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An intercultural facilitator, leadership coach, and consultant dedicated to bridging cultural divides and transforming differences into strategic power in international arenas.

Miyamori began her professional journey in the Public Relations department at Suntory. She later moved to Hewlett-Packard Japan, overseeing marketing and PR, before transferring to Hewlett-Packard UK for four years. There, she served as project leader driving the simultaneous launch of web marketing initiatives across 13 European and 5 Asian countries. She then joined General Electric Japan as the Public Relations & Government Affairs Leader, successfully steering high-stakes projects with cross-border teams. It was a period that included navigating some grueling and hard-fought setbacks—experiences that vividly exposed the raw difficulties of leading diverse teams, but also awakened her to their immense, untapped potential.

In 2013, she discovered the Hofstede Model, which visualizes cultural differences and commonalities through objective numerical data. She was profoundly moved as the framework seamlessly unlocked and decoded the mysteries behind her past professional struggles. Blessed with the rare opportunity to study directly under the late Dr. Geert Hofstede—the “Father of Cultural and Management Studies”—during his final years, she dedicated herself to organizational culture transformation, leadership, and organizational development. Today, she actively serves as a CQ facilitator and leadership/team coach, bridging the gaps between culture, organizations, and people.

Having lived in Barcelona for four years and Chicago for a further seven, she has collaborated with clients and partners spanning over 50 nationalities before returning to Japan in 2022. She also shares her expertise in academia, lecturing on intercultural leadership, organizational behavior, and cross-cultural competency at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and Toyo University.

As the founder and leader of CQ Lab, she pours her heart and soul into bridging diverse human perspectives, turning differences into collective strength, and pioneering the growth and adoption of CQ across Japan.

学歴

→ 青山学院大学文学部フランス文学科卒

Education

→ B.A. in French Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University
→ MBA, Ashridge Business School (UK)

Certifications & Qualifications

→ Hofstede CWQ, Master Certified Practitioner
→ Cultural Intelligence Center, Certified CQ & Unconscious Bias (UB) Facilitator
→ Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Certified Qualified Administrator
→ Intercultural Readiness Check (IRC), Certified Practitioner
→ CRR Global, Certified Organization and Relationship Systems Coach (ORSCC)
→ Gallup, Certified CliftonStrengths® Coach
→ The Leadership Circle, Certified Practitioner / Collective Leadership Assessment (CLA) Practitioner

Publications

→ “Cross-Cultural Adaptability as a Business Strategy” — co-authored with Ryukichi Miyabayashi; published by Japan Management Association Management Center; currently in its 5th printing

A social scientist specializing in Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and global leadership.

Livermore is the author of numerous award-winning books — including “Leading with Cultural Intelligence”, “Digital, Diverse & Divided”, “Driven by Difference”, and “Serving with Eyes Wide Open”.

His expertise is highly sought after by leading organizations worldwide, including Harvard University, Google, Coca-Cola, the US Department of Defense, BMW, Qatar Airways, and the United Nations. Having traveled to more than 100 countries, he is a frequent keynote speaker at major international conferences.

Additionally, as a Fellow of the Society of Leadership Fellows at Windsor Castle, he regularly contributes to high-level dialogues on global issues. He is deeply passionate about making social science actionable for teams on the ground. His research and insights have been featured in premier global media outlets, including The Atlantic, CBS News, The Economist, Forbes, NBC, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. By seamlessly bridging academic insight with practical execution, he has become an indispensable advisor to leaders across a diverse range of industries.

→ Founder, Cultural Intelligence Center
→ Director, Society of CQ Fellows
→ Questrom School of Business, Boston University
→ Ahmass Fakahany Visiting Professor of Global Leadership

An intercultural facilitator and global education advocate dedicated to building CQ capabilities across diverse sectors.

