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Chapter 94 part 2 – 1929 Executive Meeting

If you take too strong a leadership stance, you get ostracized.

In the worst-case scenario, if you stand out too much waving your flag and shouting “Follow me!” you won’t just be ostracized—you’ll be stabbed in the back or pushed off a cliff. Taking strong leadership simply isn’t worth the cost.

It’s a different country, but ending up like Joan of Arc is essentially the default outcome.

Setting that aside, trying to do something innovative in Japan comes with an enormous communication cost—in other words, groundwork.

And since decisions are effectively made during the groundwork phase, by the time anything reaches a formal discussion, the conclusion has already been decided.

Moreover, in Japan, even doing something innovative requires groundwork. Even Oda Nobunaga, who’s often talked about in later generations, must have done it that way.

So then, in order to avoid