Homework #3 - What Businesses Can Learn From Natural Disasters
Watch the TED Talk: What Businesses Can Learn From
Natural Disasters.
https://www.ted.com/watch/ted-institute/ted-bcg/takashi-mitachi-three-lessons-that-businesses-can-learn-from-natural-disasters
Discuss 3 points that Takashi Mitachi makes.
Do you agree or disagree with his ideas?
What is one question you would like to ask Mitachi about his
TED Talk?
Discuss 3 points that Takashi Mitachi makes.
ReplyDeleteDo you agree or disagree with his ideas?
What is one question you would like to ask Mitachi about his TED Talk?
-One point that Mitachi brings up is risk and resilience. He brings up how these small islands will always guarantee one earthquake that will kill 50 max. The problem with that is they keep coming back to these islands and they shouldn't. Anothe point brought up was that after these earthquakes that keep happening over and over again, it's always gonna be a time to rebuild. People don't always have money for that and won't keep paying for something they know that'll keep being destroyed. But also, it's not like stuff we be rebuilt in a snap of your hand, it'll take a maximum of 5 years. The last point that was brought up is considering the heights of buildings. Due to natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes, it would be better to think of a perfect height for a building. Earthquakes will shatter the building and tsunamis will push it and flood it.
Cyris
ReplyDelete1.interdependence and learning risk and resilience. I agree with this statement because if my life was in someone else's hands or mine I'd choose mine. I'd choose mine depending on if I trust the person on the situation or not. In his example he said that students left to get to higher growned instead of them listening to teachers protacall. I agree with the decisions people make to save their life even if it's to break the law.
2.Through review and kaizen. I agree with this statement also. I agree because the only way to get better is to learn more. It's like a bully if someone were to bully a child the child will learn how to defend himself and if he looses to fight he continues to grow until one day he is able to properly defend himself. Improvement and studying what to do will always help in the long run.
3. Distributed leadership. Again I agree with this point too. I agree with this point because if someone know what to do in the situation and someone doesn't it is probably a better idea to follow who knows more. This works especially in the situation with the children, as I previously said The teachers are following what they believe in, on the other hand the children took matters and their lives in to their own hands they made a different decision which was a different leadership they flee the school and get to higher grounds. Interdependent distributed leadership is very most important because your life come before others decisions.
Takashi Mitachi are you a survivor of any of the many natural disasters that had happened through out the globe recently?
Cyris
ReplyDelete1.interdependence and learning risk and resilience. I agree with this statement because if my life was in someone else's hands or mine I'd choose mine. I'd choose mine depending on if I trust the person on the situation or not. In his example he said that students left to get to higher growned instead of them listening to teachers protacall. I agree with the decisions people make to save their life even if it's to break the law.
2.Through review and kaizen. I agree with this statement also. I agree because the only way to get better is to learn more. It's like a bully if someone were to bully a child the child will learn how to defend himself and if he looses to fight he continues to grow until one day he is able to properly defend himself. Improvement and studying what to do will always help in the long run.
3. Distributed leadership. Again I agree with this point too. I agree with this point because if someone know what to do in the situation and someone doesn't it is probably a better idea to follow who knows more. This works especially in the situation with the children, as I previously said The teachers are following what they believe in, on the other hand the children took matters and their lives in to their own hands they made a different decision which was a different leadership they flee the school and get to higher grounds. Interdependent distributed leadership is very most important because your life come before others decisions.
Takashi Mitachi are you a survivor of any of the many natural disasters that had happened through out the globe recently?
1- Interdependence, learning risks and resilience. I agree with this statement because if my life was in another persons hands or my own I'd choose mine. I agree with the decisions people made to save their life even if it's to break the law.
ReplyDelete2- Through review and kaizen. I agree with this statement also, because the only way to get better is to learn more and keep on practicing.
3- Distributed leadership. Again I agree with this point too, because if someone knows what to do in the situation and someone doesn't it is probably a better idea to follow who knows better.
Takashi matachi how did you become high in to government and protecting people's lives?