Tashiro began her career in the International Financial Information Services division of Kyodo News, managing major institutional client accounts before being stationed at the US headquarters of Dow Jones Telerate, a leading American information services firm. Following her tenure in corporate finance, she transitioned to the global education sector with AFS Intercultural Programs (International Headquarters and AFS Japan), a world-renowned educational non-profit. There, she designed and delivered intensive cross-cultural understanding training for international exchange students, stakeholders, and corporate interns.

Concerned by the massive gap in diversity awareness between Japan and the rest of the world, she discovered the work of CQ Lab founder Chika Miyamori. Deeply moved and inspired by Miyamori’s book, she now channels her extensive experience into helping individuals and teams cultivate essential CQ skills through high-impact facilitation.

学歴

Education

→ B.A. in Foreign Studies, Sophia University

Certifications & Qualifications

→ Hofstede CWQ III, Certified Associate (Culture In The Workplace Questionnaire)
→ Cultural Intelligence Center, Certified Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Facilitator
→ Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), Certified Qualified Administrator (QA)
→ AFS Intercultural Programs (International Headquarters), Certified Intercultural Learning Trainer
→ Certified Global Competence Certificate (GCC) Facilitator
→ Association of Unconscious Bias Research, Certified Trainer
→ CRR Global, Completed ORSC® Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (Fundamentals & Alchemy Courses)
→ University of Tsukuba, Completed the 3rd Cohort of the Inclusive Leaders College

Certified as an associate in June 2023.

Kim built a robust corporate foundation at Nomura Research Institute (NRI) and SBI ARUHI before co-founding Lincqord in 2022. Today, he specializes in driving talent and organizational development through the application of CQ-based cross-cultural management strategies.

Leveraging a deeply diverse professional history—including serving as CEO of a local subsidiary in India, conducting strategic consulting prior to the industry’s mainstream secularization, and spearheading the development of digitalized financial products—he designs and delivers distinctive, highly practical training programs built on hard-earned, real-world execution.

Certifications & Qualifications

→ Hofstede CWQ III, Certified Associate (Culture In The Workplace Questionnaire)

President of Craene Co., Ltd.

A talent and organizational development consultant, facilitator, and executive coach. After building her foundational career as the first woman to join the corporate management track at a major Japanese firm, Miyazaki recognized firsthand that individual career ownership and relational awareness are directly linked to both personal and organizational well-being. This realization inspired her to found Craene Co., Ltd. in 1996, driven by a mission to help individuals leverage their unique strengths to create organizational and societal value.

To sharpen her global business acumen, she pursued an Executive MBA, graduating in 1999. With a distinguished 30-year track record in training and consulting across more than 100 corporations, she heavily specializes in driving organizational transformation and diversity initiatives. Her approach is always deeply inclusive, ensuring diversity strategies align seamlessly with core corporate business objectives. Her coaching and facilitation experience spans a wide spectrum of leaders, including c-suite executives, senior management, mid-level leaders, and global, cross-cultural teams.

She has continually expanded her expertise by serving as a contract facilitator for premier domestic and international consulting firms (across Japan, the US, the UK, Singapore, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden) and contributing to the faculty teams of various research institutions through interpretation and translation. Through her invited participation at The Aspen Institute in the United States and her contributions to academic societies, she continues to challenge herself to explore deeper human and societal dynamics.

学歴

→ 学習院大学経済学部卒業

Education

→ B.A. in Economics, Gakushuin University
→ Executive MBA, Temple University

Certifications & Qualifications

→ International Coaching Federation (ICF), Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
→ National Certification, Career Consultant (Japan)
→ Hofstede CWQ, Certified Associate (Culture In The Workplace Questionnaire)
→ Cultural Intelligence Center, Certified CQ & Unconscious Bias (UB) Facilitator
→ CRR Global, Certified Organization and Relationship Systems Coach (ORSCC)
→ Global Coaching Institute, Certified Process-Oriented Executive & Systems Coach
→ The Leadership Circle, Certified LCP & CLA Practitioner
→ John Grinder (NLP Co-Founder) Authorized NLP Master Practitioner & NLP Coach
→ Gallup, Certified CliftonStrengths® Coach
→ Lumina Learning, Certified Practitioner
→ SHL, Personality & Ability Assessment Approved Distributor
→ MBTI®, Certified User

A venture capitalist, business scholar, and corporate strategist bridging global technology, venture ecosystems, and cross-cultural leadership.

