Boundaryless Leadership

"We advance in our ability to deal with complexity through cooperation." —  Jon Berghoff

In this episode, Nozomi and Jon discuss:

• Having a symphony of strengths in your organization and team. 
• Unlocking collective expertise. 
• Psychological safety and equal contribution. 
• What invites a human system to be at its best. 

Key Takeaways:

• Being a leader does not mean having all the answers, it is about asking the right questions. 
• As a leader, be open to being helped. Ask, directly, how you can do something better. Ask for what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. 
• When people speak up, it is a risk. Appreciate that risk and acknowledge what they said, even if you don’t agree with it. 
• Ask the questions that invite others to connect to a deeper sense of meaning or purpose.

"We have to remember that not everybody has the same hurdle for safety, and we might not know everything that is causing somebody to feel unsafe." —  Jon Berghoff

"I want each of you to know that there are different ways of leadership; there are different ways people see the world." —  Nozomi Morgan 

About Jon Berghoff: Jon Berghoff is the founder of the XCHANGE Approach, a scientific approach to unlocking collective wisdom in any group.

Under Jon’s leadership, the XCHANGE team has designed and facilitated whole-system change efforts through large-group collaborative summits and created high-impact learning environments for organizations that include BMW, Facebook, Habitat for Humanity, TEDx, and Keller Williams. 

Most recently, Jon has led the expansion of deploying the XCHANGE approach in the online environment, training hundreds of leaders, coaches, consultants, and change agents in the methodology.

These are extraordinary times, which call for exponential conversations. Which is why innovative leaders have run to XCHANGE as the solution for bringing together companies, communities, and customers in powerful ways.

Connect with Jon Berghoff:

Website: https://xchangeapproach.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xchange-approach/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheXCHANGEApproach

Find out more about the Free Public Workshop here: https://xchangeapproach.com/unlockpotential

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nozomimorgan/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nozomimorgan/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

"Appreciative inquiry is about creating a positive and preferred vision of the future." —  Ray East

In this episode, Nozomi and Ray discuss:

• What appreciative inquiry is.
• Asking the right questions for powerful conversation. 
• Changing how you look at solving problems. 
• Each meeting as an individual moment in time, space, and presence. 

Key Takeaways:

• By the act of positively inquiring, you change the company, team, and individual.
• It is less important to problem solve than it is to ask the positive questions to bring your people and system to life and the problems will be solved. 
• You need everyone’s perspective to find an innovative solution if you are looking to become the best of the best. 
• Connecting your team to the purpose will allow them to do and be better, even in hard or dark times. 

"When you create solutions in silos you can only do small-scale change which means it makes it very slow. With appreciative inquiry, you can make that big change very quickly." —  Nozomi Morgan 

"Continuous improvement is not about pushing and forcing, it's always about how we can just be our better best." —  Nozomi Morgan 

About Ray East: Ray East is an Executive Coach and Consultant with Michiki Morgan Worldwide. He is an expert in empowering leaders and teams to experience elevated levels of purpose, engagement, and human connection at work. He has helped hundreds of organizations generate exponential improvements in workforce retention, engagement, collaboration, and innovation. 

With over 20 years of experience as a global executive coach, Ray’s style is insightful, encouraging, and practical. His ideation sessions with executives have generated innovations and additional revenues at Fortune-500 companies worth millions of dollars per year. He specializes in drawing out the brilliance of people at every level of the organization. 

Ray is a former Management Associate at MetLife, and international corporate attorney at White & Case LLP. He also is the former Director of Student Life at The King’s College in New York City and served on the Board of Directors of The CEO Network. He is the author of the book: “Discovering Why People Follow a Leader [The Life Of Manny].”

References: 

Article: The essentials of appreciative inquiry: A roadmap for creating positive futures by Bernard J. Mohr and Jane Magruder Watkins https://www.academia.edu/3369203/The_essentials_of_appreciative_inquiry_A_roadmap_for_creating_positive_futures

Connect with Ray East:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/mmww-team/ray-east/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Manny-Discovering-People-Follow/dp/0982355548

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvwKyxBTJFQIiXx3e-TMT0Q

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayeast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rayeasttalk

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nozomimorgan/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nozomimorgan/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

"The absence of something good, like camaraderie and friendships, can be just as detrimental as the presence of something bad." —  Ray East

In this episode, Nozomi and Ray discuss:

• Being on the right team. 
• Getting to know yourself to find your purpose. 
• Moving towards mindedness and creativity. 
• Being proactive, creative, and a leader.

