Adam Fulford is the founder and CEO of Fulford Enterprises, which is a language services company. Fulford Enterprises works mainly in TV, providing translation, narration and other services to NHK and related companies.

Adam is also active as a cross-cultural consultant who places a special emphasis on the value of regional Japan, which we focus on a lot today. 

In this super fun conversation, we cover Adam’s life and career in Japan, and go deep in Japanese community values, the challenges their facing, and how they may solve it.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Adam Fulford.

 

For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on  https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep60 

 

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Show Notes:

[00:00:31] - [First question] - Adam’s history with Japan

[00:03:18] - How did Adam get involved with NHK

[00:04:28] - How I decided on the name Compounding Curiosity and how I started

[00:06:17] - What type of work was involved with NHK?

[00:09:27] - Adam’s work of regional revitalization in Japan, 

[00:45:30] - When judging the contest for what makes a good village, what were some of the criteria that they were looking for? 

[00:47:44] - The nature of doing, the nature of being, and the nature of knowing

[00:53:01] - Final Advice

 

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Connect with Adam:

Fulford Enterprises: https://fulfordent.com/ 

Connect with Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/japanfan 

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Mentioned/Recommended Content:

Video Bento: Resilience Values: https://youtu.be/2CutakIP-ig

My Shuraku Nakatsugawa: https://ms-nakatsugawa.com/  

 

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