Comments on: Can Asians Innovate in Business? http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/05/can-asians-innovate-in-business/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chinese Theme Park Builds Real Life Angry Birds Game — And It’s Illegal | Entertainment | 8Asians.com http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/05/can-asians-innovate-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-158079 Chinese Theme Park Builds Real Life Angry Birds Game — And It’s Illegal | Entertainment | 8Asians.com Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:09:19 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3061#comment-158079 [...] could be related to the lack of innovation, which Tim wrote about back in 2009. In the article, Can Asians Innovate In Business?, he writes about Randy Pollock’s experience of working with Chinese MBA students who each [...] [...] could be related to the lack of innovation, which Tim wrote about back in 2009. In the article, Can Asians Innovate In Business?, he writes about Randy Pollock’s experience of working with Chinese MBA students who each [...]

]]> By: VIRAL LIKE SARS: The Story of the Panyee Football Club | Sports | 8Asians.com http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/05/can-asians-innovate-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-148558 VIRAL LIKE SARS: The Story of the Panyee Football Club | Sports | 8Asians.com Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:31:08 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3061#comment-148558 [...] are stereotyped as not being innovative, as well as stereotyped as being nonathletic, so I was delighted to see this video about the Panyee [...] [...] are stereotyped as not being innovative, as well as stereotyped as being nonathletic, so I was delighted to see this video about the Panyee [...]

]]> By: Asians Creativity to overtake that of Americans? | Education | 8Asians.com http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/05/can-asians-innovate-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-134308 Asians Creativity to overtake that of Americans? | Education | 8Asians.com Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:02:14 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3061#comment-134308 [...] on Tim’s post on choice, Asians have long been pigeonholed as uncreative automatons, who are lacking in innovation.  This article from Newsweek mentions how schools in China are working to eliminate “drill and [...] [...] on Tim’s post on choice, Asians have long been pigeonholed as uncreative automatons, who are lacking in innovation.  This article from Newsweek mentions how schools in China are working to eliminate “drill and [...]

]]> By: ddddd123 http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/05/can-asians-innovate-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-130888 ddddd123 Thu, 06 May 2010 00:44:08 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3061#comment-130888 Well asians, say in China, being innovative.. that's a different topic than asians in upper management. I assume you mean American businesses, where these non-existant asian GM's would probably be Asian-americans? LIke Jerry Yang (except that he...) .. or Tony Hsieh the CEO of Zappo's... (BTW.. he's a good example of one who actually IS... y not put some focus on him for once????? Not only is he the CEO--the Head Honcho--but he's totally respected and if you check the site, he's all over it, posting videos for his employees, etc.)<br><br>But most companies have White management and it's really a club. It's a frat. It's not that asians can't be CEO's... it's that they aren't really part of the club. <br><br>My last company (won't name) inititally had a female asian GM. She was really cool.. had that down to earth vibe. Was confident, yet gentle.. really pleasant.<br><br>She left due to pregnancy, and the White guy took over.. so it was back to the same ol'...<br><br>But I felt like... in a way, once the White guy took over.. the team seemed to be back in the "club" mode. Well asians, say in China, being innovative.. that's a different topic than asians in upper management. I assume you mean American businesses, where these non-existant asian GM's would probably be Asian-americans? LIke Jerry Yang (except that he…) .. or Tony Hsieh the CEO of Zappo's… (BTW.. he's a good example of one who actually IS… y not put some focus on him for once????? Not only is he the CEO–the Head Honcho–but he's totally respected and if you check the site, he's all over it, posting videos for his employees, etc.)

But most companies have White management and it's really a club. It's a frat. It's not that asians can't be CEO's… it's that they aren't really part of the club.

My last company (won't name) inititally had a female asian GM. She was really cool.. had that down to earth vibe. Was confident, yet gentle.. really pleasant.

She left due to pregnancy, and the White guy took over.. so it was back to the same ol'…

But I felt like… in a way, once the White guy took over.. the team seemed to be back in the “club” mode.