Following his tenure in the Sales and Marketing divisions at Dentsu, Miyabayashi joined the Dentsu Innovation Initiative / Data Technology Center, where he spearheaded investments in cutting-edge global technologies and drove IPO support initiatives. Over the course of directing cross-border projects across the United States, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Europe, he recognized the foundational impact of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) on global business success.

He pursued advanced studies directly under the world-renowned cultural authority Dr. Geert Hofstede, subsequently designing a proprietary CQ-driven leadership program tailored for global expatriates. He has successfully delivered leadership and organizational development training to over 50 executive-level leaders at international subsidiaries. Extending his work beyond national boundaries, his personal mission is bridging distinct institutional cultures—orchestrating alignment between major corporate enterprises and startups, as well as academia and practical execution. After departing Dentsu, he founded a venture capital firm exclusively specializing in IoT and data technology.

As a scholar, he serves as an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Project Design and an Invited Researcher at the Waseda Institute for Global Strategic Leadership. Specializing in the intersection of business design and global leadership, he provides comprehensive consulting services ranging from executive management training to high-level marketing strategy formulation. He is also a Member of the Partner Faculty at Globis (Marketing).

Education

→ B.A. in Economics, Keio University
→ MBA, IESE Business School (Spain)
→ Ph.D. in Business Administration, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University

Certifications & Qualifications

→ Hofstede, Certified Culture In The Workplace Questionnaire (CWQ) Facilitator

Publications & Research

→ “Practical Text on Marketing” (Co-authored; published by JMAM, 2020)
→ “Cross-Cultural Adaptability as a Business Strategy” (Co-authored; published by JMAM, 2019)
→ “Contemporary Strategy Analysis” by Robert M. Grant (Co-translated into Japanese; published by Chuo-Keizaisha, 2019)
→ “The Meaning of ‘Vibrant Work’ in Modern Japanese Society: An Examination through Quantitative Text Analysis” (Published by Recruit Works Institute, March 2021)
→ “An Analysis of the Influence of National Culture on Global Management” (Published in Marketing Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 12-22, March 2020)

An organizational transformation pioneer, facilitator, and theorist specializing in somatic development and System Awareness.

Over two decades ago, while navigating structural challenges inside several corporations, Yokoyama directly confronted the deep complexities of organizational revitalization—a pivotal experience that led her to discover Process Work (Process-Oriented Psychology). Upon completing her formal program, she dedicated herself to expanding the framework across Japan, serving as both a faculty member and the Representative Director of the Japan Process Work Center. Driven by a desire to spark more diverse, inclusive, and systemic transformation, she later integrated methodologies like the Learning Organization and Theory U. Building on this foundation, she developed System Awareness, a proprietary approach focused on developing organizations, local communities, and talent by leveraging somatic experience—a core hallmark of Process Work. Recognizing the immense potential of the Hofstede Model, she is currently evolving and deepening her methodologies by incorporating the critical lenses of organizational and national culture.

In recent years, her focus has returned to the foundational truth that humans are an intrinsic part of a larger global ecosystem and nature itself. Exploring the direct relationship between soil health and the human psyche, alongside how different cultures uniquely interface with the natural world, she is currently dedicating her research to the intersection of mental imagery and the ‘hollow structure’ of human deep psychology within the framework of System Awareness.

Education

→ B.A. in Psychology, Department of Education, Sacred Heart University
→ Diploma in Processwork, Process Work Institute (Portland, Oregon)

Professional Affiliations & Certifications

→ CEO, System Awareness Consulting
→ Board Member, Kamonohashi Project (Certified NPO)
→ PWI, Certified Processwork Diplomate
→ Hofstede CWQ, Certified Associate (Culture In The Workplace Questionnaire)