Key Takeaways:

• Children are the best recorders, but the worst interpreters of information. 
• Everybody has strengths and a purpose. That purpose is always there, but you need to keep living and find that inside of yourself. 
• Inviting the perspective of those you trust can help to accelerate your own learning of what your purpose is. 
• Hidden in all of our dreams is our purpose, our reason for being. 

"A lot of times people say, ‘Oh, I want to find my purpose.’ But the truth is, it's always inside of you." —  Nozomi Morgan 

"Really valuing the person in front of you and being curious about their purpose and deriving that purpose out of them is actually the most powerful way to be a boundaryless leader in a global culture, because it crosses cultures." —  Ray East

About Ray East: Ray East is an Executive Coach and Consultant with Michiki Morgan Worldwide. He is an expert in empowering leaders and teams to experience elevated levels of purpose, engagement and human connection at work. He has helped hundreds of organizations generate exponential improvements in workforce retention, engagement, collaboration and innovation. 

With over 20 years of experience as a global executive coach, Ray’s style is insightful, encouraging and practical. His ideation sessions with executives have generated innovations and additional revenues at Fortune-500 companies worth millions of dollars per year. He specializes in drawing out the brilliance of people at every level of the organization. 

Ray is a former Management Associate at MetLife, and international corporate attorney at White & Case LLP. He also is the former Director of Student Life at The King’s College in New York City and served on the Board of Directors of The CEO Network. He is the author of the book: “Discovering Why People Follow a Leader [The Life Of Manny].”

Connect with Ray East:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/mmww-team/ray-east/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Manny-Discovering-People-Follow/dp/0982355548

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvwKyxBTJFQIiXx3e-TMT0Q

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayeast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rayeasttalk

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nozomimorgan/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nozomimorgan/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

"The secret sauce is just being able to jump in and try to solve any problem to the extent you can." —  Jon Tanklage

In this episode, Nozomi and Jon discuss:

• The intersection of Jon’s family business and Marukan’s family business.
• Being an American in a traditional Japanese company.
• Psychological safety for high performance in your team.
• Keeping clear, open lines of communication throughout your team.

Key Takeaways:

• Be proactive. Be willing to speak up. Be open to new experiences and ideas.
• Tell the truth, but go beyond. Clear the air and don’t allow misunderstandings to exist, even if there is a disagreement.
• Talking a lot does not mean you are communicating. We want to make sure that everyone in the room has a voice and is equally heard.
• Find common ground. We’re not as different as we might initially think.

"Emotional intelligence comes from a place of care, curiosity, love, and how much you appreciate your colleagues, and your people. You can only do that when you, yourself, are in a good place." —  Nozomi Morgan 

"Keep saying ‘yes.’ You’d be surprised at where that gets you when you raise your hand to volunteer. Even things where you don't feel like you have any business being in there, get yourself involved." —  Jon Tanklage

About Jon Tanklage: Jon Tanklage is the President of Marukan Vinegar (U.S.A.) Inc., which has been making “The World’s Finest Rice Vinegar” in the United States since 1975.  Marukan is a legendary family-owned business from Kobe, Japan that is ten generations and over 370 years old, founded in 1649. Most remarkably, Marukan is owned and operated by the original family of the founder from centuries ago.

Jon started out in the food industry bagging groceries at Hughes Markets while in high school in 1988. Since then, he held various jobs/roles in the industry, taking on new challenges in each. He joined Marukan Vinegar (U.S.A.) in 2007, was appointed General Manager in 2013, and was named President in 2014. Since then, he has been leading the company through many new and unforeseen challenges such as sudden growth and COVID.

Jon has been adapting to new management at the corporate office in Japan, giving the opportunity for Jon to learn, grow and further expand his role, as the new Marukan head office leadership has been highly supportive of Jon and his efforts. Jon recently set out on a mission to improve his communication and leadership capacity by getting coaching for himself and other managers to better understand the nuances between Japanese and American business culture. “We are trying to find what works best for us and is consistent with our Strategic Business Framework, which we drafted in 2021”, Jon explains.

