Job title
Co-ordinator and utility player, Impact Japan
 
Your heroes include...?
Nelson Mandela, Clint Eastwood, Ken Dryden, Gump Worsley (the latter two are ex-professional hockey goalies)
 
Favourite line from a film?
“Ya know, old time hockey..Eddie Shore!” (Paul Newman from Slapshot)
 
Your best day at Impact (so far...)?
My first Learning In The Community experience – organized and ran a teambuilding session for Lakes School teachers. Got them to do an improvised version of “Giants, Wizards and Dwarves” called “Samurai, Monk and Geisha”
 
Last journey you took?
Went on a pilgrimage of 88 Buddhist temples on Shikoku Island (couldn’t visit all because of time - actually visited about 25)
 
What’s on your desk?
Computer manuals and parts, training program proposals and schedules, and an electronic English-Japanese dictionary
 
Proudest moment at work?
Anytime a delegate thanked me with a firm handshake after a successful course
 
How do you deal with stress?
Few pints and a good night’s sleep