The annual meeting with ISOWA America was held yesterday.
Previously, Ron, the company's president, came to ISOWA in Japan from the United States. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we held an online meeting again this year as we did last year.
It was an online meeting in English, so I was more careful than our regular meetings. We tried a new style this year to not interrupt the flow of conversations and our thoughts.
We decided to gather view-only attendees in one room and place an interpreter to translate point by point during the meeting.
Ms. T, our overseas sales representative, had a significant impact there.
She was on the front left.
The role of interpreting is challenging, but I thought it would be more of a learning opportunity for her, so I appointed Ms. T.
After the meeting, I said to Ms. T, "Thank you for your hard work."
"I learned a lot in many ways!"
Mr. T responded me with a very positive reaction.
The meeting participants also said, "Thanks to Mr. T, we were able to understand the contents."
It was a tough job that required paying lots of attention and focusing, but she did a great job.
Thank you, Ms. T.
After the meeting, I talk with Ron, the president of ISOWA America.
That's right; we had a dialogue.
ISOWA's action guideline is 『スピードと対話』- "Speedo to Taiwa."
When I started this motto, I thought about how to express it in English.
I was thinking "Speed and Dialogue."
But after consulting with ISOWA America, it was translated as
"Quickness and Interaction."
In other words, "Taiwa" is "interaction."
But now, I wonder if "Dialogue" was better. There is also the term "Interactive Dialogue."
The conversation I had with Ron was precisely a "dialogue."
Ron is a pretty deep thinker, so I think I would be a perfect dialogue partner if I spoke English more fluently. I wish we could have done better.
Even so, I was able to have a good "dialogue" with him because at the end he said, "I've been thinking about this problem lately, and it has given me a headache, but this has helped."
I gave him a quote (my creation), similar to the well-known quote, "Necessity is the mother of invention." "Ron, Headache is the mother of chance.”
After all, “Dialogue” is a good thing.
P.S.
Ron lost his voice the next day, probably because he made such an impassioned speech.