Jon is an avid mountain biker (He won the National Championship race, National Series title, and finished the season as the highest ranked amateur cross-country racer in the United States in 2004), and now coaches the Loyola High School Cycling Team in Los Angeles. He also loves snow and water skiing and traveling with his wife, Kristi. Jon’s COVID project was to revive a familiar 1959 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia that belonged to a friend in high school and was her mom’s first car. Jon recalls, “I can remember her mom driving it to Hughes for groceries and then helping her load them when I was a box boy there.  So as things come full circle, I am back to being a bit of a car guy again later in life. Perhaps my time at Marukan has just given me more of an appreciation for cool, old things.”

Connect with Jon Tanklage:

Website: http://ricevinegar.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxjpKLoc-ZQGSNFnTYT6sSQ/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-tanklage-83526a26/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/marukanvinegar

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarukanVinegar

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marukanvinegar/

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nozomimorgan/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nozomimorgan/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie.

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

"It's okay to take risks and it's okay to fail.  If you're not failing, your goals probably aren't big enough." —  Rob Ohno

In this episode, Nozomi and Rob discuss:

• How Rob’s upbringing in Minnesota has impacted his professional life and desire to give back to the Asian community.
• Having the courage to pursue your dreams (and putting in the work to do so).
• Lessons learned on the golf course.
• Being Asian in the C-Suite.

Key Takeaways:

• How we perceive other people’s perception of us is a personal experience for each individual, even those with similar backgrounds.
• Who you know and building relationships can and will open up doors that you never knew were possible.
• If you have a chance to get involved in organizations that make a positive impact on others, do so. It will give more meaning than just doing your job.
• Taking action is not easy. But if it is something you want to do, take that action and doors will open.

"When you're in an environment, and someone is new, try to go out of your way to welcome them." —  Rob Ohno

"If you're not taking those risks, if you're not moving forward, if you're not feeling challenged, or feeling scared, you're not really learning anything new." —  Nozomi Morgan 

About Rob Ohno: 

Rob Ohno is currently Senior Vice President, Head of International Tours and a member of the PGA TOUR’s Executive Leadership Team. He is responsible for all aspects of the PGA TOUR’s International Tours in Latin America, Canada and Asia.  He joined the TOUR in 1999 and spent much of his career in the sponsorship area.  Prior to the TOUR, Rob worked at American Golf Corporation in a sales/marketing management capacity. Before American Golf, he worked in brand management roles at General Mills.  He worked in consulting at Cambridge Associates prior to attending graduate school.

Rob graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He played professional ice hockey in Germany for one year after college.  He currently lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL with his wife (Pam) and has two sons.  Rob serves on the boards of the American Junior Golf Association and Vicar’s Landing (a senior living community).

Connect with Rob Ohno:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-ohno-17984/

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nozomimorgan/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nozomimorgan/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

"Talking to people, hearing their story, giving them the space to do so reminds me so much of what being a good ally or advocate is all about. It is probably one of the biggest DNI principles that is out there today." —  Allen Chen

In this episode, Nozomi and Allen discuss:

• Following your heart in your profession. 
• Making space for D&I. 
• Finding the seed deep inside each of us. 
• The importance of emotional intelligence. 

Key Takeaways:

• Be willing to give new experiences a try, you never know where doing what you love will take you in your career. 
• Things don’t always go in a straight line, but they always do connect when you follow your passions. 
• You do not have to know how to do everything. If you are willing to learn and be open as you learn, take the risks, you never know what you will be able to create. 
• Emotional intelligence can begin with asking someone how they are doing with genuine authenticity. People want to know that you care about them as a human being. 

"Instead of thinking of ‘how can I make money’ or ‘what would be the most useful skill,’ really following your passion, at the end of the day, you will always do better in that." —  Nozomi Morgan 

"Having that emotional intelligence will make you that much better of a leader. At the end of the day, everyone's human and everyone's got something that's going on in their lives. Being cognizant of that, meeting people where they are, will get them motivated to work for you." —  Allen Chen

About Allen Chen: Allen Chen is a Diversity and Inclusion Executive within the Global Diversity and Inclusion Organization at Bank of America. In addition to driving Bank of America’s diversity and inclusion story forward, Allen oversees the strategy and initiatives for the bank’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Council (GDIC), leads the strategy around our Asian employee base, and drives progress through key D&I external partners.  He serves as the enterprise co-chair for the bank’s Asian employee resource group, Asian Leadership Network (ALN), and is a leader on the Atlanta market leadership team.

