Takuya Hane is an accomplished entrepreneur and creative leader reinventing Asian business and education methods. After an unsatisfactory Japanese university experience, Hane theorized that the key to success in business and education is active participation, in contrast to traditional Japanese models that espouse passive learning.

Inspired by his teaching career at Harvard University and at the University of Pennsylvania, Hane founded Active Learning Co. in 1997, and soon became well-known for his progressive, revolutionary idea: “active human resource development”. Hane has been invited to consult for companies such as Sony, IBM, Prudential, Toyota, Panasonic and Shiseido, developing manager training programs that circulated widely around Japan. Furthermore, Hane serves as an advisor to the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Finding success in his company lectures and leadership training in the educational and public sectors, Hane quickly expanded his work to consult for businesses in countries all over Asia, such as Singapore, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines.