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About This Week’s Guest

Global Business with Professor Erin Meyer

Erin Meyer is a professor and INSEAD, one of the top international business schools, and the author of the best-selling book “The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business”.

She is here to speak with us today about how national cultural differences impact day-to-day interaction.

Her three tips to become more culturally competent are:

1. Learn as much as you can about the culture(s) you work with. When you work with more than one culture also make sure that you understand the relative differences. In other words, how does one culture perceive the others and vice versa?
2. Be humble; Humility is everything. Make no mistake, every culture has one or more benefits. By being humble, you might discover just what it is.
3. Be curious. Even if you have lots and lots of experience and if you think “You Get It”. You can always learn more. ABC=Always Be Curious.

Interview Links

Links that are mentioned in this episode:

• Website: http://erinmeyer.com

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Chris Smit

Chris is passionate about Cultural Differences. He has been helping organizations save time and money when they work Internationally for the last 20+ years. While doing this he had the fortunate opportunity to hold lectures, workshops, and consulting projects on this subject World Wide. It has made him understand his own culture much better and appreciate the differences around the world.
His education is in Organisational Psychology and he has lived in the USA, the Netherlands, and currently lives in Belgium.

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