Allen has been with the bank since 2003 and began his career with a legacy organization, MBNA, as an outbound telemarketing agent.  Prior to his current role, he served in various leadership roles within the Card Organization, including managing the AAA Cobrand credit card portfolio and most recently lead the management of the bank’s Global Employee Networks

Allen earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University.  He is passionate about philanthropy and diversity and inclusion both as an advocate at Bank of America or within the Atlanta Market.  In Atlanta, he serves as the President Emeritus of a non-profit organization, National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP).  He has been recognized by Georgia Asian Time’s Top 25 Most Influential Asian Americans in Georgia (2017 and 2019) and has received the Presidential Service Award for volunteerism (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019).  Allen resides in Woodstock, GA.  

Episode References: 

NAAAP: https://www.naaap.org/

Steve Job’s 2005 Stanford Commencement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

Connect with Allen Chen:

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allen-chen-02a13519/

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nozomimorgan/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nozomimorgan/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

"As humans, we're storytellers. Tell your story, but in a way that is helping make our world just a bit better, even if it's just one small thing today." — Bill Strang

In this episode, Nozomi and Bill discuss:

• The evolution of manufacturing and its strengthened position around the world. 
• Taking care of the people who work with and around you. 
• Adapting to the changing world and changing technology. 
• Allowing your team to bring improvements and celebrating the small wins. 

Key Takeaways:

• In each region of the world, you need to bring in both the talent and the culture of what you are wanting to create. 
• Being a great leader is all about compassion and empathy - understanding and being compassionate and empathetic to the culture you’re coming into.
• Being a good leader encompasses how you are able to lead without the title and how you are able to get people to follow you. 
• You will improve your empathy and communication by having a multitude of diverse experiences and embracing everything around you. 

"When we actually were able to gain the trust and confidence of a plumber, that plumber became our greatest advocate." —  Bill Strang

"There's no reason to agree with everyone. You just have to respect that they have different opinions, and respect that but you don't have to always win over someone every single time." —  Nozomi Morgan 

About Bill Strang: 

Bill is President of Corporate Strategy/eCommerce/Customer Care for TOTO USA. As such, he is responsible, within North America, for new ventures, new business verticals, IoT, e-commerce, retail, technical services, and customer care.

Under Bill’s leadership, TOTO has received awards for 5S Lean Manufacturing Implementation, the US EPA’s Green Energy Leadership Award, the US EPA’s Water Efficiency Leadership Award, former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue’s Water Conservation Leadership Award, the Argon Award, the City of Atlanta Phoenix Award, and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s Sustainability Award, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce E3 Award for environmental leadership, and the Atlanta Business Journal’s Most Admired CEO award.   

With Bill at the helm, TOTO USA has also developed secondary uses and recycling channels for the traditional waste streams which are upcycled as raw material for other manufacturers, such as rejected china used to manufacture new floor tile. TOTO also powers all operations in its Morrow, GA, factory using 100% solar energy. For its leadership in green energy use, TOTO USA was recently honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with its Excellence in Green Power Use Award.   

All of these sustainable manufacturing endeavors -- from cradle to end-of-life recycling -- are tracked using Life Cycle Assessment methodologies to measure and reduce the impacts that TOTO’s products have on the environment. TOTO also uses health materials assessments to reduce the impacts of its products on human health and the environment. The result of this work serves as the foundation for TOTO’s transparency reporting, which provides the consumers and the design-build community with accurate scientific data in an easy-to-understand, standardized format, so they have the information they can trust and are empowered to make sound purchasing decisions when implementing environmental performance improvement strategies for their projects. 

In his role as President of eCommerce, Bill collaborates with stakeholders and etailers to identify and implement strategies that make it easier for consumers and building professionals to work with TOTO. In this position, Bill has built a continuous improvement culture to enhance operational excellence within eCommerce and deliver business value solutions to all TOTO stakeholders. He has put in place strategies that maintain high levels of customer satisfaction by remaining abreast of current and emerging technologies to identify those eCommerce solutions that are strategically important to TOTO.    

Speaking engagements include the US Dept of Commerce, Select USA, regional, national, and international conferences on sustainability, and national television programming on bathroom innovations.

Bill is also a member of the following boards, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Brookings Institute Chair of the Atlanta Global Cities initiative, Next Generation Manufacturing, the Kensley Grace Aquatic Center, Grady Foundation Velocity “Ride for Grady”, Past Chairman of Japan American Society of Georgia.

