This is "Can someone go on mute please?" a podcast about overcoming geographical differences and distances to help you work better in a global company.

This week our host Philip Thomas, President, Ascential Events, explores culture and positives which come from having such a wide range of different cultures across the company.

Philip also speaks to Darren Menabney, who leads global employee engagement programs at Ricoh in Tokyo as well as teaching MBA students to find out more.