- Born in Kumamoto city, the southern part of Japan in 1963
- This is “Haleluya Chorus (mp3)” (oops, the link is no longer available) we sang on our graduation ceremory of Junior HIgh, faculty of education, Kumamoto Univ. back in 1984 (I was one of bass voices).
- Came to Tokyo at age 16 to attend Keio high and later Keio U. Back then, I played the band with Taro (and we loved Cheap Trick.)
- Taro was the only friend in Tokyo who let me converse in a Kumamoto dialect.
- At Keio U, I mostly enjoyed the music and city life. (my GPA 2.5 was I believe the history low at the department of economics.)
- MBA from University of Pittsburgh in 1991.
- Married in 1992.
- Age 45 (at the time of this writing).
Though now I am an eCommerce/ direct marketing specialist, earlier in my career, I was a brand-decision calculus consultant using ASSESSOR at NOVACTION in a purely FMCG marketing context (“fast-moving consumer goods,” that is). See my LinkedIn profile for more.
BTW, the sub title of this blog, “Metaphorically Speaking stolen from Jerry Zaltman, whom I met at Katz school, University of Pittsburgh in 1991.
I live in Ota-ku 大田区, but currently reside in Sakura-shinmachi, Segagaya-ku, Tokyo 東京都, married with a daughter and a puppy (“White,” Jack Russell Terrier). In kanji character, my name is spelled 森 賢司 (mori, kenji).
Languages: Native Japanese, Fluent in Engrish!
Favorite music (now): Quiet Storm (often on WBLS) and J-POP (SAS and Sukima Switch)
I run fon community inside mixi.
I experiment drupal.
Authored mixi tutorial.
Can be reached at kenji [at] kenjimori [dot] com
My keitai 携帯 is 090.4709.4338
You can find me in twitter, technorati , flickr, del.icio.us, google my map, facebook, and mixi with :
I liked your biography introduction. Amusing.
BTW, my wife & I were thinking of getting a Jack Russell terrier, but I heard they are very “needy.” They need a lot of attention and do not like to be left alone during the day.
Is it true?
Also, do you have a good Japanese page or link for Peter Drucker?
私の大学生にその日本語の情報をあげようと思っています。
よろしく、
Thank you.
Steve
Gifu (Home) & Nagoya (Work)
Steve,
Thanks for your comments.
People say, JRT is very demanding. In general demands quite high degree of commitment. In our case, however, luckily not much. We keep white in the cage in the apartment(mansion), took her for a walk at least 3 times a week (we live by the river, easier to go for a walk.) Turned out OK after a while, but hard to know beforehand.
That said, I highly recommend JRT. Very kawaii!
Oh, concerning Drucker, to be honest, I don’t know.
For example I searched hatena for “ドラッカー” with the following results and you will find the number of users tagging vary by article.
http://b.hatena.ne.jp/t/%e3%83%89%e3%83%a9%e3%83%83%e3%82%ab%e3%83%bc
While many people attribute Drucker’s contribution to Knowledge Workers, according to Tompeters (TP), the greatest contribution of PD is rather his 1954 book*. I have to confess I haven’t read the book published 11 years before I was born, but to use TP’s phrase, in that book Drucker showed the sense that “the management
iswas something thatcan be managed!you can figure out” (I assume you have watched MS Live.)* the title of the book : The practice of management. (amazon.co.jp)
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インデゥーサーという響きがいいですね。
Are you the same Kenji Mori that took some pictures from the Vintage Tea & Swing Dancing Party Aboard Vintage Subway Train! Dec. 17, 2011? I am an art student learning to paint in oils and was wondering if you would give me permission to paint one of your pictures.
Thank you
Monica
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