]]> By: 8Asians.com » Ninja Warrior http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/05/can-asians-innovate-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-125102 8Asians.com » Ninja Warrior Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:22:57 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3061#comment-125102 [...] Japanese game show that my sons got me hooked on.   I found it absorbing and creative (who says Asians are not creative?), so I vegged out for a weekend watching a Ninja Warrior marathon on the G4 channel.  Called [...] [...] Japanese game show that my sons got me hooked on.   I found it absorbing and creative (who says Asians are not creative?), so I vegged out for a weekend watching a Ninja Warrior marathon on the G4 channel.  Called [...]

]]> By: Neil Cassidy http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/05/can-asians-innovate-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-121758 Neil Cassidy Wed, 06 May 2009 10:34:45 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3061#comment-121758 If you read the article closely, there is no stereotyping involved. It was careful to say the students were intelligent and personable people who have talent but have not been raised in an educational system that has promoted them taking the intellectual risks that creative thinking requires. That is simply the truth. Why read more into it? He wasn't talking about Asian Americans. He was tactfully blaming the government but probably can't say it direct. Give him a break--this guy picked up and moved to China for a pretty long time. I doubt he is out to insult Asian people. If you read the article closely, there is no stereotyping involved. It was careful to say the students were intelligent and personable people who have talent but have not been raised in an educational system that has promoted them taking the intellectual risks that creative thinking requires. That is simply the truth. Why read more into it? He wasn’t talking about Asian Americans. He was tactfully blaming the government but probably can’t say it direct. Give him a break–this guy picked up and moved to China for a pretty long time. I doubt he is out to insult Asian people.

]]> By: Neil Cassidy http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/05/can-asians-innovate-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-141046 Neil Cassidy Wed, 06 May 2009 10:34:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3061#comment-141046 If you read the article closely, there is no stereotyping involved. It was careful to say the students were intelligent and personable people who have talent but have not been raised in an educational system that has promoted them taking the intellectual risks that creative thinking requires. That is simply the truth. Why read more into it? He wasn't talking about Asian Americans. He was tactfully blaming the government but probably can't say it direct. Give him a break--this guy picked up and moved to China for a pretty long time. I doubt he is out to insult Asian people. If you read the article closely, there is no stereotyping involved. It was careful to say the students were intelligent and personable people who have talent but have not been raised in an educational system that has promoted them taking the intellectual risks that creative thinking requires. That is simply the truth. Why read more into it? He wasn’t talking about Asian Americans. He was tactfully blaming the government but probably can’t say it direct. Give him a break–this guy picked up and moved to China for a pretty long time. I doubt he is out to insult Asian people.

]]> By: Confuse-Us http://www.8asians.com/2009/05/05/can-asians-innovate-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-121698 Confuse-Us Tue, 05 May 2009 21:08:12 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3061#comment-121698 I tend to view these kinds of articles with skepticism. If you stop and think about it, China has a 4000 year history during which time it produced some inventions millenia before they appeared in the west. China has a very long and distinguished history of innovation, and innovation is in no way an alien concept to it's culture.Certainly, this spirit of innovation has been suppressed by fifty years of totalitarianism but it seems ridiculous to suggest that 4000 years of innovative thinking can be erased in fifty years. I can remember smug and self-satisfied American and European commentators in the eighties deriding the Japanese for being "mindless" robotic sheep that lack the ability to think for themselves or be creative.Back then they said that Japanese culture suppressed individualism and creativity and that was why Japan could never sustain economic power! Of course we now know just how creative the Japanese can be. Articles like Pollock's are generally designed to make white America feel secure rather than provide any meaningful insight into the cultures of Asia. I would take it with a pinch of salt. I tend to view these kinds of articles with skepticism. If you stop and think about it, China has a 4000 year history during which time it produced some inventions millenia before they appeared in the west. China has a very long and distinguished history of innovation, and innovation is in no way an alien concept to it’s culture.Certainly, this spirit of innovation has been suppressed by fifty years of totalitarianism but it seems ridiculous to suggest that 4000 years of innovative thinking can be erased in fifty years.

I can remember smug and self-satisfied American and European commentators in the eighties deriding the Japanese for being “mindless” robotic sheep that lack the ability to think for themselves or be creative.Back then they said that Japanese culture suppressed individualism and creativity and that was why Japan could never sustain economic power! Of course we now know just how creative the Japanese can be.

Articles like Pollock’s are generally designed to make white America feel secure rather than provide any meaningful insight into the cultures of Asia. I would take it with a pinch of salt.

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