#512_ [Event Report: Shinji Koshikawa] You don't have to be a 'strong self.' Tips for updating your life map
In my own work as a business and IT consultant in the manufacturing industry, I am asked for the 'correct answer' every day.
However, I am actually an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) with a very 'tofu-like' (fragile) mentality. I am constantly feeling discouraged by the harsh voices on the front lines or feeling anxious when faced with the need to concretize complex requirements.
I participated in the 'Learning Together' event hosted by Shinji Koshikawa.
There, I found warm insights that felt like they were redrawing my 'life map'.
1. A 'life map' that you add to while wandering
(From the dialogue between Lou Oshiba and Shinji Koshikawa)
We tend to think we must have a complete, impressive 'life map.' But after listening to Lou-san, I understood how to draw the map.
• 'Do' expands the map:
You don't need to see the perfect route from the start.
First, just 'try doing something (Do).'
That first step fills in the blanks on the map, and before you know it, you start to like that path, which leads to new scenery (opportunities).
• Dreams will chase after you:
As someone with a fragile mentality, I am struck by intense anxiety as if I've lost my way when I lose sight of my goals. However, the words 'if you keep at it steadily, your dreams will find you someday' added a gentle note to my map saying, 'there is no need to rush.'
2. Find companions who speak the same 'language' on your map
(From the dialogue between Kentaro Ogata and Shinji Koshikawa)
On the steep path of transforming the manufacturing sites of the clients I face, it is important who you walk with.
• Understand two cultures:
There are 'two cultures' in the world: a group that values the context of conversations and writing, and a group that reacts to fragmented information. By understanding this, I no longer have to blame myself for 'not being understood.'
• A shelter called horizontal connections:
Voicy President Ogata talks about 'horizontal connections based on trust'. I reaffirmed that in my own life map, I want to cherish a 'safe place' with companions who can empathize with me, rather than a place where I fight with logical arguments.
I will share the Voicy broadcasts that resonated with me in this note as well!
3. Do not entrust your compass to AI; steer with your own 'will'
(From Shinji Koshikawa's session)
In the rough seas of technology, how should I decide my course? Koshikawa-san's words corrected my compass.
• Data is the AI, the navigator is the human:
Complex analysis should be left to AI. But I am the one who investigates 'Why are we heading into these waters?' and ultimately decides, 'Let's go this route.'
• Use your sensibility as a weapon:
The small changes in the workplace and the nuances of people's hearts that I can notice precisely because I am an HSP. I will engrave these on my map not as a 'weakness,' but as an important 'sensitivity' for deciding my course.
Conclusion:
We can expand our life maps together.
Communities like the 'Penpens' introduced at the end made me feel the presence of companions who will be by my side when expanding the map.
I'll write here, and only here, that tears welled up when Koshikawa-san introduced the episode about Saku-Yuzu-san.
Ah, I'm crying even now as I write this.
I want to continue as a consultant who knows the pain of the front lines and moves forward step by step while wandering, rather than a cyborg that just produces 'correct answers'.
My original purpose is 'to provide an environment where people involved in manufacturing can play an active role.'
Based on the GZ (adversity/setbacks) from my days as a manufacturing engineer, I want to update what kind of presence I want to be so that the same things don't happen on the manufacturing floor. I'll update it during Golden Week.
With the 'life map' I plan to update at this event in my heart, I want to continue walking together with everyone on the manufacturing floor starting tomorrow.
Thank you to the event organizer, Koshikawa-san, the Cross River team, and all the venue staff.
And thank you to everyone in the Penpens I spoke with yesterday!
・Koshikawa-san's new book