Hello, everyone.
This is Enta.
I've been in Kagoshima for the past few days.
A junior colleague from a field completely unrelated to slope engineering came along as well; she was there to study birds.
When I say “bird,” I’m referring to the kind you eat, like chicken sashimi.
I'm studying sales methods, customer bases, and sales techniques.
Kagoshima Prefecture is the home of Satsuma Jidori, one of Japan's three major native chicken breeds.
A junior colleague from Nagoya is selling Nagoya Cochin free-range chicken.
I hear the other one is Hinai-jidori.
And, driven by a single-minded desire to make things better, they followed me.
I’m actually here for something else, but I actually learned a lot myself.
It really made me realize once again that the methods and approaches used in any industry aren't actually that different.
We (or rather, I) who are always focused solely on the slope engineering industry really should broaden our horizons and approach our work with a wider perspective.
Sometimes, ideas you’d never expect come from completely unrelated places.
I thought that increasing such opportunities might contribute to our company’s growth and help our prime contractor.
The passion of the person selling the Kuro-Satsuma native chicken I visited the other day was truly incredible, and
He worked with the sole desire to let his customers enjoy delicious Satsuma Jidori chicken.
Our approach is to raise the fish from fry, process them, and ship them as sashimi
I hear that they now supply many famous restaurants in places like Ginza in Tokyo and Osaka.
I got to try a little bit too, but,
Waaaaaaah—that's so good!
It's sweet! The chicken is!!!
The chicken was delicious and had a nice bite to it!!
And apparently, he’s made all sorts of mistakes along the way to get where he is today, and he’ll tell us all about those experiences.
He talks openly about his failures. I thought to myself, “This guy is a true pro.”
Listening to people like that made me realize that I’m still slacking off.
Surely there's more we can do? Surely there are ways we can be more creative?
If I ask myself more questions, I’ll be able to deliver even better work to the general contractor, right?
That's what I found myself thinking.
I was incredibly inspired.
To be honest, I didn't really care about the story about birds, but I found myself listening intently lol
It's really interesting to hear stories from people who are doing great in other industries!
I learned a lot.
I'm heading home tomorrow. (Since I've pretty much finished my business here.)
By the way, the junior colleague who’s here with me this time works at this restaurant.
I’m a junior colleague who’s working incredibly hard right now to make things even a little better and to promote Nagoya Cochin.
I've also posted this on my blog, so please check it out lol
Regardless of whether those efforts pay off, the question is: What should we do now? How can we build a bridge to the future?
I think we, too, are constantly being asked this question.
See you later.
