July 23, 2026 When I first started working in accounting, whenever I encountered something I didn’t understand, I would flip through a thick rulebook, track down a senior colleague to ask questions, and if I still wasn’t satisfied, I’d stay up late mulling it over. It took a long time to figure out the answer, and it was probably an inefficient method. But looking back now, I think it was precisely “the time when answers weren’t immediately available” that helped hone my cri

June 23, 2026 Eight years ago, when I began taking management more seriously, I decided to formalize TOPC Potentia’s corporate policy and communicate its fundamentals to all of our staff members. Even if you have a vision for the kind of company you want to build, it won’t happen unless you can effectively share that vision. I didn’t just focus on what kind of company we were; I also wanted to consider what kind of company we should become. We held a series of informal gather

May 31, 2026 I must have been a pretty spacey kid—my teachers often asked me, “Are you even using your head?” Even after I started working, I’d sometimes get reprimanded for not “using my head properly.” While I was muttering to myself, “Of course I am,” the truth was that my thinking was indeed rather shallow. Understanding matters logically. Setting priorities and making plans. The importance of using our heads to think this way is drilled into us from childhood. In contras