Where Cultural Insight Meets Strategic Execution
Supporting Japan-Canada collaboration, operational alignment, and global team success
Strategic & Cultural Alignment Services
Organizations thrive when strategy, culture, and execution are aligned - whether navigating cross-border dynamics or striving to implement world-class practices. These services support alignment through practical, people-centred approached grounded in cross-cultural insight, Toyota-inspired frameworks and global project experience.
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Building on insights from the 1-Minute Strategic Alignment Pulse, this foundational assessment helps diagnose how well your culture, communication, and execution practices support your strategic goals.
Whether preparing for change, exploring cross-border collaboration, or improving internal alignment, this step clarifies your current state and identifies cultural or operational gaps.
It can serve as a stand-alone offering or the starting point for deeper training, facilitation, or advisory support.
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Support for building stronger, more effective relationships between Japanese and Canadian teams through bilingual and culturally fluent advisory services.
Whether navigating a relationship with Japanese headquarters, onboarding staff from Japan, or aligning cross-border teams, this service provides insight and guidance to bridge cultural and communication gaps.
Advisory support may include executive coaching, cultural briefings, meeting facilitation, team alignment workshops - always tailored to your team’s context, goals, and stage of readiness.
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These custom-designed surveys assess alignment across leadership levels, regions, or business units — including between Japanese headquarters and Canadian teams.
They help identify strengths and disconnects in strategic understanding, communication practices, and cultural expectations. The resulting insights provide leaders with actionable data to bridge gaps, strengthen cohesion, and target areas for development.
This offering is especially valuable for organizations navigating growth, transformation, or international collaboration.
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These facilitated sessions help leadership teams turn insights from assessments and surveys into clear, actionable strategies. Strategic priorities, cultural alignment goals, and practical next steps are co-developed to bridge gaps between vision and execution.
Workshops are tailored to the organization’s size, complexity, and stage of readiness — with optional bilingual advisory support available to assist with implementation.
Execution, Growth & Operational Excellence
These services help organizations strengthen execution, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and achieve sustainable growth. Drawing on Toyota Management Systems and strategic project leadership, offerings are tailored to each organization’s readiness, goals, and context - whether working locally or across borders.
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Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) support for organizations and individuals in seeking results-driven, globally minded project management solutions.
Expertise includes team training, coaching, toolkit and guide development, Project Management Office (PMO) start-up, and advisory - with a focus on building sustainable project management centre of excellence that align across teams, time zones, and cultural expectations.
Services are tailored and scalable based on each organization’s goals, maturity level, and available resources.
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Certified Toyota Hoshin Kanri (strategy deployment) Master Trainer support for organizations seeking a structured, data-informed approach to aligning and cascading strategic goals across all levels and locations.
This service helps bridge the gap between vision and execution by translating strategic intent into measurable outcomes and daily action.
Offerings include tailored leadership workshops and advisory support for strategy development or process refinement, customized to each organization’s capacity, readiness, and strategic maturity.
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Drawing on my 15-years of experience at Toyota, this service supports organizations in building a Kaizen (continuous improvement) culture that empowers front-line staff and drives operational efficiency.
Using a data-informed and inclusive approach, support is provided to develop Toyota-style Kaizen team where employees identify and implement their own improvement ideas.
Offerings include Kaizen workshop facilitation, hands-on improvement sessions, and advisory support to help leaders embed continuous improvement into daily operations.
Services are tailored to align with each organization’s goals, readiness, and long-term commitment to a Kaizen culture.
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For organizations seeking support beyond short-term initiatives, this offering provides long-term engagement through embedded advisory, leadership coaching, and operational guidance.
The focus is on strengthening internal capability, reinforcing accountability, and supporting leaders in aligning daily operations with strategic goals — grounded in Toyota-inspired thinking and global best practices.
Support can span the full annual strategic planning and deployment cycle, helping organizations stay aligned, responsive, and focused throughout the year. Engagements are tailored to each team’s needs, capacity, and stage of readiness, evolving as the organization grows.
Why Work With Me
Trusted expertise, bilingual execution, and operational precision.
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With over two decades of hands-on experience, including 15+ years at Toyota and 20+ years as a certified PMP, I’ve supported organizations through real-world challenges, delivering tangible results.
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Born in Canada and raised in Japan, I understand firsthand how business practices, communication styles, and decision-making differ across borders. Though Toyota-inspired processes and My 5A Steps to Cultural Synergy™ framework, I help teams reduce friction, build trust, enhance collaboration, achieve stronger results through synergy.
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Certified by WBE Canada and recognized across sectors, I bring credentials that meet supplier diversity requirements while delivering the operational discipline and trusted advisory support organizations need.
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