He co-founded the LifeWorks program of integrative learning and teaches in Leadership Innovations, Wellness Education, Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity. His consulting practice with American and Japanese organizations is based in mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and compassion, integrating Eastern and Western wisdom and science. He received a doctorate in psychology from Harvard University and was professor at the University of Tokyo. His books, in Japanese and English, include The Stanford University Mindfulness Classroom (2016), From Mindfulness to Heartfulness: Transforming Self and Society with Compassion (2018), and The Stanford Way of Leadership (2018).