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恐れずに未来へ【英・日配信】
在宅ワークが進む中、どんなリスクがありますか？ 【これは英・日で配信するポッドキャストです↑】 3月16日に、Harvard Business Review（ハーバードビジネスレビュー）の中で、 そのリスクと対策方法について述べています↓ 『While the world is focused on the systemic threat posed by Covid-19, cybercriminals around the world undoubtedly are poised to capitalize on the crisis by launching a different kind of “virus.” More and more employees are working remotely by the day, and companies may eventually face the prospect of functioning with little to no personnel on-site or skeleton crews in IT and other important support functions.』 「在宅ワークが進む中、世界中のサイバー犯罪者はサイバーウイルスで犯罪を行うリスクが高いです。テクノロジーに精通している人員が少ないという今の企業は自分を守ることが大事です。」 出典：https://hbr.org/2020/03/will-coronavirus-lead-to-more-cyber-attacks 【音声配信では、以下の内容を日本語と英語で説明しています。気になれば録音をご確認ください↑】 There are aspects proposed by Harvard Business Review for employees to pay attention to: ◆Be Extra Vigilant About Phishing Emails ◆Practice Good Cyber Hygiene ◆Only Use Secure WiFi ◆Report Lost or Stolen Devices Immediately As for the employers, here are the aspects to consider: ◆Set Up Remote Access Now ◆Confidential Information is Still Confidential ◆Remind Employees Not to Use Personal Laptops for Work ◆Update Your Emergency Contacts コロナの影響で、テクノロジーの進化は更に速くなります。その中、テクノロジーの免疫力も上げていかないといけません。恐れずに未来へ行こうとする姿勢が大事ではないかと思います。 ここで、恐れずに未来を切り開いてきたテクノロジーのヒーロー、Steve Jobsが2005年、スタンフォードで行った卒業式のスピーチの一部をシェアします。 出典：https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/ 【音声配信では、スティーブ・ジョブスのスピーチについてコメントしています。スピーチの内容や英語に興味あれば録音をご確認ください↑】 【英語原文】 Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor’s code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes. I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now. This was the closest I’ve been to facing death, and I hope it’s the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: It was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions. Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. 【音声配信では、スティーブ・ジョブスのスピーチについてコメントしています。スピーチの内容や英語に興味あれば録音をご確認ください↑↑】 Love from Christine❤
【日本経済に隠された可能性】Forbes英語記事
Forbes, The economics, Wiredなど、 定期的に今の英語ニュースをお届けします。 音声付きの読み上げなので、 原文を見ながらチェックできます。 海外の視点を知ると、 より今後の人生プランに役立ちます！ 今回お届けするのはForbesが4月29日に発表した記事で、日本経済について肯定的な意見を述べています。 原文略（和訳） 日本経済はコロナで大きな打撃を受けています。その打撃は中国が徐々に経済の回復をしていく中で少しずつ活動をはじめ、緩和されると予測します。もちろん、精密な推測はできないが、今の様子を見るとそうだろうと考えられます。 日本経済の大きな問題は、少子高齢化です。 ここ最近日本の経済を見ると、ひとり当たりの生産性はあげています。 つまり、労働力は総合的に下がっていくが、一人当たりの生産性があがります。また、投資も近年の調子ではうまく進んでいます。これはビジネスの成長に直接結びつきます。 この成長は利益の成長がもたらされている結果で、雇用の創出と時給にプラスの影響をもたらしています。 無論、この結果はこのパンデミックの後ではどうなるかはわからないが、アベノミクスの効果で、女性の雇用を増やしたことは少子高齢化社会のために労働力を増やしています。 原文 Japan’s Hidden Economic Strengths Might Just Help It Survive The Pandemic Some hope for Japan’s economy has come from China amid the ongoing pandemic. China is slowly lifting its massive lockdown, allowing more economic activity. Many Japanese firms are anticipating new orders from China, especially for new infrastructure spending. This bit of good news mitigates Japan’s declaration of a national state of emergency from April 16 until May 6, and the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021. Japan has a special need to protect its high-risk aging population. It’s still anyone’s guess what happens next. The global base case is for the worst to be over by July—though the world economy could still spiral into a deeper contraction from slumping profits, rising bankruptcies and growing unemployment. But assuming the base case for July and containment of the virus’s spread in Japan, a recovery in China should soften the pandemic’s blow for the country. Japan’s economy has some hidden strengths. While it may seem Japan’s GDP growth has been anemic for decades (even prior to the pandemic), what’s been overlooked is that Japan’s per-capita GDP growth has actually been accelerating despite a shrinking population. That’s because, with the number of citizens dropping, even a slender 1% or 2% growth in real terms translates into a very tangible improvement in economic output per person. By that measure, Japan’s economy is likely to get healthier. To grow, an economy needs investment—and investment in Japan has been gathering strength over the last decade. Investment (measured as real, gross fixed-capital formation) as a percentage of real GDP has been rising steadily since 2011, nearly doubling to 15.3% in 2019. What has been driving this increase? Profit. Average business profits as a percentage of GDP rose from less than 5% in the first quarter of 2010 to over 15% in the first three months of 2019. A similar pattern is taking place in returns on equity. Improving profit margins give companies not only the capacity, but also the incentive, to invest and expand. When they do, they create jobs and boost wages. Consequently, Japanese wages as a percentage of national income recovered from a low of 48% in the first quarter of 2015 to 52% in the third quarter of 2019. A tighter labor market is good news for both businesses and consumers. To be sure, these figures are based on pre-virus data, and they may all take a hit this year from the pandemic. At the moment, though, Japan’s tight labor market bodes well for a key objective of Abenomics to further rejuvenate the economy: raising women’s participation in the labor force. Japan has made much progress in recent years to get more women into the workforce, a positive development that both improves household incomes and eases labor shortages due to Japan’s aging population. https://www.forbes.com/sites/yuwahedrickwong/2020/04/29/japan-econ/#198d300a29ce