Connect with Bill Strang:

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-strang-b3972016/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/william.strang.3

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nozomimorgan/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nozomimorgan/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

"The ability to understand different cultures, to appreciate different cultures, and then to decipher when I don't understand other cultures, to ask the questions, but always to be mindful and respectful of that, I think has really enabled me to be a leader with a global mindset." —  Masami Tyson 

In this episode, Nozomi and Masami discuss:

• Masami’s leadership journey and how her diverse career has brought her to where she is now. 
• Choosing your environment to understand diverse cultures. 
• Understanding and accepting differences. 
• Learning from one another (even across generations). 

Key Takeaways:

• Exposure to different cultures and different people will enable you to become a better leader as you will have a wider perspective beyond yourself. 
• Leadership is a skill to be developed and is not one size fits all. There are many types of leaders and methods of leadership. 
• You cannot assume what another person brings to the table. Getting to know those you are working with and understanding their story will always be fascinating and you can better serve those you lead. 
• Regret doesn’t change anything. We can only move forward and continue to grow and learn. 

"It's not so much how we get everyone to agree, it's that each of us really taking responsibility of what we decide and taking responsibility for our words." —  Nozomi Morgan 

"Everyone wants to be relevant. As a leader, I really try to make sure that I communicate that message. Because first of all, it's true. And second of all, to be heard, to be seen, to matter is really at the core of just everyone's desires and well being." —  Masami Tyson 

About Masami Tyson: Masami Izumida Tyson is a partner attorney at the law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLP. Masami is a member of the firm’s global business group, and her focus is to support Japanese companies through her work in the firm’s Japan practice, which she founded. Masami provides strategic support to meet the business and legal needs of Japanese companies by connecting them and the services provided by the other professionals at the firm. In addition, her specific legal practice areas include corporate and transactional law, economic development, and government relations. 

Masami was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, and has lived in the United States since age 18. She received her B.A. and M.A. in the Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University, where she was a recipient of the Sudler Prize in the Arts. After teaching creative writing at Johns Hopkins and then in high schools in Tennessee, she received her law degree from Vanderbilt Law School. Thereafter she worked as a federal law clerk, a litigator at a law firm, and in various in-house positions such as at Mentor Graphics Corporation and at Nissan North America. Immediately prior to her current position, Masami served as the Global Director of Foreign Direct Investment and Trade for the State of Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development from October 2018 to July 2022. In that role, she worked to create jobs for Tennesseans by recruiting and supporting foreign businesses to and in the State.

Masami serves on boards and committees of several organizations, including the Tennessee District Export Council and Hands On Nashville, and she is the chairperson of the board of the Japan-America Society of Tennessee. She is also a council leader of the national organization, U.S.-Japan Council, and is the founding member and chairperson of its Shin-Issei Group. Masami lives in Nashville with her husband, and they have three children.

Connect with Masami Tyson:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masami-tyson-5232a85/

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nozomimorgan/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nozomimorgan/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

Audio production by  Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

“What has always been a challenge is that we have to remember how to learn. And then we also have to learn how to forget.” – Chris Beaumont

In this episode, Nozomi and Chris discuss:

• Understanding and embracing cultures. 
• The difference between interesting and important. 
• Properly utilizing design thinking. 
• Realizing what can be and not just what is. 
• The common sense of leadership. 

Key Takeaways:

• Creativity and effectiveness are completely aligned. Creativity moves the market. 
• Global campaigns need transcreated not translated. You need to be able to understand the culture of a country and the local competition to be able to take a brand successfully.
• People overestimate what they can do in the short term and underestimate what they can do over time. 
• The world needs a hierarchy of imagination - ideas can come from anywhere. 
• Leadership can be helped, but at the core you need to be yourself and as we become more internationally minded, that becomes even more important.

"I think it is very important in terms of understanding borderless. People think about being borderless and they will think about countries, but borderless is the mind, it's the spirit, it is what you do when you get up." —  Chris Beaumont

"At the end of the day, whatever you age, whatever position, wherever you are in your life, as humans one of our gifts that we have is to have that curiosity, and be constantly asking questions. That's how we actually create meaningful connections." —  Nozomi Morgan 

“You can have a desire to understand what it is, but you need to have a passion and an inquiring mind about what can be.” – Chris Beaumont

About Chris Beaumont: Chris has enjoyed a varied and multi-disciplinary career, working in every continent. He has been fortunate to experience leadership roles across both the public and private sectors.

Originally trained as a Mathematical Statistician with a research focus in Stochastic Hydrology. In the late 1970’s, while a Research Associate at the UK Government’s Department of the Environment, he undertook seminal work to investigate the relationship between Morbidity and the Environment. This had a material impact on UK health policy and legislation in relation to primary health care delivery.

