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The ASH Podcast

Cultural conversations with leaders in Japan. ASH Consulting was founded in 2021 with a single mission: to help make Japan the most global community on earth, for today and for the future, so future generations can grow up in a multicultural and affluent nation. We enable companies to unleash their people's potential and engage in meaningful work. It is our goal to empower companies with the tools necessary to understand the cultural gaps and pitfalls of doing business in Japan in order to work effectively together effectively and create game-changing outcomes.

Episodes

  1. 06/27/2023

    #3 - Mitsuko Okamura, Director, People Business Partner at Conde Nast

    We are joined by the Director of People Business Partnering in today's episode: Mitsuko Okamura. Mitsuko has a long career as a bilingual and bicultural professional working in sales, talent acquisition, and HR. She shares with us her experiences growing up in rural Japan, studying and living abroad in Canada, and working in Global Multinational companies. This episode is packed full of interesting cross-cultural anecdotes from Mitsuko's point of view, and she is the first guest on our show who is Japanese, adding a different lens than usual to which we view cross-cultural awareness in Japan, typically from an expat's eyes. Mitsuko's sharing of her experiences will be valuable to anyone who is looking to better understand Japan and how to become a more global citizen, Japanese or not.

    35 min

  2. 07/31/2022

    #2 - Patrick Jordan, Vice-President of Human Resources of The Coca Cola Company Japan

    In this interview we speak with Patrick (Paddy) Jordan, VP of HR for The Coca Cola Company in Japan and Korea.  Having lived and worked in Japan for nearly the last 3 years, and the majority of it during the Covid-19 pandemic, Paddy shares with us some of his deepest learnings. Being brought over to Japan to look at cultural transformation, while simultaneously having to learn a whole new set of cultural norms himself, was no easy task for Paddy!  We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to sit down with Paddy and have him open up to us about some of his biggest frustrations, challenges, and aha! moments in adjusting to the culture in Japan. We hope you will benefit from hearing about Paddy's experiences and take away a few cross-cultural gems.  One thing was for sure, Paddy had his fair share of entertaining and embarrassing moments! Which we love him all the more for opening up so genuinely and sharing with us.  Hope you enjoy the candid conversation between Andrew and Paddy.

    36 min

  3. 07/28/2022

    #1 - Tomas Jaukovic, General Manager of Imperial Brands Japan

    In this interview we speak with Tomas Jaukovic, General Manager of Imperial Brands Japan on his journey in Japan over the last several years and the importance of cross cultural competency when running and leading an organization in Japan. In this interview we explore the many challenges, triumphs, and comical anecdotes of Tomas' experience in Japan as a leader of a large multi-national company here in Tokyo. Through the lens of cross cultural awareness, we explore the importance of having the right mentorship to truly immerse oneself in Japan's culture and reap the most rewards out of being given the rare opportunity to be a leader in Japan.

    23 min
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Cultural conversations with leaders in Japan. ASH Consulting was founded in 2021 with a single mission: to help make Japan the most global community on earth, for today and for the future, so future generations can grow up in a multicultural and affluent nation. We enable companies to unleash their people's potential and engage in meaningful work. It is our goal to empower companies with the tools necessary to understand the cultural gaps and pitfalls of doing business in Japan in order to work effectively together effectively and create game-changing outcomes.

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  • Creator
    The ASH Podcast
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © The ASH Podcast
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