

Their founder, Haruo Miyagi launched his endeavour when he was in college. Our last session in Tokyo was a half day at Entrepreneurial Training for Innovative Communities.

There is no way that happens in the States. Over 50 people spent a full day working through their grant decision making (and they weren’t done yet). In Japan, they are very bought into a collective, full group decision. Some of the differences create a rich mosaic of creative, sometimes better, ways to approach social challenges. While the things we hold in common tend to be a little more visceral, philosophical, right-brained, our differences are a little more tangible, technical, left-brained.

This is the second of two posts in which Paul Shoemaker of SVP Seattle reflects on a recent trip to new SVP groups in Asia, in Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.
