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Phrase: Work smarter, not harder
For decades, the West has admired the Japanese for their work ethic.
We have all heard stories of how the stereotypical salaryman or salaried worker dedicated his life to the company at the expense of his home and family life.
It’s time for the Japanese to learn to work smarter, not harder.
Japan is excellent at inventing technology but terrible at actually implementing it.
By using technology to decrease workloads while simultaneously increasing efficiency, Japan will be able to work smarter, not harder.
What is not mentioned much in the West is how many children resent their fathers for not being there when their families needed them.
For that reason, a large number of millennials or people of the Heisei era are refusing to accept the same working conditions; they want a life.
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Every cloud has a silver lining, and this pandemic, with all the death, misery and challenges we have to undergo, is also allowing us to reinvent the way people work in this country.
Why is it that millions of office workers in Osaka, Tokyo, Nagoya and other cities have to make the commute to an office so they can sit in front of a computer and do their work?
Why do people have to work late doing something they can do in the comfort of their own homes?
I know people don’t like to hear it, but Japanese efficiency is low compared to other nations due to its companies’ weak implementation of technology.
The technology and infrastructure exist in Japan already to provide the tools people need to work smarter, not harder.
Now, we just need the big guns to have the will to change.
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