How Your Passion Will Drive Your Career Pivot | Darren Menabney | TEDxKyotoUniversity

Why identifying our passion is the key to shifting our future into a brighter direction. A new framework and way of thinking about taking control of our careers.

Darren Menabney was born in the UK but grew up and lived most of his life in Toronto, Canada. After graduating from the University of Toronto, he spent over twenty years working for the federal government in Canada, in the Departments of Revenue, Industry, Foreign Affairs, and Defense. His roles were consistently outward-looking, focusing on building and strengthening partnerships.

After moving to Tokyo in 2011 and enrolling in the MBA program at GLOBIS University, he made a conscious effort to re-brand and pivot into a second career in Japan. Since receiving his MBA in 2013, Menabney leads and manages the global HR program at the world headquarters of Ricoh Company Ltd in Tokyo.

As part-time faculty at GLOBIS University School of Management, Menabney teaches a course on Business Presentation to MBA students. At GLOBIS, he also works with new students from outside Japan, helping them develop their cross-cultural skills and transition into a new, global business culture.

[jpena]

Ir's time to live dangerously :) Thanks for this talk Darren! "connecting people to people then to ideas" is something I'm also passionate about.

[thunderlei]

7:42 18 years for Ben to make his pivot
9:11 3 steps to make a pivot
10:56 how the speaker found his core passion
17:01 stretch yourself: getting out of the comfort zone, new skill; new network; the gap between the clumsy cheerleader and sunshine spot;
14:08 luck: active; influence ; get noticed by a new network ; showing beats saying ;

from a government job to a corporate job, I don't really see much difference.???? But the passion about sharing and connecting with people is obvious.

[UlukmanMamytov]

That's very encouraging! Thanks for that talk! I think I'm following the way

[DanielTolson]

This was incredible @darren Living in Taiwan - I get this 100%

[MichaelFurburger]

Great video. Inspires me to continue my mayoral run in Toronto

[dianemoreira]

Btw he wasn't born in the U.K. He was born in Belfast Ireland