~~Alex
I agree with Mr. Mitachi because businesses can really a natural disasters just by in the air. Like for a example the twin towers if New York City had another hurricane again. We would be in a natural disasters because 1. the twin towers are the tallest builds ever 2. once those builds hit the ground especially with water flowing through New York City. That is causing the city to be flooded with water and houses and etc... Whether you come from a business background or are just looking to explore, you’ll find in these talks the blended energies. How can we prepare before a natural disasters comes to hit us?
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ReplyDeleteTakashi Mitachi speaks about how people and businesses were killed and destroyed by natural disasters. He also talks about how people need to know what to do to prepare for another disaster such as reconstructing buildings to be earthquake proof. He also says that people cant always depend on others to know what to do because they would be effected if they don't act. He says they need to act on their own in the event of a natural disaster. I agree with what he is talking about because people cant rely on others to always know what to do in the moment, if i see danger i don't care who's not moving from it because i know i'm getting away from it with or without them. I also agree that people should always prepare and innovate for a natural disaster to happen again because if a earthquake happens, you now know you are at risk of another one happening so it would be stupid to just let it happen again.
I would like to ask Takashi Mitachi if he lost any family members in a natural disaster.
Lola
ReplyDeleteThe three points that are mentioned include industrialized tenacity, risks and learning, and distributed leadership. Distributed leadership is to take charge instead of waiting for someone else to give you directions. When he says risks and learning, he talks about how many ask why are people still living in Japan when they know they're very prone to earthquakes and he says that its because they have been taking risks and learning as each disaster goes by. They take the risk because they're built up for the earthquake since they've had many already. When he spoke about industrialized tenacity I didnt really understand it but he did speak about the government and the cost of all the damage.
I strongly agree with the point about distributed leadership because I believe that anyone can take charge even if thru may think they cannot. And the way i think about things is, who knows, maybe while you're waiting for someone else to take charge, you're slowly going on the verge of dying while you could be taking charge and walking yourself and maybe others away from death. However, I dont really agree with the risks and learning point. I mean, I understand that yes you do learn after every natural disaster but risking your life because you feel as if you're "built up" for the earthquake doesn't seem okay to me. One question is would ask him is for him to elaborate on the industrialized tenacity just because I didnt really understand it.
I'm not sure if it went through so just in case
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The three points that are mentioned include industrialized tenacity, risks and learning, and distributed leadership. Distributed leadership is to take charge instead of waiting for someone else to give you directions. When he says risks and learning, he talks about how many ask why are people still living in Japan when they know they're very prone to earthquakes and he says that its because they have been taking risks and learning as each disaster goes by. They take the risk because they're built up for the earthquake since they've had many already. When he spoke about industrialized tenacity I didnt really understand it but he did speak about the government and the cost of all the damage.
I strongly agree with the point about distributed leadership because I believe that anyone can take charge even if thru may think they cannot. And the way i think about things is, who knows, maybe while you're waiting for someone else to take charge, you're slowly going on the verge of dying while you could be taking charge and walking yourself and maybe others away from death. However, I dont really agree with the risks and learning point. I mean, I understand that yes you do learn after every natural disaster but risking your life because you feel as if you're "built up" for the earthquake doesn't seem okay to me. One question is would ask him is for him to elaborate on the industrialized tenacity just because I didnt really understand it.
Hari Barot
ReplyDeleteI agree with Mitachi. The first important point he makes is in-disciplinary learning which he talks about business and how they face more of geopolitical risks. He also creates an equation on how people from 1800-2009 died in Japan because of the disaster. I agree with him because people need to prevent this and he brings up the fact that about 50 people die each 6 years or so because of the disasters. Another point he makes is about continuous improvement. He states that Tokyo was hit by a disaster so bad, that they decided to make an early warning system in trains that a earthquake is going to happen soon. No one got injured because of that. His point his correct because the early warning system helped a lot.
