[Registrations Closed] Japan’s Blueprint for Design Thinking in 2025 – In-person Seminar
with Darren Menabney
Details:
Explore how Design Thinking helps teams approach problems with creativity and empathy and learn how Japanese practices can make innovation part of daily work
Notice: This event is now fully booked, and we are unable to confirm any new registrations.
Why do so many innovation efforts fade after a great idea?
Design Thinking has become one of the most recognized approaches to solving complex problems – empowering teams to empathize, ideate, and experiment their way to better solutions. Yet many organizations still struggle to make its impact stick.
Join us in London for an in-person seminar to explore the method and the mindset behind lasting innovation. Starting with the fundamentals of Design Thinking, you’ll then discover how Japanese management philosophies can strengthen and sustain it.
The session will be led by Darren Menabney, GLOBIS Faculty and global design thinking expert, who has spent over a decade in Japan helping teams innovate, collaborate, and grow.
Stay after the seminar for refreshments and a chance to network with fellow professionals.
Why join?
- Explore how Design Thinking helps teams approach problems with creativity and empathy
- Learn how Japanese practices like kaizen and omotenashi can make innovation part of daily work
- Experience the GLOBIS learning style—interactive, reflective, and rooted in real business challenges
- Exchange ideas with professionals interested in how culture influences innovation
Who should attend?
- Professionals who want to sharpen their creative problem-solving
- Individuals seeking fresh, practical perspectives on innovation
- Anyone exploring how business education can connect global insight with personal growth
Overview
| Date: | Friday, November 7, 2025 |
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| Time: | 19:00 - 21:30 (GMT) |
| Where: | Radisson Blu Hotel, 31-36 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LH, United Kingdom |
| Registration Fee: | Free of charge |
| Language: | English |
Agenda
| 18:30 (GMT) | Reception Opens |
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| 19:00 (GMT) | Seminar |
| 20:30 (GMT) | Socializing & Networking |
| 21:30 (GMT) | Event ends |
Darren Menabney
GLOBIS Faculty
MBA, Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University
BS, Astronomy and Physics, University of Toronto
Darren Menabney brings his expertise to the private and public sectors, helping individuals and organizations create value by more effectively collaborating and communicating remotely and cross-culturally. His mission is to help others optimize their ideas for the benefit of all. Before moving to Tokyo in 2011, he spent over twenty years working for the Canadian federal government. His career there encompassed diplomacy and business development, as well as building public-private-academia partnerships in the Canadian innovation ecosystem.
Darren spent twelve years at Ricoh Co., Ltd.’s Tokyo headquarters, leading initiatives to build stronger global teams, strengthen corporate culture, and boost collaboration among 85,000 employees in over sixty-five countries. He has also been a contributing writer for Forbes and Fast Company, a speaker for TEDx, and an instructor for IDEO U courses in storytelling and design thinking.
At GLOBIS University, Darren teaches Business Presentation, Critical Thinking, Design Thinking, Cross-Cultural Management, and Leading Global Virtual Teams. He also trains company leaders as part of GLOBIS Corporate Education.
