Jason Durkee: Why Ideas Are the Easy Part

Most founders don’t have an ideas problem. They have an action problem. Jason Durkee, President of Idea Development in Tokyo, shares what it really takes to grow a business past its first success. Jason Durkee moved to Japan for university, joined a corporate training startup while still in college, and in 2003 founded Idea Development in Tokyo. More than 20 years later, his firm serves 130+ clients a year, including many of Japan’s best-known companies. He named his company after ideas, then learned the ideas were never the hard part. In this episode, Jason and Matt talk about: • Why action comes before the plan, not after • How to get unstuck when your signature offer has become a hamster wheel • Why existing clients give you the chance to build something new • How to sell a service clients can’t see yet • Casting a team of specialists instead of hunting for the perfect hire • Losing 90% of a year’s revenue in two weeks, and rebuilding • What non-Japanese managers at Japanese-owned companies need to know about headquarters About Jason Durkee Jason is President of Idea Development, a workplace learning and performance consulting firm in Tokyo, and a director of ATD Japan. Since the 1990s he has designed and delivered innovation, communication, and cross-cultural programs for more than 40,000 participants across Asia. Connect with Jason Idea Development: http://www.ide-development.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-durkee-idea-development/ The Bigger Stage Conversations with founders and builders about what it takes to step onto a bigger stage. https://thebiggerstage.com