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EP 61 - Reflections from the Japan Leadership Experience Live from Tokyo with Nick Kemp

Reflections from the Japan Leadership Experience: Live from Tokyo with Nick Kemp

Episode 61 – Have you ever stepped outside your daily routine and suddenly seen your work—or yourself—with new clarity? Often the most meaningful leadership breakthroughs don’t happen when we push harder… They happen when we pause, step away, and enter a space that invites reflection, curiosity, and genuine human connection. In this bonus episode—recorded live in Tokyo the morning after Cohort 8 of my Japan Leadership Experience wrapped up—I sit down with Ikigai expert and past Chain of Learning guest Nick Kemp.

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