FEATURE 1

The Art of Catching Vibes

Overview

Why are there more and more people who don’t know how to catch vibes?

PART 1

Are you catching the vibes around you?

Checking your “Vibe Perception Ratio” - How much of the vibes around you are you catching?

Training to increase your ability to catch vibes

Become a person who is “aware” so that you can catch vibes

CASE STUDIES

Whatever the setting, the most important thing is to catch the vibes around you - Kaori Manabe, TV personality

Get a proper feeling for the situation in business negotiations and take your time but re-direct often with foreigners - Kiyomi Noro, Nihon Michelin Tire

Don’t let even the tiniest detail slip by you - Jeanie Fuji, Ginzan Hot Spring Fujiya Inn

Check all of your CEO’s information sources even before he or she does so - Go Nakayama, Managing Director, CyberAgent

Business or pleasure: change your attitude depending on your customers - Shiho Masui of “Futagoya” in Ginza

Using the Toyota Method even for catching vibes: The secret of an ex-ace executive secretary - Sumie Ishii, ex-Toyota executive secretary, President of Effect

Understanding your customers’ real intentions through role play - Koshiro Oki, Art Varie Top

PART 2 

How to work with those who can’t catch vibes

The way to work with superiors or subordinates who can’t catch vibes

How to speak without spoiling the vibes around you

CASE STUDIES

If you make the most of those who can’t catch vibes, interesting opportunities will open up - Suidobashihakase, TV personality

If you start out by building relationships, having arguments won’t be a problem - Tadatsugu Kojima, Section Manager, Equipment Sales Dept., Daikin Air Conditioning Tokyo

PART 3

Aim to become a vibe creator!

Lessons on how to create vibes from comedians

CASE STUDY

How to make everyone feel relaxed and have a good time - Tomonori Oono, Team Leader, Product Development Center, Marketing Dept., Kirin Brewery

PART 4

It’s not necessarily a good thing to be over-sensitive to vibes

How to deal with situations when the vibes become overpowering and you can no longer perform

CASE STUDY

It’s OK if you can’t catch the vibes! - Genki Sudo, TV personality and thinker

PART 5

Catching the prevalent vibes

PART 6

Interview - Oki Matsumoto, President and CEO, Monex Beans Holdings