Sharon O'Dea
@sharonodea.com
Consulting, writing and speaking on comms, collaboration & future of work. Cofounder Lithos Partners, DWXS and 300 Seconds. Gym bore. Takes too many photos of Amsterdam.
That would have been my guess too, but I have actually received that one!
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
That would have been my guess too, but I have actually received that one!
I’ve been warned on both fronts!
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I’ve been warned on both fronts!
I have tickets for that for when K get to Tokyo. This was especially nice as we were pretty much the only people there!
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I have tickets for that for when K get to Tokyo. This was especially nice as we were pretty much the only people there!
I’m here as part of the Nagasaki Nomads programme. Working on my book, exploring the forces shaping the future of work, and living my own small experiment in place-independent working.
Follow along as I try to make sense of communication, work, and life, from Nagasaki to... wherever’s next.
Follow along as I try to make sense of communication, work, and life, from Nagasaki to... wherever’s next.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I’m here as part of the Nagasaki Nomads programme. Working on my book, exploring the forces shaping the future of work, and living my own small experiment in place-independent working.
Follow along as I try to make sense of communication, work, and life, from Nagasaki to... wherever’s next.
Follow along as I try to make sense of communication, work, and life, from Nagasaki to... wherever’s next.
It’s one of many paradoxes I’ve noticed here in Japan:
a country beginning to recognise these challenges, but where solutions are hard to find, and harder still to implement.
a country beginning to recognise these challenges, but where solutions are hard to find, and harder still to implement.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It’s one of many paradoxes I’ve noticed here in Japan:
a country beginning to recognise these challenges, but where solutions are hard to find, and harder still to implement.
a country beginning to recognise these challenges, but where solutions are hard to find, and harder still to implement.
But with AI rewriting job descriptions and consumer behaviour shifting by the month, the half-life of a skill is now just a couple of years.
We’ll all need to learn, unlearn and reskill... constantly.
Yet many workplaces still treat learning as a compliance exercise, not a competitive advantage.
We’ll all need to learn, unlearn and reskill... constantly.
Yet many workplaces still treat learning as a compliance exercise, not a competitive advantage.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
But with AI rewriting job descriptions and consumer behaviour shifting by the month, the half-life of a skill is now just a couple of years.
We’ll all need to learn, unlearn and reskill... constantly.
Yet many workplaces still treat learning as a compliance exercise, not a competitive advantage.
We’ll all need to learn, unlearn and reskill... constantly.
Yet many workplaces still treat learning as a compliance exercise, not a competitive advantage.
In a country once famed for its lifetime employees and extraordinary commitment to work, engagement is now among the lowest in the developed world.
Are those things connected? If you don’t believe learning new skills will get you noticed (let alone promoted) why would you bother?
Are those things connected? If you don’t believe learning new skills will get you noticed (let alone promoted) why would you bother?
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
In a country once famed for its lifetime employees and extraordinary commitment to work, engagement is now among the lowest in the developed world.
Are those things connected? If you don’t believe learning new skills will get you noticed (let alone promoted) why would you bother?
Are those things connected? If you don’t believe learning new skills will get you noticed (let alone promoted) why would you bother?
Something the facilitator said stuck with me: despite Japan’s world-class education system, little learning happens after people leave it.
Once formal schooling ends, so does structured skill-building.
OECD says the same: Japan ranks among the lowest for participation in adult learning.
Once formal schooling ends, so does structured skill-building.
OECD says the same: Japan ranks among the lowest for participation in adult learning.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Something the facilitator said stuck with me: despite Japan’s world-class education system, little learning happens after people leave it.
Once formal schooling ends, so does structured skill-building.
OECD says the same: Japan ranks among the lowest for participation in adult learning.
Once formal schooling ends, so does structured skill-building.
OECD says the same: Japan ranks among the lowest for participation in adult learning.
Likewise. I feel they’re not a great idea for people who over-index on the Sips.
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Likewise. I feel they’re not a great idea for people who over-index on the Sips.
This was the original photo 😂
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This was the original photo 😂
I had a hundred better things to do so obvs I spent an hour making this
November 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I had a hundred better things to do so obvs I spent an hour making this
Imagine how much fun waiting for the bus would be if we had these in Zone 3.
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Imagine how much fun waiting for the bus would be if we had these in Zone 3.
Also wearing a designer scarf.
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Also wearing a designer scarf.
It’s been over a decade since I last went to Osaka so I’m not much use on that one. Tokyo… it’s so hard to pin down a list! At least one of the big temples (Senso-Ji, but it’s crazy busy). Go up a tall thing and marvel at the skyline. Karaoke. Tsujiki market.
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It’s been over a decade since I last went to Osaka so I’m not much use on that one. Tokyo… it’s so hard to pin down a list! At least one of the big temples (Senso-Ji, but it’s crazy busy). Go up a tall thing and marvel at the skyline. Karaoke. Tsujiki market.