Ron McFarland

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Tokyo, Japan

Ron McFarland has been working in Japan for over 40 years, and he's spent more than 30 of them in international sales, sales management training, and expanding sales worldwide. He's worked in or been to more than 80 countries. Over the most recent 17 years, Ron had established distributors in the United States and throughout Europe for a Tokyo-headquartered, Japanese hardware cutting tool manufacturer. More recently, he's begun giving seminars in English and Japanese to people interested in his overseas travels and expanding business overseas. You can find him on LinkedIn.

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Jackie, this is a great article with an important message.

I'm just now learning that concept of developing ecosystems around me. Here in Japan, the Japanese are extremely good at that, but up until now, I haven't picked up on it much. Since April of this year, I've been spending only two day/week in the office. This has allowed me to open up ecosystems in my local area on the one hand and internet ecosystems globally like working on OPEN ORGANIZATION activities. Great points you make. Thank you.

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