The article presents as a common problem in Japanese companies the phenomenon of department heads failing to frame questions appropriately at the start of meetings, causing discussions to drag on without reaching important conclusions. It introduces some of the solutions excerpted from a book by question expert Kawata Shinsei (河田 真誠).
An article in Diamond Online presents the phenomenon of meetings dragging on without reaching important decisions as a common problem permeating Japanese companies. The theme is meetings, with the article examining the factors behind such situations.
The article points to the failure of the person responsible for facilitating a meeting to frame appropriate questions as one underlying factor. Mistakes in framing questions are said to lead to problems with the meeting's progress and the absence of conclusions.
The article includes excerpts from question expert Kawata Shinsei's (河田 真誠) book The Power of Questions: “Good Questions” Solve Everything, and says it offers tips for improving meetings. It presents selected content from the book and perspectives that may help improve meeting management.