He also made a point about distributed leadership. He mainly talks about the one time a tsunami was about to hit the junior high and elementary school. All of the people inside the building thought quick enough to get to the roof in time so they do not die. They helped each other out by carrying the babies from the baby care place and going to the roof as fast as they can without causing trouble. I agree this quote matches with the title "distributed leadership" because it tells u everyone had leadership and not just one person helping everyone. All people in the building took there parts of helping somehow. If I had one question for him, it would be "is Japan progressing on defending all these natural disasters that keep striking?".
ReplyDeleteI agree with Taskashi Hitachi ideas because they are going to save a lot of people's lives and homes. People in those type of more risks of natural disasters have to be more prepared and ready for the disasters. They cannot do it alone they need the government and more people to contribute into helping them. In my opinion if I know that a lot of natural disasters happen where I live I would just move to be safe. Not everyone could just make a decision and leave because they don't have enough money . Alerting people would actually save them because they can evacuate and get ready for what is coming.
I would ask Taskashi does he think they would change and cool down as the years go by.
Maleco alexander homework
ReplyDeleteHe made alot of good points. Three good point that he made was, one in japen they made a new law called white paper so the goverment could pay for when the tornado destroy houses etc. Two he said that since in japan they know that tornados always happeb they are all smart enough to all be prepared early for them . three he said they are making more money in happen for when the tornado s happen from all tge building that they got to do back . A question that i would like to ask him is are u scared when a natural desaster happens? Because he seems very calm.
The Japanese are use to tsunamis and earthquakes. Takashi Mitachi talks about the three most important strategies they use to deal with natural disasters that occur often and what businesses should learn from them.The three points that Takashi Mitachi said were interdisciplinary learning which mean taking risk which need during a natural disasters because any minute it could take your life. Continuous improvements you need so you can prevent more damage and save more lives and money. Also distributed leadership you need because there has to be a leader to lead people to safety.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Takashi because all need those three points help to run a business correctly and successfully. In a business you need leadership to run the company. Also you need to learn how to take big risks to make big deals that lead to more money and you can always learn from your mistakes. Also you should always make improvements to protects your business and to make sure everyone is safe.
What if these points don't work what should you do?
1.) 3 points Takashi Mitachi makes:
ReplyDelete- Japan has structures that can withstand most earthquakes, but they are not prepared for unprecedented events.
- People need to lead themselves and shouldn't panic. They need to activate their survival instincts when there is a lot of destruction around them.
-We spend too much time thinking about right now and short term things, when we should also worry about what could happen in the future. Tokyo and other places should start to prepare for other disasters or potentials.
2.) I agree with Mitachi because sooner or later another big disaster will happen. More government institutions do need to be funded for procedures and safehouses, as well as even defense methods.
3.) My question: Even if Japan greatly improved its system and structures, could a massive earthquake still destroy the city?
This is Mahlachi Parham
ReplyDelete1.There had been some of the craziest tsunamis happening in Japan..
1b.Japan has a lot of volcanoes so the volcanic eruptions and the earthquakes are triggering tsunamis in Japan
1c.Many people take a lot of risk, but others don't so they can learn to take a risk using technology or anything.. I respectfully agree with his ideas, what mainly cause Japan to have so many thing happen??
Japan has always been vulnerable to many natural disasters, especially earthquakes and tsunamis. There have been steps taken to minimize the damage, like more fortified structures to defend against earthquakes. However, there was recently an earthquake that still caused a lot of destruction in 2011. There was a tsunami that followed, which devastated it even more. They need to be prepared for unprecedented events, as the speaker talks about. Other procedures and safe houses should be built in the area. Takashi Mitachi also talks about tenacity, or how we spend too much time focusing on short term things, when there is a long term threat even greater. Japan knows there will be another massive earthquake, as they happen once every 6.2 years about, just as there will be another hurricane in New Orleans.
ReplyDeleteMitachi also states that during the destruction and chaos, people need to have their survival instincts and fend for themselves. They need self leadership, and cannot soley rely on standard procedure. I agree with him. There is a lot of government funding needed for safe houses and fortified structure still. This is also not just for Japan, but for everywhere. If i had one question to ask the speaker, i would ask this: "Even if Japan greatly upgrades the strength of their buildings, can a massive earthquake still destroy the city?"
