TMatsu helps people and organizations move through transition — through learning design, coaching, and strategic advisory — not by pushing harder, but by getting the conditions right.
How TMatsu thinks
Individuals, leaders, and organizations are all expected to
keep learning,
adapt to a changing environment,
and still work out who they are, what they want, and who they are becoming, when no one is showing how to navigate through this.
What was once known as the best approach, or the safer path, may no longer hold, or may not feel right for you. That can leave you stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure. But you are not the only one. Others are finding their way through this too, and there are ways to move forward with less weight.
What this asks of us
The path that works for each of us has to emerge from within, aligned with who we are, what motivates us, and what we value. That takes space to slow down and step onto the balcony now and then, before moving on. To clarify the why and the how, and to gather the fuel and tools that make us more effective back on the dance floor.
Reflect to learn
Stepping onto the balcony to understand ourselves and the situation: what we are trying to achieve, and why.
Prepare
Gathering the fuel and tools for the dance floor: new perspective, strong relationships, agency, and practices that last.
For individuals and organizations alike, through three offerings. Explore the thinking behind this →
Three ways to work together
Leadership programs (public or private fellowships, cohort-based training in person, hybrid, or virtual), online courses, retreats, workshops, and group coaching, designed around the objectives and the people of your organization. Delivered directly, or built alongside your team. In English and Japanese.
See how we design →One-on-one, identity-level work on career and life transitions, which usually come bundled together. Delivered virtually, in engagements of three months or more. Engaged directly, or sponsored by your organization for a member of your team. In English and Japanese.
Explore coaching →For when you need someone fluent on both sides of a divide: Japan and the US, the impact sector and the business world, the fundraiser and the funder, the money side of a business and its human capital and organizational capacity.
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Who is TMatsu
Founder & CEO · New York · Originally from Tokyo
Two decades across finance, HR consulting, education startups, nonprofit work in impact investing and leadership, coaching, and community building — all connected by a commitment to how people think, act, and grow.
The lenses she uses to read challenges and opportunities, polarity management, adaptive leadership, and systems thinking, come in part from the paths she has crossed, which showed her what can't be seen from one side. Everything TMatsu does grows out of what she has seen, tried, and supported.
Paths crossed
Her own path has rarely followed the default menu.
It also showed her what it takes to work together across lines of difference, for something that can only be done that way. And what is shared underneath: the need to keep learning, to adapt, and to work out who we want to become when no one has the answer.
Available in English & 日本語