ギルド名鑑 No.225　TechnoProducer 楠浦 崇央さん

人生のハードルを下げていこう！
誰もが自分らしく挑戦できる未来を育てる TechnoProducer 楠浦 崇央さん

(The English version follows the Japanese text.)

港区を起点にいろんなところで働く・暮らす、楽しい時間を創りたい人たちによるコミュニティCreative Guild。このギルド名鑑ではそんなCreative Guildでつながったユニークな方々をご紹介しています。今回ご紹介するのは、TechnoProducer株式会社の代表取締役 楠浦 崇央さん。発明や知財を活かした新規事業支援や発明塾などの取り組みを展開。「人生のハードルを下げる」ことをテーマに、誰もが自分らしく挑戦し、未来へ一歩踏み出す機会を創り続けています。

楠浦さんは京都大学で機械工学を学び、大学院では分野を横断して社会課題に向き合うエネルギー応用工学を専攻。修了後は川崎重工業で二輪車のエンジン開発、小松製作所で風力発電関連の新規事業に携わり、ナノテク分野での起業も経験。2008年にTechnoProducerを設立し、特許情報を活かした新規事業創出を支援してきました。2010年には「発明塾」を立ち上げ、アイデアを育て合う人材育成を展開。さらに近年は、ロケット教室への協賛を通じて出会った親子の悩みに向き合い、AI時代の教育や進路、挑戦の機会づくりにも活動を広げています。

楠浦さんが大切にしているのは、「人生のハードルを下げる」こと。最初から正解や立派な目標を求めず、気になることをまずやってみる。いろいろな経験を重ねれば、知識や体験の「引き出し」が増え、面白いものに気づく「アンテナ」も育っていきます。そうして見えてきた選択肢から、他人の評価ではなく、自分が本当にやりたいことを自由に選べばいい。自分が主役でも、誰かの挑戦を支える立場でもかまわない。うまくいったことも、うまくいかなかったことも次の糧にしながら、地道に続けていく。その積み重ねが、自分らしい人生と新しい可能性につながると考えています。

一方で、今の社会では、進学や就職、仕事など、さまざまな場面で早く正解を見つけることが求められています。得意なことを活かさなければ、何者かにならなければ、失敗してはいけない。そんな思い込みが、知らず知らずのうちに人生のハードルを上げているのかもしれません。さらにAIの進化によって、知識や情報は簡単に手に入るようになりました。でも、本当に大切なのは、自分自身で経験し、感じ、考え、選ぶことではないでしょうか。子どもも大人も、もっと自由に試し、学び、可能性を育てていく。そのために、私たちは何を変えていけばいいのでしょうか。

複雑性が高まるこれからの時代、あらかじめ決められた正解は存在しません。だからこそ大切なのは、誰かが決めた道を追いかけるのではなく、一人ひとりが本当の意味で自分らしい未来へ進んでいくこと。そのために楠浦さんは、さまざまな経験を通じて自分の可能性に気づく機会をつくり、挑戦へのハードルを下げ続けています。最初から何かを成し遂げる必要はありません。まずは面白そうなことをやってみる。誰かの挑戦を手伝ってみる。そこから生まれる気づきや学びが、次の可能性を開いていく。この感覚、ぜひみんなのものにしていきたいですね。

関連リンク： TechnoProducer株式会社 公式サイト ／ 楠浦さんのnote

Let’s Lower the Hurdles in Life!
Creating a Future Where Everyone Can Take on Challenges in Their Own Way — Takahisa Kusuura, TechnoProducer

Creative Guild is a community that brings together people from different places and backgrounds, starting in Minato City, who want to create enjoyable moments together. Through our Guild Directory, we introduce the unique and inspiring people we’ve connected with along the way. This time, we’re delighted to introduce Takahisa Kusuura, CEO of TechnoProducer Inc. Through initiatives such as new business development support using inventions and intellectual property, as well as his Invention School, he has been creating opportunities for people to learn and grow. Guided by the idea of “lowering the hurdles in life,” he continues to help people take that first step toward their future and pursue new challenges in their own way.

Kusuura studied mechanical engineering at Kyoto University before moving on to graduate studies in applied energy engineering, an interdisciplinary field focused on addressing real-world challenges. After graduation, he worked on motorcycle engine development at Kawasaki Heavy Industries and wind power-related new business development at Komatsu, before gaining entrepreneurial experience in the nanotechnology field. In 2008, he founded TechnoProducer, where he has supported new business creation through the strategic use of patent information. In 2010, he established Hatsumei Juku (Invention School), a program focused on developing people by helping them nurture ideas together. More recently, through his company’s sponsorship of rocket-building workshops, he has connected with parents and children facing questions about education and the future. His activities now extend into creating opportunities for learning, career exploration, and new challenges in the age of AI.

What Kusuura values most is the idea of “lowering the hurdles in life.” Rather than searching for the right answer or setting ambitious goals from the very beginning, why not simply start by trying something that catches your interest? As we gain different experiences, we build more “drawers” of knowledge and experience, while also developing our “antennas” for noticing interesting possibilities around us. With more options coming into view, we can begin to choose what we genuinely want to do, rather than worrying about how others see us. It doesn’t matter whether we’re taking the lead or supporting someone else’s challenge. Both successes and setbacks can become valuable lessons. By taking small steps and continuing steadily, we gradually discover our own path and open up new possibilities.

At the same time, today’s society often expects us to find the right answers quickly, whether in education, career choices, or work. We feel pressure to make use of our strengths, become someone important, or avoid failure. Without realizing it, these expectations may be raising the hurdles in our lives. Meanwhile, advances in AI have made knowledge and information more accessible than ever. But isn’t what really matters our ability to experience things for ourselves, feel, think, and make our own choices? What would it take to create a world where both children and adults could explore more freely, learn through experience, and develop their own potential?

As the world becomes increasingly complex, there are no predetermined right answers to the challenges ahead. That’s why it’s more important than ever for each of us to move toward a future that truly reflects who we are, rather than simply following a path chosen by someone else. Kusuura creates opportunities for people to discover their potential through different experiences, while continuously lowering the hurdles that might prevent them from taking action. We don’t have to accomplish something extraordinary from the start. We can simply try something that sounds interesting, or lend a hand to someone else’s challenge. The discoveries and lessons that emerge along the way can open doors to possibilities we never imagined. It’s a mindset we’d love to see everyone embrace!

Related links: TechnoProducer official website / Takahisa Kusuura on note