“Whatever you end up doing, love it.”

On August 20, 2024

🎬That’s a line from the scene in Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the movie projectionist mentor, bids farewell to his beloved young apprentice, Toto as he goes off to the military. Watching this, one of my favorite movies, (with an achingly beautiful soundtrack by Giuseppe Tornatore)on the big screen in Bryant Park reminded me of the […]

On March 14, 2024

When I first moved to the U.S as a child, I could not eat pizza. Now, it’s one of my favorite foods. Asian Americans may seem to readily adopt Western ways of living, but our deeply ingrained cultural values may still be fundamental to who we are. Case in point: I still wait for the […]

On March 14, 2024

What to say about the original GIRL DAD who loved us with the deepest affection until the very end? There’s not enough time and space! The dictionary says a renaissance man is a man of many talents or areas of knowledge and that was true of my father: in music, in basketball, baseball, and soccer […]

On July 17, 2023
ConstanceHayes, ConstanceHayesMatsumoto, KentMatsumoto, OfWhiteAshes

The month of May brought my copy of a new novel, Of White Ashes, written by dear friends #ConstanceHayes Matsumoto and #KentMatsumoto. This historical novel tells parallel stories of a Japanese American girl experiencing internment in Hawaii and a boy growing up in Japan during WWII. When they meet many years later, they are drawn to […]

On September 29, 2022
ConstanceHayes, ConstanceHayesMatsumoto, KentMatsumoto, OfWhiteAshes

The power of diversity shines in a culture of inclusion, where differences are valued and encouraged. Common values are the foundation, but different perspectives and behaviors lead to new understanding, ideas, and growth. Erby Foster (1954-2022) It’s been 3 weeks since I heard the news of the unexpected passing of Erby Foster, a dear friend, and […]

On February 22, 2022
Bamboo Ceiling, Jane Hyun

by Jane Hyun “Developing an authentic leadership voice will call you to be intentional about how you will lead. And that’s a skill that can be learned.” – Jane Hyun, from “Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: The Myths, The Reality, and What We Can Do About It” Most days, I get a blank stare when I […]

On October 5, 2021
Bamboo Ceiling, Jane Hyun

I was unprepared for the emotional reaction on April 9th when I stood in front of an audience in Connecticut. While I had been connecting with people virtually throughout the pandemic lockdown, I had profoundly missed the energy that comes from the presence of so many humans gathered for one purpose, and I could feel […]

On January 13, 2021
#culturaldiversity, #culturalfluency, #DEI, #diversity, #equity, #inclusion, #sheroes

USA Today’s Women of the Century project launched in late summer, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women in the U.S. the right to vote. I’m grateful for the opportunity I had to to sit on a very diverse, multicultural nominating panel of women (and one man). Throughout the deliberations, there were at […]

On February 5, 2015
#culturaldiversity, #culturalfluency, #DEI, #diversity, #equity, #inclusion, #sheroes

“I have a mandate to expand our business globally in the next 5 years. We can’t succeed without having the best local leadership talent in place around the world, but it hasn’t been easy working with my team from other cultures. They don’t communicate the way I’m used to. Do I need to treat everybody […]

On March 26, 2014
#culturaldiversity, #culturalfluency, #DEI, #diversity, #equity, #inclusion, #sheroes

Guest Post for Management Excellence by Art Petty The face of the global workplace has changed forever. Chances are good that your company is already comprised of workers from around the world as well as multicultural employees in North America; more women are in the workforce (about 50% in the U.S.) than ever before, and […]

“Whatever you end up doing, love it.”

Getting Used to Pizza

Remembering the Original “Girl Dad”: A Tribute to My Father

Remembering My Mom and Donuts

A Letter of Gratitude for a Dear Friend: Erby Foster

Lessons from Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: The Myths, The Reality, and What We Can do About It

Dipping My Toe Into Live Events: The Collective Exhale

Being In the “Virtual Room” Where it Happened

Flex– Part 1: Questioning Our Default Mode

The Art of Cultural Fluency in Leadership