His early academic research was the application of statistical models (before PC’s) to a broad number of areas. He worked on a number of UK’s privatisations in the 1980’s developing new social marketing models for these deregulated industries. For a decade before coming to Japan, he was Professor at London Business School focusing on Decision Science and Marketing Strategy.

He has over 30 years strategic marcoms leadership in Japan and Asia working with some of the world’s most valuable brands across numerous categories. In 1990’s he was the only Asian member of IBM’s Global Marketing Advisory Council for mobile products. His strategic marketing communications advice has been sought around the world, including NGO initiatives in Latin America and nation branding in Africa.

He returned to the academic environment at Tokyo University, on a part-time basis, in 2008, where his focus has been on health and well-being. Specifically, to expedite Translational Research Initiatives, and to share his global leadership and business strategy perspectives to some of the next generation of Japanese leaders.

Passionate about people(s) and cultures, Chris has been privileged to be in Asia at a time of extraordinary change. It has enabled him to reinvent himself and envision an optimistic future. He’s been teleworking for over a decade, and for over 5 years has been living a new LifeStylebyDesign, leaving Tokyo to make his home in Hayama, and establishing an office with a view of Mt. Fuji across the water for 6 months of the year. His commute is usually across the beach; an ideal natural environment to ponder new ways of thinking and communicating!

Connect with Chris Beaumont:

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdbeaumontsan/

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

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Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

Audio production by  Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

“The world doesn't need another Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk. We need who you are going to be as an individual.” — Catherine Lee

In this episode, Nozomi, Catherine, and Lauren discuss:

• The need for greater conversation about women’s health, including periods and health concerns related to periods. 
• The creation of Semaine Health and its mission. 
• The changing conversation and stigmas around women’s health and periods. 
• The evolution of women’s health and the change from midwifery to gynecology. 
• What is important to have to lead in today’s world. 

Key Takeaways:

• Most women with period pain and endometriosis do not have access to a specialist or the resources to take care of it. 
• More than 80% of women can have painful periods. Some cramping may be expected, but it shouldn’t be something that changes your lifestyle to accommodate. 
• The conversations around periods need to change and need to be destigmatized. This affects society, not just individuals. 
• As women, we are having more periods than at previous times in history due to the change in longevity, the decrease in childbearing, and other societal changes. 
• Everybody has it within them to share, bring, or build something if they want to. Nobody can be the expert in everything. 

"We're finally listening to different people's experiences. And unfortunately, it comes through a lot of pain by not being heard or being marginalized." —  Nozomi Morgan 

"Luckily, I do think younger girls, hopefully, are being brought up in a society that makes it less stigmatized. I think we're heading in the right direction." —  Catherine Lee

"We want to help destigmatize everything so those conversations get started. And then that policy is actually changed, because we realize this is something that is quality of life, and more than half of the population is going to experience this. So this is stuff that affects everybody." —  Lauren Lee

About Catherine & Lauren Lee: 

Twin sisters Catherine Lee and Lauren Lee started Semaine Health to address period pain and hormonal imbalances with plant-based, science-backed supplements.  

After decades of painful periods and suffering from stage II and stage IV endometriosis, Catherine and Lauren created the solution they were looking for: a plant-based anti-inflammatory supplement to help lessen their pain while supporting their overall health. 

Cath and Lar are driven by the desire to empower other women who have experienced pain and discomfort, who are looking for answers rather than being dismissed or told their symptoms are normal.  

With Semaine Health, Cath and Lar want to shift the paradigm in how hormones and women’s health in general is discussed. Pain might be common at different stages in our lives—from our first period through menopause—but it should never be normalized.  

With Cath’s background in economic development and Lar’s in art direction and graphic design, they never thought they would be entrepreneurs. Experiencing decades of being dismissed and struggling with the pain of endo, motivated them to lead the way in better solutions for women’s health.

Connect with Catherine & Lauren Lee:

Website: https://www.semainehealth.com/

Catherine’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-lee-7168849/

Lauren’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenleecrane/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/semainehealth/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/semainehealth/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@semaine_health

Connect with Nozomi Morgan:

Website: https://www.michikimorgan.com/    

Book: In the works

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nozomimorgan   

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NozomiMorgan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nozomimorgan/

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nozomimorgan/

Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie

Audio production by  Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.