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Darren Menabney

Greater Tokyo Area, Japan

I help individuals and organizations learn how to collaborate, communicate, and create remotely and across cultures.

The world we work in is dominated by three trends: the impact of technology, the move to remote work, and globalization. The confluence of these trends means that the Future of Work is global. Remote technologies allow us to collaborate and compete with people from around the globe. The gains in automated translation from AI mean language barriers are lower than ever.

How can you, your teams, and your business stand out in such a world?

Through creativity.

By harnessing our inherent creativity and bringing out our teams' unique talents and creativity, we can differentiate our work and guarantee business success through innovation.

I have delivered these courses to top global companies remotely or in person, to small teams or entire departments. Groups can be teams that work together or cohorts from across an organization. Courses can run from 60 minutes to multiple half-day sessions. I have taught all types of functions, nationalities, and levels of seniority.

Please reach out to see how I can help you or your organization.

Available For: Advising, Consulting
Travels From: Tokyo or Toronto
Speaking Topics: Creativity, remote work, culture, design thinking, storytelling

Darren Menabney Points
Academic 0
Author 28
Influencer 36
Speaker 3
Entrepreneur 0
Total 67

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Areas of Expertise

Careers 33.53
Creativity 32.52
Culture 30.58
Design Thinking 30.86
Diversity and Inclusion
Future of Work
Innovation
Leadership 30.08
Management 30.14
Startups

Industry Experience

Aerospace & Defense
Federal & Public Sector
High Tech & Electronics
Higher Education & Research

Publications

28 Article/Blogs
How Empathy Helps You Lead Across Cultures
Forbes
December 13, 2023
Empathy—understanding how others feel—is necessary for any leader. By recognizing the emotions that others might be experiencing and walking in someone else’s shoes, we can know how to best engage with them. To a great extent, empathy relies on understanding the norms and values of the society we work or live in and how emotions are tied to those.

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Tags: Creativity, Culture

3 Ways To Strengthen Your Cultural Intelligence
Forbes
June 22, 2023
By deepening our understanding, practice and confidence in cross-cultural interactions, we set ourselves and our organizations up for success in an increasingly interconnected world.

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Tags: Creativity, Culture

5 signs you’re being an attention hog and how to stop
Import from fastcompany.com
August 08, 2022
A shift in perspective that puts the recipient of the information at the center is the beginning of a mindset that leads to success. 
Many things separate a good collaboration from a bad one—a clear storyline or message and delivery with confidence—but most bad interactions have something in co

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

Do this one hour per week and your future self will thank you
Import from fastcompany.com
November 08, 2021
Spending only one hour a week connecting with new people can expand your network by up to 50 people per year, which can have a massive impact on your career.
Networking has always been essential for professional success. Whether cultivating new connections within an organization or developing extern

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

Why your career could use a solo weekend trip
Import from fastcompany.com
August 20, 2021
After so many of us were cooped up at home during COVID, it can provide an excellent opportunity to read a lot and reflect.
Several weeks ago, I took a trip out of my home in Tokyo and up into the foothills of Mount Fuji for a solo weekend, something that I’ve been doing at least once or twice

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

To Have Better Remote Meetings, Create A Team Communication Charter
Forbes
March 14, 2021
Despite the move to remote work, many teams have not fundamentally changed how they run and approach online meetings. A Communication Charter allows for a reboot of the team and a fresh approach to how it operates in the New Normal of remote work.

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Tags: Culture, Leadership, Management

In 2021 We Need To Focus On Remote Work Creativity
Forbes
December 28, 2020
The shift to remote work and the rise of automation means that 2021 should be more about boosting remote work creativity, and less about boosting productivity.

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Tags: Creativity, Leadership, Management

5 ways remote work can make you more creative
Import from fastcompany.com
November 24, 2020
Go ahead and find ways to be more productive when working remotely, but don’t leave creativity out of the conversation.
Many of the online HR conference sessions I’ve joined recently have been dominated by discussions around finding ways to make our remote workforce more productive and e

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

How Micromanagement Kills Any Remote Team And What To Do About It
Forbes
October 20, 2020
Micromanaging is a terrible idea for any remote team. Here are four steps you can take to lead remote teams more effectively.

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Tags: Culture, Leadership, Management

What You Need To Know To Start Working From Home
Forbes
March 06, 2020

The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has already had a huge effect on work and how we work. It has disrupted supply chains, led to travel restrictions and, of course, has had a terrible human cost.

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Tags: Creativity, Culture

How to use these 7 presentation skills to nail a job interview
Import from fastcompany.com
January 16, 2020
Both job interviews and presentations are about persuasion. Here are the key skills to brush up on.
A while ago I bumped into a former MBA student who’d just had a job interview. He said the interview had gone well, partly because he paid attention to body language, eye contact, and speaking s

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

Why Emotional Intelligence Needs Cultural Intelligence When Working Across Borders
Forbes
December 30, 2019
Having a high EQ isn’t enough when working with different cultures or on a multicultural team. We also need CQ.

