by Chris Smit | Jan 27, 2012 | Power Distance
Informal Inspection by the Boss Imagine this setting: A small company consisting of about 8 people. They busy themselves with interim services (finding and placing candidates within companies). All this is in the country of Belgium. Most of them work remotely. There...
by Chris Smit | Jan 8, 2012 | Democracy, Government, Leaders, USA
2012 Elections It’s an election year in the US. The first primaries have been held in Iowa for the bid of the republican candidate who will contest President Obama in November this year. The winner there: is Mitt Romney. For now. Another Republican contestant,...
by Chris Smit | Dec 12, 2011 | Video
Working Internationally After doing a presentation on Personal Cultural Awareness Training in Amsterdam last month for Talk about IT, I was asked to comment on what 3 things someone can do to better understand “the other” culture. Watch this short 2-minute...
by Chris Smit | Nov 8, 2011 | Individualsism, Italy, Power Distance
Italian Culture; Why Berlusconi Will not Change Italy At the time of this writing, he has not yet resigned. Mr. Silvio Berlusconi. And even if he would or does, it will not make any difference to the Italian situation. The situation of (government) corruption, the... by Chris Smit | Nov 3, 2011 | Collecitivism, Individualsism
Cultural Awareness and the Second Primary Dimension of Culture Let’s start with a definition of Cultural Awareness: “Someone’s cultural awareness is their understanding of the differences between themselves and people from other countries or other...
