About
Darren Menabney is a business educator and corporate trainer serving as Professor and Partner Faculty at GLOBIS University in Tokyo. Darren teaches courses including Design Thinking and User Experience, Critical Thinking, Business Presentation, Cross Cultural Management and Leading Global Virtual Teams, and trains company leaders through GLOBIS Corporate Education. Before that, Darren spent over twenty years with the Canadian federal government in diplomacy and business development roles, then twelve years at Ricoh's Tokyo headquarters leading initiatives to build stronger global teams. Darren has also been a contributing writer for Forbes and Fast Company, a TEDx speaker and an instructor for IDEO U courses. Darren brings a combined public-sector, corporate and teaching perspective on design thinking, cross-cultural management, global team collaboration and business communication. The work provides direct exposure to how leaders and teams in international companies learn to think critically, present ideas and work across borders and cultures. Darren is particularly relevant to conversations around design thinking and innovation, leading global and virtual teams, cross-cultural communication, and presentation skills for founders and operators working internationally.