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Simon and John Careers

by Intriguing conversations with Industry Leaders who are passionate about what they do and who they are.

Simon Cropper and John Byrne interview guests who have worked in incredible careers that explain their backgrounds, profiles, management experience, inspirations leaders they looked up to, advise they would give and challenges they have faced in the past.

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Episodes

  1. #45 – Career advice from a Japan-based Private Equity CEO

    On today’s podcast, we’ll be meeting with Erol Emed. Erol is the CEO and President of Soul of Japan, which is the largest land-based salmon farm in Japan and among the largest in the world. Erol is a fluent Japanese speaker. He spent a long time in the financial industry in Japan before joining…

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  2. #44 – Top 10 Resume Tips & Tricks

    On today’s podcast, Simon and I will be covering a very important topic in your career: the top 10 resume tips and tricks we personally recommend. We previously released another episode on creating a CV and resume (Podcast Episode 14), but this one focuses on our top 10 recommendations for how to...

  3. #43 – Career advice from a comedian, TV actor and entrepreneur

    Ben Fox is a comedian, TV actor and entrepreneur. He came to Japan in 2015 where he ran marketing across Asia for one of the most successful video games ever created, worked at a global fortune 500 company and left his corporate career after becoming the Japan country head of a European video…

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  4. #42 – Top advise from 5 Japan CEOs

    Simon and I put together a compilation of the best advice from 5 different Japan CEO’s including Paul Yonamine (IBM Japan), Ernie Higa (Domino’s Pizza), David Shirt (Macquarie/Jefferies), Graeme Elliot (MF Global/Jefferies) and Frank Foley (Hit Entertainment).

  5. #41 – Life of an office worker in Japan (Part 4)

    On this podcast, a “Day in the life of a typical office worker in Japan,” Simon & John continue discussing after work activities, peer pressure to go out drinking, putting safety walls along the platforms because people were falling asleep and onto the tracks, commuting home at night time, and...

  6. #41 – Life of an office worker in Japan (Part 3)

    On this podcast, a “Day in the life of a typical office worker in Japan,” Simon & John continue to discuss the Japanese culture of communication, meetings in Japan, remote vs. hybrid work, the culture of overtime, typical working hours, and finally, how office workers sometimes fall asleep during...

  7. #41 – Life of an office worker in Japan (Part 2)

    On this podcast, Simon & John will continue to discuss the life and times of a typical Japanese office worker. They will be talking about the role of nicotine and caffeine if you want to survive the mornings, reading the newspaper in the office, required office daily greetings, the first tasks of...

  8. #41 – Life of an office worker in Japan (Part 1)

    Simon and John delve into the life and times of a typical Japanese office worker, what time they get up in the morning, why most people bathe at night in Japan, typical Japanese office worker attire, what Japanese office workers eat for breakfast, the infamous Japanese rush hour and morning...

  9. #40 – How Health & Performance affects your career (Menya Hinga)

    On this podcast, we interviewed Menya Hinga. Menya helps high-performers who are struggling to manage stress and weight gain, learn to eat better, move more and stress less in order to transform their health and performance. As an expat, father, and former personal trainer turned health and...

  10. #39 – The Importance of Social Media in your Career

    On this episode, Simon and John discuss the importance of social media in your career. They review social media statistics in Japan, diversity on the social media platforms, Japan versus the US social media statistics and finally they offer some advice on how to leverage these platforms to boost...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Simon Cropper and John Byrne interview guests who have worked in incredible careers that explain their backgrounds, profiles, management experience, inspirations leaders they looked up to, advise they would give and challenges they have faced in the past.

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Intriguing conversations with Industry Leaders who are passionate about what they do and who they are.

Produced by Simon Cropper and John Byrne

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Simon Cropper and John Byrne interview guests who have worked in incredible careers that explain their backgrounds, profiles, management experience, inspirations leaders they looked up to, advise they would give and challenges they have faced in the past.

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