I am the expert on rapid business growth in international companies in Japan, and CEO and founder of Tokyo-based Relansa, Inc.

I help CEOs achieve outstanding business results faster than they ever thought possible. View videos.

I have published seven books—Strategy On Your Own Terms, Disrupt or Be Disrupted, Dauntless Leadership, Indomitable Selling Capability, Rapid Culture Change, Charismatic Disruption, and Rapid Organizational Change.

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Fluent in Japanese and French, I am one of those rare international experts who bridges Western and Japanese business thinking and has attracted clients such as Adidas, Godiva, Novo Nordisk, Danone, Merck Biopharma, BMW, Maserati, LVMH, The Peninsula Tokyo, La Maison du Chocolat, Barry Callebaut, AIG Group, AXA Direct, L’Oréal, Givenchy, Cartier, Corning, Lenovo, and Michelin, to name a few.

I have appeared on Bloomberg News as an expert commentator on Japanese business issues and has contributed to all three of Nikkei’s top business dailies in English and Japanese.

I serve as President of the Entrepreneur Committee at the French Chamber of Commerce, where I am a bienfaiteur-level member and runs the ever-popular “Conversation With” series—often co-hosted by the American, Australia and New Zealand, American, Canadian, German, and Danish Chambers of Commerce—where he leads an onstage discussion with business leader guests, like the Japan-based CEOs of Philipps, Suntory, Danone, Lenovo, Chanel, Novo Nordisk, LVMH, BMW, Godiva, Unilever, Michelin, Cartier, Seiyu-Walmart, Domino’s Pizza Japan, and others. Steve has also served as a board member for Tsukuba International School continuously since 2014.

I hold a Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales in Australia, an international MBA Japan track from the University of South Carolina in the United States, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

To know more about my expertise, business, and clients, visit www.stevenbleistein.net. You will find videos of my TV interviews on Bloomberg News, articles I have authored for Nikkei, my mentions in the media, and many other articles and video resources.

To read my Japanese articles published by Nikkei, go to www.nikkei.com. Perform a search using my last name in Japanese (ブライスタイン). You will get lots of hits.