Japan
I spent 20+ years working across 30+ industries, from startups to Fortune 100 companies, helping executives and their teams solve structural problems and grow revenue. My approach draws from Toyota Production Systems, the Harada Method, TRIZ (a problem-solving methodology), and 10 Types of Innovation, blending Japanese and Western frameworks into practical execution. In 2006, I co-designed the full-stack architecture of a nationwide digital payments platform. It was a $150M build. It now generates over $2.5B annually. I currently lead building Japan's first Sovereign Fermentation Intelligence Foundry, a vertically integrated industrial platform that combines AI infrastructure with artisanal expertise to scale fermentation, brewing, and distillation through digitisation, robotics, and microfactories.
Building Japan's first Sovereign Fermentation Intelligence Foundry, a vertically integrated industrial platform that combines AI infrastructure with artisanal expertise to scale fermentation, brewing, and distillation through digitisation, robotics, and microfactories. Leading a syndicated capital raise with strategic partners across brewing, distillation, fermentation, hospitality, and cultural heritage sectors in Japan.
A study group of top managers and consultants at the Japan Management Association picked the Takashi Harada Method of self-reliance and daily management by objectives and measures for achieving target levels to be the world's best-in-class system. This is considered the best way to manage, motivate and develop people to their fullest capability. • A step-by-step process for setting and achieving personal & corporate goals • A guide to a highly successful life. • Winning at sports brought to the personal & business life It is for Executives, Teams, Entrepreneurs, and for Individuals.
Forward·Inc is an Amsterdam-based, internationally operating organisation that helps refugees, displaced people, and newcomers pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. We empower them to launch, grow, fund, and sustain their own businesses. Forward·Inc believes in the incredible talent of people with refugee backgrounds, their value to society, and their potential to build bridges across communities.
DiG Business Learning specialised in experiential learning for executives and students. Our business game, DiG - Discovery Innovation Growth - is the result of an INSEAD research project. It allows teams to develop key competencies, attitudes and behaviour to power customer-based growth in their business. It is a versatile learning tool to accelerate transformation in customer centricity, innovation, entrepreneurship, marketing, value creation, growth, team performance, business acumen and leadership. It can be deployed in executive seminars, workshops, student courses and events in modules of 4 hours to 2 days. DiG is based on INSEAD research and has been designed by Professor Jean-Claude Larréché, a Professor at INSEAD of Marketing. It has already been used in teams and from more than 50 countries and the DiG global instructor network of consultants, professors, business coaches and other professionals aims at making this leading-edge experiential learning technology available to a global audience: from small to large companies and students from any country. Contact me on LinkedIn if you want to know more about how this could be valuable for your company.
Trained the management team of the Global FMCG corporation in Creativity, Innovations and Design Thinking via a blended learning approach, including: – online learning portal; – virtual sessions; – face-to-face workshop; – coaching. Outcome: several corporate "unsolved" challenges were solved by participants during the workshop.