting with the nature of performing art spaces, OFF and EXYZT designed BUFFER SPACE – a large-scale empty room with only the sky as its roof and a technically efficient wire frame scaffolding envelope, [...]

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Know your strengths and become efficient. A good artist that is a bad people person should not focus all his energy on developing this weakness and, at best, become mediocre at handling other people, but should instead get someone to handle people for him, so that he can focus on his strength – simply that of being an artist.

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Fumie Shibata shares a glimpse of her life as a designer. “I lead a healthy, well-balanced life. I live and work in the center of Tokyo, having a lot of opportunities to meet and talk with people.”

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