Workplace Culture at ISOWA

It was almost 5 years ago when a grad student from Tokyo first visited us.

She was studying organizational development, and she got so interested in us that she’s been visiting for research every several months ever since.

Her research is normally conducted through an interview with our members.

For today’s session, we had Mt. T of Accounting tell his story at ISOWA.

And it was truly mind-blowing!

He started with a story from high school,

“The best team I’ve ever been a part of was a football team at high school.”

“We were good friends and had a firm trust relationship with one another, but that doesn’t mean we were kind to each other all the time.

Actually, it was the opposite. We were never easy on mistakes teammates make. There was always a certain degree of intensity that often caused conflicts. Yet, we believed in each other.

That culture is what I liked the most about the team.

And I chose ISOWA because I felt there was similar workplace culture here.”

When he started working two years ago, he realized the relationships were good but his accounting team could still collaborate better both internally and externally.

I’m not going into the further details here, but he said to the world that he was going to be the one who will be making a change necessary for the better.

All this came from a guy who everyone else thought was quiet and shy!

It was definitely the best story telling of ISOWA’s history.

Team culture of Accounting may sound irrelevant to customers out there.

But I do believe the dots will somehow connect.

That’s what fostering better workplace culture is all about!