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Darren Menabney

IDEO U / Alumni Mentor東京

Darren Menabney

IDEO U / Alumni Mentor

Ambition

In the future

I want to help japan-based startups get better at being better communicators, at being better leaders. Everyone needs to be a better communicator to succeed in business, to become a leader. Startup founders need this more than most, they must be able to tell the story of their startup and share their visions with others. Startups need to

IDEO U8 years

Alumni Mentor(Intern)Present

Feb 2016 - Present

Asked by IDEO U to mentor "Storytelling for Influence" online course. Provide support and guidance to a group of global changemakers who are joining the Storytelling for Influence course in Spring, 2016.

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The first 5 seconds and first impressions

Globis University Graduate School of Management10 years

Part-time Faculty(Intern)Present

Aug 2014 - Present

Teaches a unique full semester Business Presentation course to students as part of the part-time MBA program at the GLOBIS School of Management, Japan's largest business school.

株式会社リコー本社事業所　Ricoh Company, Ltd. Head Quarters11 years

Lead, Global HR InitiativesPresent

Jul 2013 - Present

Boosts global employee engagement and corporate culture through developing and implementing global HR strategies and initiatives at Ricoh's world headquarters.

International MBA at Globis

2013

GLOBIS Award for Academic Excellence
Translation of "An Authentic Introduction to Youmei-gaku The Philosophy of Wang Yangming" into English
Working with my GLOBIS classmates, we translated this book from its original Japanese to English, to allow students in the GLOBIS English MBA program to read and learn from this book, as was done in the Japanese MBA program, As a strong team, we studied Chinese history, Zen, and neo-Confucian philosophies to translate this work of philosophy into English for the first time. Thanks to our efforts, the book is now used as a core reading in the GLOBIS English MBA curriculum.

Defence Research and Development Canada6 years

External Relations Manager

Aug 2005 - Mar 2011

Strategic management of DRDC - Toronto's relations with external partners in industry, academia, other government departments, and allied defence organisations. DRDC is a special operating agency of the Department of National Defence.

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade2 months

Liaision Offier to the Delegation of Japan, G8 & G20 Summit

Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

At the G20 Summit venue, accompanied and guided the Prime Minister of Japan and other VIPs through the G20 Summit venue to attend bilateral meetings with other heads of state.

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)12 years

Science & Technology Offier, SR&ED Tax Credit Program

Jan 1994 - Jan 2005

Administration of the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit program in Southern Ontario.

University of Toronto

1990

Skills

Presentation in English
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Presentation
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Public Speaking
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Story Telling
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cross cultural communication
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Leadership, Strategy, Business Development and 12 skills

Darren Menabney

Darren Menabney

Ambition