About Us

Developing your talent and transforming your organisational culture to create a future where people, planet, and businesses thrive together.

We understand your local and global business challenges.

Global Perspectives has decades of experience working with major organisations in Japan, Asia and beyond. Every organisation is unique.

Our collaboration-focused approach identifies your specific needs and tailors solutions that create a globally-minded, inclusive culture, attract, train, retain the best people, and deliver on your goals.

Conflict. Miscommunication. Cross-cultural misunderstandings. High turnover of staff. Low trust...

Working in and leading global teams and organisations can often be challenging.

We believe that there are many ways to be an effective leader in an international environment. Different people bring different skills, perspectives and ideas and can make your company more creative, innovative, and resilient to change. But this diversity only brings value if it is recognized, understood, and included.

The “quick fix” is often to hire only people who are an obvious "fit" for your team or organisation, or to hire diverse talent but keep them isolated from the real conversations and decisions.

There is an increasing focus globally on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as part of every company's ESG performance, and the benefits of having a diverse workforce have been well documented.

It makes good business sense to put time and effort into developing leaders and an organisational culture that welcomes and embraces difference.

We partner with you to identify challenges at individual, team and organisational level, and to transform mindsets and behaviours so that your people can thrive.

We hold space for the difficult conversations, help you analyse tensions in and between teams or departments, challenge biases and stereotypes, and build skills that enable your people to work effectively and confidently with diverse colleagues.

Meet the Team

Gavin Dixon
Director & Co-Founder

Originally, from Australia, Gavin has lived and worked in Europe and Asia in a wide variety of industries ranging from consulting, journalism, travel management, professional sport and NPOs. Clients value his ability to think “big picture” and ask questions that lead to new insights and understanding. He is passionate about turning ideas and inspiration into concrete action in order to help individuals and organisations deliver tangible, long-term impact.

Tove Kinooka
Director & Co-Founder

Originally from the UK, Tove has worked in Japan developing people and organisations since 1998. Transforming leaders and organisations for positive impact is her “ikigai”, bringing together her scientific background, business experience and people skills. She was an Executive Committee member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan for 6 years, where she was involved in designing strategy and delivering events on sustainability, leadership & organisational change.