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ReplyDeleteTakaski Mitache discussed many ideas to help for the next Natural disaster. I do agree with many of the ideas he made. In the the video Takashi made a point that in Japan they had invented somthing called "white paper" and what that's was, the government will pay back anything that get destroyed. one thing o would like to ask him is how come they don't mske anything stronger so nothing breaks.
Robert Carlo
he says every year there is a earth quake in japan and they learned how to improve on the next one. he talked about the law of building strengths. he also talked about how japan improved that building didn't fall recently and japan legalized "white paper." I agree with what he says in the video. Id ask him that how did his family deal with all the earth quakes.
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HW#3
Takashi Mitachi does a TED Talk about how businesses can learn from natural disasters. He makes three valid points to use. These three ideas include; improvement, tenacity and leadership. The first valid point Mitachi talked about was, "thorough review and continuous improvement." This idea talked about how to improve yourself for the next disaster that occurs. You are able to help yourself by preparing and reviewing everything you know and are learning currently, to be safe. The next idea that was talked about was, "institutionalized tenacity," which basically talks about being determined. In the case of natural disasters, you're facing extreme difficulties and challenges that are hard to overcome. With determination to make it to safe grounds, it takes courage to help yourself and others. You cannot be scared in situations like these. The last idea talked about was, "distributed leadership." This is the most important part of the talk Mitachi makes. The word says it all, "leadership." He's saying that you need to be capable and act impulsively on decisions. Go with your instincts to survive and do it with no hesitation. This meaning that you have to think strategically. These are the valid points that Takashi makes in his TED talk.
From Takashi's TED Talk, I agree with all of his ideas that were stated. People cannot help these natural occurrences from happening, but they can help themselves. With characteristics such as being prepared, determined and having leadership, it leads to a higher chance of survival. People can recover a bit faster because although it happened, they made it through successfully. One question I would like to ask Takashi is, "how did you become so strategic in cases like this? how do you know people will have these characteristics when a natural disaster does occur?"
I agree with Takashi Mitachi that buissnes can learn from natural disasters with his ideas
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ReplyDeleteIn this video Takeshita Mitachi made three points about lessons that businesses can learn from natural disasters. The first lesson is Through review and Kaizen (continuous improvement). Reviewing the disasters can allow for new ideas on how to better prevent many effects of the next disaster. The next one is Institutionalized Tenacity, people need to think less on short term spending and more in long term prosperity in preparing for the risks.
The next lesson is Distributed Leadership. To be able to prevent unprecedented risks one has to act spontaneously without being told what to do and be able to judge at the critical moment.
I agree with the points made by Takashi Mitachi. I agree because I feel that in areas with have reoccurring disasters, these points stand as rules for how life should be ran. I say this because when following each lesson you can see the results and how it effects the area. The area is already aware of the risk the disaster may create. If the businesses in the area could review past disasters and form ideas they could gain better judgement of how to better prevent the harsh effects of the next disaster. These three lessons can save a lot of money spent on the disaster if it's used before to help prevent, lives of people who aren't aware of how to help themselves and the area from mass destruction. One question I would like to ask Takashi Mitachi is what knowledge led him to form these three major lessons? If many people were able to obtain this knowledge or some form of it the level of disastervprevention will increase and the level of disaster effects will decrease. All in all this could save the are being attacked by a natural disaster.
Victoria Lloyd
ReplyDelete3 key points :
Spend more time and money on disaster prevention
Study the reports yearly because it would help prepare the country and let the country know it would keep them better prepared
Put your priorities first , people like the president have a lot of responsibilities to do when it comes for taking care a nation but if a disaster is happening every year or so why went any measures being taken ?
A question I would ask Mitachi is due to japan having so many earthquakes in the past few years , when the next earth quake comes do you think Japan would s be standing ?
Quintin Q.
