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How I Vibe Coded a Real Personal Website (Without Being an Engineer)
I was paying too much for Notion and Squarespace and wanted a real site I owned. Here's the conversation with Claude that figured out the stack.
Tokyo, Japan — Vancouver, Canada
Jay
Vergara
— L&D Strategist, Leadership Development Consultant & AI Trainer in Tokyo
Lead humanly. Learn constantly. Build with AI.
L&D Strategist · Leadership Development · AI Trainer
Cross-Cultural Communications · Corporate Learning · MBA
I help organizations build leaders, design corporate training programs, and develop AI fluency that works across borders. Over a decade of experience in learning and development, manager coaching, and building teams across cultures.
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Build a 1:1 Prep Prompt with Claude
A Claude prompt that turns a 90 second brain dump into a focused 1:1 agenda. Three questions, one action item, one human opener.
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Reading the Silence in Japanese Meetings
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The Manager Move That Makes Training Stick
Most organizations measure training investment and satisfaction scores, then quietly skip the only number that decides whether the program worked: behavior change ninety days later.
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AI Adoption Mostly Comes Down to Whether You've Made It Safe to Try
AI adoption isn't stalling because employees fear technology. It's stalling because manager engagement has collapsed and your team is reading the room.
Leadership, L&D, AI, and Cross-Cultural Insights
I write about what I work on every day: building corporate training programs, developing managers, using AI in people development, and communicating across cultures.
Corporate Learning & L&D Strategy
How to design training programs that actually change behavior. Instructional design, learning measurement, onboarding frameworks, and why most corporate L&D programs don't stick.
Read articles →Manager & Leadership Development
Practical frameworks for developing first-time managers and senior leaders. Coaching, feedback, psychological safety, and building high-performing teams across levels.
Read articles →AI for HR & L&D Teams
Hands-on tutorials for using AI in corporate training, talent development, and people operations. Real tools, real workflows, no hype.
Read articles →Cross-Cultural Business Communication
Working across cultures, languages, and time zones. What a decade in Tokyo taught me about Japanese business culture, global teams, and the communication gaps no textbook covers.
Read articles →About Jay Vergara
I grew up in Vancouver, B.C. and I've been in Tokyo for over a decade now. My career has been in learning and development at companies like Indeed, Rakuten, and TELUS, building training programs and leading L&D teams across borders.
I'm finishing an MBA at GLOBIS University and I use AI every single day to build systems, create content, and figure out how it all fits into developing people.
AI Tutorials, Leadership Talks, and Quick Takes
I make videos about using AI in corporate training, leading teams across cultures, and building real tools with AI. New tutorials drop weekly.
Find me on LinkedIn for L&D and leadership insights, YouTube for AI tutorials, and TikTok for quick takes.