{"podcast":{"title":"Japan's Top Business Interviews Podcast By Dale Carnegie Training Tokyo Japan","slug":"japan-s-top-business-interviews-podcast-by-dale-carnegie-training-tokyo-japan-294627","podcast_index_feed_id":294627,"rss_url":"https://japanstopbusinessinterviews.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://japanstopbusinessinterviews.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/d/5/9/bd59418f8b4808aa/JapansTopBusinessInterviews.jpg","author":"Dr. Greg Story","episode_count":316,"summary":"Japan's Top Business Interviews is the premier business interview podcast for people who want to know more about business in japan. The guests cover a range of industries and organisation sizes, to present a thorough overview of issues with leading in Japan. If you are a leader, especialy someone leading in Japan, then this is the podcast for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T22:17:14.502274+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-s-top-business-interviews-podcast-by-dale-carnegie-training-tokyo-japan-294627"},"episode":{"title":"283 Beat Kraehenmann — Managing Director, Levitronix Japan","slug":"283-beat-kraehenmann-managing-director-levitronix-japan","published_at":"2026-01-30T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-s-top-business-interviews-podcast-by-dale-carnegie-training-tokyo-japan-294627/283-beat-kraehenmann-managing-director-levitronix-japan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-s-top-business-interviews-podcast-by-dale-carnegie-training-tokyo-japan-294627","url":"https://japanstopbusinessinterviews.libsyn.com/283-beat-kraehenmann-managing-director-levitronix-japan","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/japanstopbusinessinterviews/Beat_Kraehenmann.mp3?dest-id=2099903","summary":"\"Don't be the loud foreigner who just says we do this and this and this.\" \"It's okay to make mistakes if you identify them, if you learn from them in the future.\" \"If you have an open mind, just listen first.\" \"You cannot spend enough time on just talking and communicating with people.\" \"For me, right now a leader is somebody who helps employees to achieve the potential, their mission.\" Beat Kraehenmann is a Swiss-born electrical engineer who moved to Japan to change the trajectory of his life and immerse himself in Asia. After studying at a technical university and working in network engineering at Swiss Railways, he relocated to Japan independently, began full-time language study, and built early career momentum through contract roles before securing permanent employment as a network engineer. A long-time university friend working at Levitronix connected him to the company when the Swiss headquarters needed someone who could bridge Japan and Switzerland across language, culture, and technical detail. He joined Levitronix Japan around twelve and a half years ago and became Managing Director roughly a year later—his first formal management role. Under his leadership, the organisation expanded from four people in one location to a thirteen-person team spread across five offices (from Tokyo through Ogaki, Kyoto, Fukuoka and Kumamoto), supporting demanding customers in semiconductor and life sciences manufacturing with magnetic levitation pump technology designed to reduce particle contamination in ultra-fine production environments. Beat Kraehenmann leads Levitronix Japan at the intersection of Swiss engineering precision, Japan's uncompromising quality expectations, and the realities of scaling a specialist business across multiple regional offices. Levitronix is a Swis…","meta_description":"\"Don't be the loud foreigner who just says we do this and this and this.\" \"It's okay to make mistakes if you identify them, if you learn from them in the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3236,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/japan-s-top-business-interviews-podcast-by-dale-carnegie-training-tokyo-japan-294627/episodes/283-beat-kraehenmann-managing-director-levitronix-japan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-s-top-business-interviews-podcast-by-dale-carnegie-training-tokyo-japan-294627/283-beat-kraehenmann-managing-director-levitronix-japan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}