{"id":413,"date":"2018-03-29T10:28:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T08:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humansofparcoappennino.it\/?p=413"},"modified":"2018-05-08T09:26:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T07:26:55","slug":"from-the-casino-to-the-silence-francesco-fabbiani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humansofparcoappennino.it\/en\/2018\/03\/from-the-casino-to-the-silence-francesco-fabbiani\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM THE “CASINO” TO THE SILENCE \u2013 Francesco Fabbiani"},"content":{"rendered":"

Casino, Castelnovo ne\u2019 Monti – Japan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Appointment at the usual bar, the usual coffee and the usual faces: a constant in the city\u2019s noise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As a child I had two dreams; to become a policeman ore a truck driver. After graduating I went travelling a lot, exploring the world for work and for fun. This way I feel to have, somehow, realized part of my dream: vagabonding is the nearest thing to being a truck driver. I feel a truck driver of the world, a sky commuter. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always worked in the automotive sector. I\u2019ve had a huge, unplanned fortune: to work for all the big Italian brands. Curiosity brought me to Ducati, Lamborghini, Maserati and finally Piaggio with the aim to develop the Asiatic region. <\/span><\/p>\n

With Piaggio I\u2019ve lived the last three years in Japan. My life divided between Bolzan (I was already a migrant: I have a wife and three children) and Asia. My task is to detect and lift up the suffering branches and develop business opportunities in the Asian market. I\u2019ve been entrusted with a small branch, 15 employees and a strong decline. The Headquarter\u2019s intention was to shut down (there are strong competitors in the area) but we succeeded to fill the communication gap with the Italian mother company. I managed to have Italians and Japanese speak the same language.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was scared. Every new task is a challenge. The first year was extremely hard: strong losses, pressure from Italy and a totally new reality to cope with and with which I found it hard to communicate. Japan is not Asia, it\u2019s unique. They\u2019re collectivists, their power stands in community and not in individualism, typical to our culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Japanese are extremely sophisticated. They use silence to communicate, the pause, things left unsaid. I found the solution in my origins: being a mountaineer means having a unique flexibility. You are urged to adapt to the land, to nature and to decode it. I\u2019ve deciphered their code like a farmer listens to the wind to predict weather changes. Every second of silence acquired a different meaning: time is enormously important. Running back on my initial mistakes I questioned all the communication methods I had studied. I gave silence time and that was made possible by what I had learned living on the Apennine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even food is a common element, I achieved to share beautiful moments at the dining table. Japanese tend to be extremely formal during daytime whilst they explode in the night. They have a strong taste for the esthetic, just like us. They open up after understanding our silence. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t