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Episode 007 Culture Matters Podcast with Lulu Wang

Chris Smit — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:43:14 +0000

Summary In this episode I Interview Lulu Wang. Lulu Wang is a famous Dutch writer of Chinese origin. She has published 10 books, of which 3 are published internationally. Her first book The Lily Theater is published in 28 countries. Her tenth book is called Rainland, wo ai ni (Rainland, I love you!). Build Your Cultural Competence In the Culture Matters podcast we interview real people with real stories. Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories. To subscribe [...]

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USA and the Netherlands; the Differences Compared

Chris Smit — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:36:19 +0000

This post is on request from Kerry (no other details have been given). The question is “what problems could arise if a dutch person would communicate with a north American customer base?” In this article I’ll identify the differences between the US and the Dutch in two ways: Looking at the numbers first (the scores [...]

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Episode 006 Culture Matters Podcast with John Alexander

Chris Smit — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:46:55 +0000

Summary In this episode I Interview John Alexander. John is from Australia, but lives in Sweden. John explains the differences between Hard Consensus (Dutch) and Soft Consensus (Swedish). He also describes the differences between Australians and Brits. John shares a number of stories from his own experience. Build Your Cultural Competence In the Culture Matters [...]

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An outsider’s take on the Belgian dilemma

Richard Hill — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:15:27 +0000

We are always told to keep out of other people’s politics but, as an admirer and a long-standing resident of this country, I feel as concerned as a lot of Belgians do about all the talk of breaking the country up. Not that we did a very admirable job in putting it together in the [...]

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Episode 005 Culture Matters Podcast with Bob Grol

Chris Smit — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:58:16 +0000

Summary In this episode I Interview Bob Grol. Bob is a born and raised Dutch-man. He currently runs his own organisation called FYPS (For Your Professional Solution). Learn from Bob in what way, and how and why the Dutch are as direct as they are. And why that is interpreted by Asians as very rude. [...]

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Episode 004 Culture Matters Podcast with Richard Hill

Chris Smit — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:11:24 +0000

Summary In this episode I Interview Richard Hill. Richard is the author of “We Europeans” (1992), “Euromanagers & Martians”, “The Art of being Belgian”, “Great Britain Little England” and a number of other books. Learn how Richard explains why (he thinks) the French are an “autistic” nation (don’t worry, he nuances it to “self absorbed” [...]

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Is Britain Part of Europe?

Richard Hill — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:41:22 +0000

A Historic Perspective to Start With Well, 6,500 years ago it certainly was, thanks to a land bridge which linked it to the European Continent and allowed people to migrate along the Atlantic coast from the Iberian peninsula. This is reflected in recent research which indicates that, far from being an essentially Anglo-Saxon race, the [...]

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Episode 003 Culture Matters Podcast with Dorothy Dalton

Chris Smit — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:32:08 +0000

Summary In this episode I Interview Dorothy Dalton. Dorothy is an International Talent Management Strategist who connects people, organisations and opportunities. She is Co-Founder of “3Plus International”. An organization to support professional women via mentoring and coaching programs. Dorothy explains the differences in CV’s in different cultures and how she instantaneously lost her Liverpool accent. [...]

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Uncertainty Avoidance in the Netherlands and Belgium Compared

Chris Smit — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:39:44 +0000

This is a personal story and experience when it comes to Uncertainty Avoidance in the Netherlands and Belgium. In earlier posts on this topic I have tried to describe what Uncertainty Avoidance is. Only last week I was confronted with the very practical experience when you’e moving country. In this case a move from the [...]

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Episode 002 Culture Matters Podcast with Antoin Deul

Chris Smit — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:09:42 +0000

Summary In this episode I Interview Antoin Deul. Antoin (a Dutch National) is a global project manager and staff scientist who has lived in the US for 12 years and has worked, and is working on sustainability projects in many countries. Find out from Antoin why it is important to be a “Man” and to [...]

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