Jens Sagen

Tokyo-Based Dane, Connecting People across cultures, and Exploring Ideas

Jens Sagen

Tokyo-Based Dane, Connecting People across cultures, and Exploring Ideas

Danish by origin, I have been living in Tokyo for more than two decades. Much of my career I have spent working in situations where global ways of working had to be made to work in Japan — situations where what has been agreed in one place does not mean quite the same somewhere else.

I am particularly interested in the gap between what an organization intends to do and what actually works in practice. Whether the problem is process, communication, ownership or simply two sides believing that they have agreed when they have not.

Outside of work I read. I occasionally write. I follow technology closely, and enjoy talking with people who make me look at things from a different angle and help me broaden my horizons, both locally and globally.

Every day you learn something new is a good day.

  • Education
    • Aarhus University
    • University of Tokyo
    • Temple University Japan