Thought Leadership

Episode #416: Unlocking The Vortex. How To Engage And Inspire Any Audience In Japan

Why are most business presentations so easy to forget? Many business presentations in Japan are only about inf...

Seven Tips From The First Line Of Presenting

Why do so many smart professionals struggle with presentations? Even talented leaders in 日本企業 (Japanese compan...

Outlining Your Talk Using The Balloon Brainstorming Technique

Why do many business presentations in Japan fail to engage? Most presenters in 日本企業 (Japanese companies) and 外...

How To Sell Your Presentation To Pull An Audience

When you give a business presentation, a training session, or a keynote in Tokyo, your success depends on one ...

Many People Say” And Other Strategies For Dealing With Pushback

How to Manage Different Opinions Without Conflict — Dale Carnegie Tokyo Why should I deal with opposing views ...

Should You Distribute Materials Before Your Speech

Why do some event organisers ask for our slides in advance? Many organisers in 東京 (Tokyo) believe sending the ...

You Need More Kiai In Your Presentation Delivery

Why do so many business presentations lack impact? Many managers in Japanese companies (日本企業 / Japanese compan...

Simultaneously Dealing With All Four Audience Types When Presenting

Why do people react so differently to the same presentation? In every audience you have experts, beginners, su...

What Is Enjoyable About Public Speaking

Why do so many professionals in Japan hate public speaking? Many managers and executives feel that public spea...

How Much Should You Brag About Yourself When Presenting

Why do many speaker introductions lose the audience? Executives and managers in 日本企業 (Japanese companies) and ...

Primacy and Recency For Speakers (Part One)

Why do audiences remember only some parts of a presentation? In any business talk, two parts are the strongest...

Primacy and Recency for Speakers (Part Two)

Why do openings and closings matter so much in business presentations? Executives in 日本企業 (Japanese companies)...

Breaking The Rules By Choice, When Presenting

Why are so many business presentations still so passive? In many companies, both 日本企業 (Japanese companies) and...

How To Question Your Audience

Why do so many business presentations lose the audience? In many companies, the speaker talks and everyone els...

Business Storytelling For Fun And Profit

Why does storytelling matter in business presentations? Many leaders in 日本企業 (Japanese companies) and 外資系企業 (m...

Presenting When Your Organisation’s Leaders are Struggling

Why do smart leaders still get told they are “all style and no substance”? In many 日本企業 (Japanese companies) a...

When Using Storytelling In Business Don’t Lead With Your Insights

Why are today’s business presentations so easy to ignore? In 1971, Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon warned that “a...

When To Fake It When Presenting

Why does authentic presenting matter for leaders in Japan? Authentic presenting is easier to sustain than pret...

Ineffective Persuasion Techniques For Presenters

Why do so many executive video announcements fail? Leaders at 日本企業 (Japanese companies) and 外資系企業 (multination...

Gold Medal Winning Mistakes When Presenting

Many executives in Japan sit through long, boring presentations that don’t lead to action. In a distracted, bu...