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Nami Ishihara
Dec 16, 2019
What You Ask is What You Get
Years ago, as a teacher, I dreaded the silence and blank stares I got after I asked a question to the class. At the time, I blamed the...


Nami Ishihara
Nov 12, 2019
When it's useful to read the air, and when it's not
KY, short for Kuuki Yomenai, translates to “not able to read the air” in Japanese. It’s a term used to describe a person who can’t read...


Nami Ishihara
Oct 30, 2019
How to fall in love with anyone, and implications for facilitation
Several years ago, I read an article which changed the way I thought about love and facilitation. In “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do...


Nami Ishihara
Jun 4, 2019
How NOT to deal with dysfunctional behavior
Let's face it. Most teams look and feel nothing like the photo shown above. Teams are made up of real people, with all their hang-ups,...


Nami Ishihara
May 30, 2019
Get Happy, Carefully
Someone asked me a while ago why I named my company HappyTeams. To my own disappointment, I couldn't answer properly, so here is one...


Nami Ishihara
May 20, 2019
5 simple ways to make your town hall meetings more democratic
© Getty Images Last week, I wrote about the reasons why town hall meetings are often undemocratic. But they can also be powerful...

Nami Ishihara
May 11, 2019
Why town hall meetings are undemocratic
What’s happening in this picture of a town hall meeting? We’re not in the room, but we can guess what is going on—there is tension in the...
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