ReplyDeleteInterdependence and learning risk and resilience. I agree with this quote because no matter where you live in this world you are taking a risk of dealing with a natural disaster . The only we can do is be prepared for it. He stated that in a time of disaster the students did what they want instead of listening to the teacher who was following protocol. Another point i agree with is through review and kaizen. I agree with this because everyone in this world no matter where you are is taking a risk but the only way you can deal with the risk of a natural disaster is by being prepared.
As country like japan have earthquakes and horrifying disasters all they can do is study the disaster and improve on the mistakes they made before. The last point i want to discuss is distruted leadership. This is true because when in danger dont wait for and elderly, mayor , president or etc do the safest thing possible in your situation. Just like in the movie "volcano " when the mans daughter waited for him to save her instead of saving herself this lead to her burning herself. If she took intiative and got to safety she wouldn't have got burned in the first place.
Takashi Mitachi how did you survive the natural disasters youve been through?
-Quintin Q
Breana Fyffe
ReplyDelete1. Interdisciplinary Learning Risk & Resilience. I agree with this idea based off of the example given. Mitachi included in his video during a Natural Disaster, Tsunami, students disobeyed their teachers orders and went to higher ground. This led me to agree with Mitachi because my life is more important than anyone else to me in a life or death situation. My safety will always come first, like on airplanes they say assist yourself before you help others. Another point Mitachi made was Through Review & Kaizen. I also agree with this point because you learn from the things life throws at you. Without the battles we've faced we wouldn't know what to do or how to react in the long run. For example you get into a argument over something really irrelevant over he say, she say and the outcome is bad in the future when it happens again because it will you will learn to ignore childish things like that. Basically you live, you learn & you develop to a better person. The last point that I agree with is Distributed Leadership. I really agree with this idea because I strongly believe in EQUALITY. I also think that in natural disasters cases or any life threatening causes distribution amongst leadership should be given because it can cause arguments between those who want to be in charge which would lead to tension and a division in the group affecting the people around. I have no questions to ask.
ReplyDelete1.interdependence and learning risk and resilience. I agree with this statement because nobody can determine the future especially your own so that is why we take risk wether you think you do or don't almost everything we as humans do in life is a risk.
2.Through review and kaizen. I agree with this statement because education is the strongest key factor a person can have because then with education comes knowledge which also comes wisdom and once you continue to build on that you can be more than what you set your mind to
3. Distributed leadership. I agree with this one due to the fact that leadership is a job of responsibility and not everyone can do it. It takes a great amount of knowledge discipline and bravery to distribute leadership.
Takashi Mitachi how does it feel to experience a true natural disaster?
ReplyDeleteOne point that Mitachi brings up is risk and resilience. He brings up how these small islands will always guarantee one earthquake that will kill 50 max. The problem with that is they keep coming back to these islands and they shouldn't. Anothe point brought up was that after these earthquakes that keep happening over and over again, it's always gonna be a time to rebuild. People don't always have money for that and won't keep paying for something they know that'll keep being destroyed. But also, it's not like stuff we be rebuilt in a snap of your hand, it'll take a maximum of 5 years. The last point that was brought up is considering the heights of buildings. Due to natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes, it would be better to think of a perfect height for a building. Earthquakes will shatter the building and tsunamis will push it and flood it.
Irvin Laurent
ReplyDeleteThe three points Takashi Mitachi made were 1. Indisceplinary Learning : risk and risilience. This is when he was speaking about the natural disaster prevention and the 4 natural disaster that struck Japan and killed over 50 people each time it struck and how they adapted and learned from those situations. 2. Institutionalized Tenacity was the 2nd point he made was about the unprecedented risks of natural disasters. 3. The third point he made was about Distributed leadership in which not only 1 person is in charge of a natural disaster but more than 1.
The question I would ask Mr. Mitachi would be what is the best thing we can do if we weren't prepared for the natural disaster and that certain natural disaster would hit in a day or in a few hours?
The 3 points he discusses are interdisciplinary learning that means the risk and resilience. The second thing he talks about is through review and haizon which Means continues improvement. The last but not least the thirty thing was institutionalized tenacity.
