Darren Menabney

I help individuals and teams to communicate, collaborate, and create globally & across cultures | @GLOBIS_IMBA B-School Prof. | @Forbes @FastCompany writer

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After 32 years...

🇨�� O Canada at the #WorldSeries

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First blood. #WANTITALL

FINAL: Blue Jays 11, Dodgers 4 https://t.co/allZE0xbnO

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Interested in making a career change or in being more innovative? If so, spend less time with the folks you work with closely and instead spend more time with your weak ties. My latest article for @FastCompany #creativity #Innovation #CareerGrowth

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"In 1973, a paper by sociologist Mark Granovetter found that strong ties, although essential for trust and emotional support, are less effective in obtaining new information. Weak ties are what provide us with new ideas and new opportunities." https://t.co/M13lDw3ntn

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Saturday was one of my favorite days on the calendar at @GLOBIS_IMBA, they day I guide #MBA students with #LEGO in the #DesignThinking course!

LEGO helps us ideate & prototype new ideas and new perspectives AND it's fun too. Reach out to learn more & how I can help your team!

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Awesome things at #StarWarsCelebrationJapan2025 today included seeing @rosariodawson and @diegoluna_ on stage and being in the right spot to catch a limited event t-shirt thrown into the crowd. Guess I used #TheForceGuides #StarWarsCelebration

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Excited to join #TakeoffTokyo2025 this week and engage with Tokoyo's vibrant & international #startup scene! 🚀 I'm looking forward to meeting folks and sharing my expertise in working across cultures & building global teams to drive #innovation and #creativity. See you there✨

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I had a great time interviewing many bright folks for my newest article for @FastCompany on the rapidly growing Japanese #startup scene and how #digitalnomad can tap into that scene. Come here for the sushi, stay for the startups!

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The six-month period provides ample time to look beyond the sushi and scenery and build connections to identify opportunities in the country's growing startup ecosystem. https://t.co/1hFVpvPOeY

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Willl you look at that, a box of @TimHortons #timbits which are all the exact same, boring, flavor, despite NOT asking for this? I must be super-lucky...or unlucky. 🤣 #canadianproblems

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Monday got you down?
Here's 15 seconds of a chill beaver munching away on a root to take away your stress, who I encountered yesterday on a hike through @Algonquin_PP
#Monday
#relaxation
#zenmoment

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There's a special place in hell reserved for couples who sit kitty-corner or side-by-side at a busy cafe and so use up two tables.

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How to build #empathy with those from other cultures who express emotions in different ways? In my newest @Forbes I show why empathy is a vital tool to work with colleagues or customers from other cultures and how we can all develop it
#Leadership
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Wonderful this past week to be in London for the @thinkers50 gala and to not look only hear from @AmyCEdmondson , but to feel the excitement in the room when this was announced! Well deserved and congratulations!

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At a loss for words. There's so much good work and camaraderie in the world of management thinking that I want to celebrate all of it. Truly humbled🙏

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@KojiroMoriwaka @G1Global Great to catch up @KojiroMoriwaka!

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You maniacs. #TwitterX

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Indiana Jones vs Godzilla? Okay, I would pay to see that.
#tokyo
#indianajones

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We need both #CulturalIntelligence and #EmotionalIntelligence when working in today's interconnected world. Here are 3 Ways To Strengthen Your Cultural Intelligence, in my latest article for @forbes #culture #globalization #remotework https://t.co/gVXZlwQWFC

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“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Two things that taste great on their own, and probably should stay that way. #kitkat #japan #why

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As part of @GLOBISUnlimited Book Explorer series, I look at a book that helps us grasp how much our world of work has changed & what we can do to thrive in that world. Watch the vid & read Remote Work Revolution by @HarvardHBS Prof @tsedal.
#remotework
#businessbooks
#hybridwork

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@ThatYuta It's an example of the "soft bigotry of low expectations" though bigotry may be too strong a word. Meaning, whether meant well or not, there's an undercurrent of not holding high expectations about the speaker/doer. Hence the feigned surprise and backhanded compliment.

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#Japan is the land of the vending machine but this is the first time I've seen a @bluebottleroast vending machine. As a #marketing play, it appears to work!