by Chris Smit | May 8, 2012 | Power Distance
One of the Characteristics of Power Distance is respect for the elderly. In other words, in countries that score high on Power Distance people, who are older (and greyer) get (and deserve) more respect than the young ones. A Story I was sitting on the couch a couple... by Chris Smit | Apr 26, 2012 | Power Distance
The dimension that matters most in Cultural Differences is often claimed to be Power Distance Index or PDI Even up to 80% of all cultural friction is attributed to this Power Distance index! There are 3 more dimensions of culture but let’s first focus on this... by Chris Smit | Apr 24, 2012 | Video
Prof. Dr. Geert Hofstede. Meet the “Master” of Culture Cited more often in the Social Sciences Citation Index than Sigmund Freud, Geert Hofstede did his groundbreaking research in the 1960s when working with IBM. Statistical details can be found in the... by Chris Smit | Apr 9, 2012 | General, General Culture
When giving a Cultural Awareness Training there is the question: Does Cultural Diversity make you Smile or Cry? In order to answer this question, it makes sense “breaking” culture/diversity (in this case inter-changeable words) into different layers. Much... by Chris Smit | Apr 4, 2012 | Culture Matters
During our Cultural Awareness Training, we focus on Where Culture Is. In other words, can we isolate culture and distinguish it from Personality and what is Common to All ManKind? The answer is yes. Culture has a place amongst the other two (Personality and What is...
