the Japanese school year begins in spring ... so mothers can send off their children as cherry blossoms fall from the branches.

Leaving can sometimes be the best way to never go away.

the Japanese school year begins in spring ... so mothers can send off their children as cherry blossoms fall from the branches.

In our private lives in the last decade, we've gone through enormous change that has affected everything, from the way we do business to how we view intelligence and attention. We have to rethink it all in a more interactive, networked, and collaborative way.

Americans are so often thrown by Japan. It looks familiar but, an inch below the surface, it isn't anything like the West at all.