2020-2021

Special Live Workshop
Rethinking Leadership and Beauty in the Workplace and Beyond: Empowering Women through Inclusivity
Friday, March 19, 2021 | 12:00–1:00 PM (EDT)
Featuring:
Xian Horn, Forbes Contributor, Beauty and Disability Advocate
Kara McGrath, Deputy Editor, Allure.com
Yumiko Shimabukuro, Director, Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Co-Founder, Japanese Management Leadership Program, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Opening Remarks by: Ryoko Ogino, Managing Director, CJEB
This workshop was part of the Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership (PPIL), focusing on the DEI skills of creating an inclusive environment and mitigating bias and the DEI topics of gender identity and equity and cross-cultural competencies. The recording for this workshop will not be made public.
Summary

Special Live Workshop
Strengthening Emotional Intelligence in the Thinking World: Research and Practice
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 | 12:15-1:45 PM (EST)
Featuring:
Yumiko Shimabukuro, Director, Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Co-Founder, Japanese Management Leadership Program, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Zachary Metz, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Opening Remarks by: Ryoko Ogino, Managing Director, CJEB

Live Workshop
Effective Knowledge Transfer
Friday, October 16, 2020 | 10:00 – 11:45 AM (EDT)
Featuring: Yumiko Shimabukuro, Director, Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Co-Founder, Japanese Management Leadership Program, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB), Columbia Business School
Opening Remarks by: Ryoko Ogino, Managing Director, CJEB

2019-2020

The Frontier of Driving Innovation through Design Thinking (CANCELED)
May 16, 2020
The Classic House at Akasaka Prince, Tokyo, Japan
Featuring:
Adam Royalty, Founding Director, Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio
Yumiko Shimabukuro, Director, Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University
This event was canceled per University guidelines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Developing Your Career and Designing Your Future during a Period of Crisis
Friday, May 1, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:15 PM
Featuring:
Tokiko Araya, Director General / American Bureaus, New York Bureau Chief, TV Asahi America, Inc.
Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University
Yoriko Suzuki, Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, New York
Ayumi Wada, Chairwoman & CEO, Toshiba America, Inc.
Moderated by:  
Yumiko Shimabukuro, Director, Urban and Social Policy Program, SIPA
Ryoko Ogino, Managing Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Summary

550 Years in Bloom: Revitalizing a Traditional Flower Arranging Family Business in Modern Era Japan (POSTPONED)
Friday, April 24, 2020 | 2:00- 3:30 PM 
Room 607B, Pulitzer Hall, Columbia Journalism School 
Featuring: Mika Ikenobo
This event was postponed per University guidelines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Invisible Minority: Are Asians Under-Represented in Leadership Positions in the United States?
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | 12:30 – 1:45 PM
Room 303, Uris Hall, Columbia University
Featuring: Jackson G. Lu PhD '18,  Mitsui Career Development Assistant Professor, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator: Yumiko Shimabukuro, Director, Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International & Public Affairs; Faculty Advisor, Empowering Asian Women, Columbia University
Cosponsor: APEC Study Center, Columbia University
Summary

Speechwriting and Speech Delivery Workshop
January 10 and 17, 2020
The Interchurch Center
Featuring: James Holtje, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

Japan-Focused Design Thinking Workshop
November 1, 2019
The Design Studio, Columbia University Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design
Featuring:
Taylor Light, Design Fellow, Columbia University Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design; Fellow, MIT’s D-Lab
Yumiko Shimabukuro, Director, Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

Effective Knowledge Transfer Workshop
September 27, 2019
The Interchurch Center
Featuring: Yumiko Shimabukuro, Director, Urban and Social Policy Program, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University