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Leadership

The secret to being a persuasive speaker
Import from fastcompany.com
December 11, 2019
Spoiler alert: It’s going to take a bit of work, but it’s ultimately all about you.
“Be yourself. The worst talks are the ones where someone is trying to be someone they aren’t. If you are generally goofy, then be goofy. If you are emotional, then be emotional.”

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

Three reasons your presentations suck
Import from fastcompany.com
June 20, 2019
Achieving the blissful state of not sucking isn’t hard. You just need to know the three core reasons why most presentations suck and act on that knowledge.
There are as many excuses for giving bad presentations as there are stars in the sky.

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

Three stories every startup needs to tell
Import from fastcompany.com
April 08, 2019
One thing that separates great startup pitches from merely good ones isn’t always a better business model or a more compelling product. It’s the stories they tell.
Everyone needs to know how to use the power of persuasion. The ability to bring investors, customers, or new hires over to your

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

Want people to listen to you? Stop saying these three things
Import from fastcompany.com
January 10, 2019
Don’t squander your audience’s generosity by delivering a substandard presentation peppered with these common phrases that sound like you don’t care.
Hi, I hope you’ll enjoy my presentation. I’ve traveled a long way to be here. In fact, I got in just yesterday and I’m

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

Three Things To Stop Doing When Working Across Cultures
Forbes
January 08, 2019
Working globally requires unlearning, as much as it requires learning. Here are three things you need to drop to get the right mindset to work more effectively across cultures.

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Leadership

Five New Years resolutions you must make to be a better public speaker in 2019
Import from fastcompany.com
January 03, 2019
Communication skills need to be part of your 2019 plan to persuade and inspire others.
The New Year is here, and you’ve probably already resolved to exercise more and cut down on the binge-watching TV as well as made plans to be a more accomplished professional. If so, communication skills ne

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

5 steps to release yourself from being a slave to PowerPoint
Import from fastcompany.com
November 20, 2018
If you can rely on the strength of your words and ideas, let those persuade your audience.
PowerPoint, for all its flaws and despite its bad rep, is still a pretty good tool when used to do what it was designed to do: create visuals to accompany spoken words and support our presentations.

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

6 takeaways from Tim Cook’s Apple keynote that will make you a better presenter
Import from fastcompany.com
September 15, 2018
Steve Jobs was a master at presenting new products, and Tim Cook has plenty of best practices for public speakers, too.
Apple’s keynotes have been seen as examples of public speaking excellence for almost two decades. Steve Jobs’s launch of the iPod in 2001 and the iPhone in 2007 are not

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

Exactly how to sharpen essential job skills during your next presentation
Import from fastcompany.com
August 24, 2018
Critical thinking, storytelling, and design thinking are necessary skills for any job. Here’s how to get better at each one while delivering a presentation.
Your career success demands that you keep your job skills current and relevant. But workplace disruptions like the gig economy and the in

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

5 steps for beating impostor syndrome as a public speaker
Import from fastcompany.com
July 09, 2018
Feeling like a fraud compounds those other normal speaking jitters. But with practice, you can develop a speaking style that’s authentically your own.
You’re delivering a presentation, and the one thing going through your mind, over and over, is the feeling that you don’t belong up

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

How To Design An Emotionally Intelligent PowerPoint Presentation
LinkedIn
June 11, 2018
If you ask anyone what they think of PowerPoint presentations, they’ll probably give you a strong reaction, they’ll probably give you a strong reaction. But whether you love, hate, or want to ban them from your world forever, the truth is that slide decks are (and will continue to be) part of your professional life for the foreseeable future.

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Tags: Creativity, Culture

Three Things You Really Need To Stop Saying In Presentations
Import from fastcompany.com
May 08, 2018
“I know this slide’s a little hard to read.” Well, whose fault is that?
You can’t give an effective presentation–or do much of anything at work, for that matter–without looking and sounding credible. And fortunately, there are many ways for presenters to appear c

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

How To Design An Emotionally Intelligent PowerPoint Presentation
Import from fastcompany.com
April 02, 2018
It’s not about sleek graphics or the presentation software you use. It’s about whether the story you tell resonates with your audience’s needs.
If you ask anyone what they think of PowerPoint presentations, they’ll probably give you a strong reaction. But whether you love, hate, or want

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Design Thinking

1 Speaking Engagement
How Your Passion Will Drive Your Career Pivot | Darren Menabney | TEDxKyotoUniversity
Youtube
July 07, 2015
Darren Menabney was born in the UK but grew up and lived most of his life in Toronto, Canada. After graduating from the University of Toronto, he spent over twenty years working for the federal government in Canada, in the Departments of Revenue, Industry, Foreign Affairs, and Defense. His roles were consistently outward-looking, focusing on building and strengthening partnerships.

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Tags: Creativity, Culture

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