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AMA Podcast (S-02, E-11, Session 1 of 3・The Beginning) with Steven Gan, the founder of Japan's first debt collection agency run by a foreigner
Foreign businesspeople often push the boundaries of conventional business practices in Japan. They have the vision, technical expertise, and drive necessary to think outside the box and achieve their goals. Japan, a conformist and chronically conservative society, often needs this kind of disruptive leader. Periods of foreign influence help propel Japanese society forward.
However, such innovations can sometimes cause such a stir that those in power become determined to quash gaiatsu (外圧), or external influence, that threatens the status quo.
Today’s guest has a lot in common with Carlos…
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