Logical Communication Skill Training
Skills for Thinking and Structuring Logically
Publication Date: April 2001
List Price 2,420 JPY (10% consumption tax included)
ISBN：9784492531129 / Size：H210mm x W148mm / Hardcover / 232 pages
Logical communication is an essential skill for business people, and it is the art of organizing and structuring one's thoughts logically and communicating them correctly to others. This book will help you acquire these skills through clear explanations and intensive training.
Contact Us
Click here for inquiries regarding book rights
Overview
This book is the bible of logical thinking training, which sparked Japan's "logical thinking" boom. The systematic and practical skills will help you organize and structure your thoughts and ideas logically and be a powerful weapon to convince others.
These skills require only two simple tools: "MECE," a technique to eliminate duplication, omissions, and gaps, and "So What? / Why So?" to eliminate leaps in logic. Using these tools, you will be able to organize your thoughts and ideas logically. And once you learn the skills to structure your organized thoughts logically, your business communication skills will improve dramatically.
If you are not good at thinking logically or have trouble conveying to others what you want to say or what you feel is essential, this book is for you.
Anyone can acquire the tools and skills described in this book with some training. Read the explanations and examples, and then try the problems. It may seem difficult at first, but your ability to think logically and express yourself will improve as you solve the problems. And you will always be able to make your opponent think, "I see, I understand!"
These skills require only two simple tools: "MECE," a technique to eliminate duplication, omissions, and gaps, and "So What? / Why So?" to eliminate leaps in logic. Using these tools, you will be able to organize your thoughts and ideas logically. And once you learn the skills to structure your organized thoughts logically, your business communication skills will improve dramatically.
If you are not good at thinking logically or have trouble conveying to others what you want to say or what you feel is essential, this book is for you.
Anyone can acquire the tools and skills described in this book with some training. Read the explanations and examples, and then try the problems. It may seem difficult at first, but your ability to think logically and express yourself will improve as you solve the problems. And you will always be able to make your opponent think, "I see, I understand!"
Table of Contents
Part 1: Before Writing and Speaking
Chapter 1: What is "Communicating to Others"?
Chapter 2: Common Flaws in Unconvincing Responses
Part 2: Techniques for Organizing Thoughts Logically
Chapter 3: Avoiding Duplications, Omissions, and Gaps
Chapter 4: Eliminating Leaps in Logic
Part 3: Techniques for Constructing Logically
Chapter 5: Creating "Logic" with So What? / Why So? and MECE
Chapter 6: Mastering Logical Patterns
Chapter 7: Using Logical Patterns Effectively
Chapter 1: What is "Communicating to Others"?
Chapter 2: Common Flaws in Unconvincing Responses
Part 2: Techniques for Organizing Thoughts Logically
Chapter 3: Avoiding Duplications, Omissions, and Gaps
Chapter 4: Eliminating Leaps in Logic
Part 3: Techniques for Constructing Logically
Chapter 5: Creating "Logic" with So What? / Why So? and MECE
Chapter 6: Mastering Logical Patterns
Chapter 7: Using Logical Patterns Effectively
Author Profile
Hanako Teruya
Hanako Teruya is a communication specialist. She supports companies to establish logical communication and plans and conducts many training programs on logical thinking and communication. She is a professor at the Graduate School of Business Breakthrough University and a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Tokyo Metropolitan University.
After graduating from the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo, she worked in public relations at Isetan Co. She then joined McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey & Company, she was an editing consultant advising on logical structure and Japanese expressions in consulting reports and training clients on the logical structure. She has since become independent.
Her books, "Logical Thinking" (co-authored) and "Logical Writing" (both published by Toyo Keizai Inc.), have been long sellers.
Keiko Okada
After graduating from Keio University with a law degree, Keiko Okada worked at the Publishing Division of Japan Transport Corporation before joining McKinsey & Company in 1989.
She worked as a communications specialist, providing consulting reports, editing services for logical structure and expression, supporting the planning and implementation of communication strategies, and training in a logical structure.
She became independent in 1998. She plans and provides various communication services to companies, develops and implements training programs, supports the writing of articles and books, and conducts interviews and editing.
（Information is current at the time of publishing.）
Hanako Teruya is a communication specialist. She supports companies to establish logical communication and plans and conducts many training programs on logical thinking and communication. She is a professor at the Graduate School of Business Breakthrough University and a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Tokyo Metropolitan University.
After graduating from the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo, she worked in public relations at Isetan Co. She then joined McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey & Company, she was an editing consultant advising on logical structure and Japanese expressions in consulting reports and training clients on the logical structure. She has since become independent.
Her books, "Logical Thinking" (co-authored) and "Logical Writing" (both published by Toyo Keizai Inc.), have been long sellers.
Keiko Okada
After graduating from Keio University with a law degree, Keiko Okada worked at the Publishing Division of Japan Transport Corporation before joining McKinsey & Company in 1989.
She worked as a communications specialist, providing consulting reports, editing services for logical structure and expression, supporting the planning and implementation of communication strategies, and training in a logical structure.
She became independent in 1998. She plans and provides various communication services to companies, develops and implements training programs, supports the writing of articles and books, and conducts interviews and editing.
（Information is current at the time of publishing.）
