Yoko Ishikura : Fly away with me

Fly away with me: Yoko Ishikura at TEDxTokyo 2014
Summsry

Today, I found a great talk held in 2014. 

Finally, all people thought that it's too late though, the Japanese government decided to establish a NEW department that was dealing with digital matters on September 1,  2021: Digital Agency, and the speaker was elected its Chief Digital Officer. Japan is told that for women it's difficult to be in a managerial position but she is a woman who is now 72 years old!!!  

In the talk, she was telling about her story like predicting that event. She told that her life was as a kite that can fly freely. I think that it's really her. When a string of the kite was cut, the tough situation came to her, though, by changing the kite, she has continued to fly. Now, she must use the kite with the motor because she is the first Chief Digital Officer. 

Ayame Mochizuki : English and Intercultural Communication

English and Intercultural Communication | Ayame Mochizuki | TEDxGKA

Intercultural Communication is to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds or social groups as ours.

The speaker tells us the keys that we have to keep in mind when we think about English and  Intercultural Communication. 

Japan's English level is low and mainly due to our cultural backgrounds lack of opportunities. This situation can be proved by emerging ourselves in English. 1)

English is important for various reasons such as commonness and advancement in globalization and its importance will keep increasing as globalization advances. 2)

Intercultural communication is a crucial skill because it allows us to reach out across different cultures and acknowledge their value. 3)

The speaker summarized her speech. Having a second language has helped me greatly not as Japanese, not as an English speaker but as a person. Some people may be unwilling towards this change. Undoubtedly, having a second language should not change us it's a completely different person, however, that doesn't mean it won't make a difference in us. Having a second language should improve us and by preparing us for a globalizing world widening our view of the world along with deepening our understanding of the unique and different identities of others and ourselves by interacting with many different people from the various cultural background.  We can combine all the good aspects of these cultures and build up our own one-of-a-kind unique identity that will make us a person free from the narrow views of a single nationality and make us global individuals.

Adam Grant·TEDMonterey How to stop languishing and start finding flow

Adam Grant·TEDMonterey
How to stop languishing and start finding flow
Summary 

Languishing means to deteriorate, waste away, and suffer. It’s a sense of emptiness, stagnation, and ennui. 

Still, a lot of limitations continue in the world because of COVID. We want to return to normal lives, and do something more productively. It must lead to forgiving our grief. 

However, the speaker realized that the antidote to languishing does not have to be something productive, it can be something joyful. 

Playing games with not only children but also adults, sleeping until the afternoon, and not being able to do your lists will be better now. Having fun must bring flow soon! Flow means to result, proceed, and arise. 

When you’re ready, you can start finding the flow that lights a path out of the void.