ReplyDelete2) I agree with his idea because. There was supported evidence.
3) one question I would ask is how can we prevent all of this.
syeice
ReplyDelete1.interdependence and learning risk and resilience. I agree with this statement because if my life was in someone else's hands or mine I'd choose mine. I'd choose mine depending on if I trust the person on the situation or not. In his example he said that students left to get to higher growned instead of them listening to teachers protacall. I agree with the decisions people make to save their life even if it's to break the law.
2.Through review and kaizen. I agree with this statement also. I agree because the only way to get better is to learn more. It's like a bully if someone were to bully a child the child will learn how to defend himself and if he looses to fight he continues to grow until one day he is able to properly defend himself. Improvement and studying what to do will always help in the long run.
3. Distributed leadership. Again I agree with this point too. I agree with this point because if someone know what to do in the situation and someone doesn't it is probably a better idea to follow who knows more. This works especially in the situation with the children, as I previously said The teachers are following what they believe in, on the other hand the children took matters and their lives in to their own hands they made a different decision which was a different leadership they flee the school and get to higher grounds. Interdependent distributed leadership is very most important because your life come before others decisions.
Takashi Mitachi are you a survivor of any of the many natural disasters that had happened through out the globe recently?
I agree with what Mitachi is saying businesses rely on their surroundings as much as they depend on a business succession. If a natural disaster takes out a business, ruins the businesses surrounds or whats around in, they could possibly go bankrupt and lose a lot of business cause it takes so much money to rebuild - depending on the businesses. Not only that but the population, natural disasters can be very harsh on the population, they could either be really small are horrendous, and we never know until it is too late, natural disasters are very unpredictable.
ReplyDeleteSome other point Mitachi is interdependence and learning risk and resilience. Nobody can determine what will happen in the future, especially with things like natural disasters, they are nearly impossible to predict. He also brings up kaizen which is a Japanese word saying to continue improvement, in which i agree with completely because without us continuing to create ideas disasters are going to keep coming and taking out people. And lastly he brings up distributed leadership. Leadership is very important in this world there's a leader for everything everywhere, to distribute it is another thing we need to have distributed leadership because those people may be the ones to do more good and less bad.
Discuss 3 points that Takashi Mitachi makes.
ReplyDeleteDo you agree or disagree with his ideas?
What is one question you would like to ask Mitachi about his TED Talk?
-One point that Mitachi brings up is risk and resilience. He brings up how these small islands will always guarantee one earthquake that will kill 50 max. The problem with that is they keep coming back to these islands and they shouldn't. Anothe point brought up was that after these earthquakes that keep happening over and over again, it's always gonna be a time to rebuild. People don't always have money for that and won't keep paying for something they know that'll keep being destroyed. But also, it's not like stuff we be rebuilt in a snap of your hand, it'll take a maximum of 5 years. The last point that was brought up is considering the heights of buildings. Due to natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes, it would be better to think of a perfect height for a building. Earthquakes will shatter the building and tsunamis will push it and flood it.
1. Japan has structures that can withstand most earthquakes but they arent prepared for it
ReplyDelete- People need to prepare themselves instead of going into a panic
-Stop thinking about right now and start thinking about what could possibly happen tomorrow or in the future
2.) I agree with Mitachi because we don't know when a disaster could happen.
3.) Even if Japan did improve their disaster precautions how is there a 100% chance that people still won't go back into their panic state of mind?
-Sevana Persaud
3 points that mitachi makes were interdependence and learning risk and resilience
ReplyDeleteI agree with Taskashi Hitachi ideas because they are going to save a lot of people's lives and homes. People in those type of more risks of natural disasters have to be more prepared and ready for the disasters. They cannot do it alone they need the government and more people to contribute into helping them. In my opinion if I know that a lot of natural disasters happen where I live I would just move to be safe. Not everyone could just make a decision and leave because they don't have enough money . Alerting people would actually save them because they can evacuate and get ready for what is coming.
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