by Chris Smit | Jul 8, 2021 | General
THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION: Tell Me Something I Don’t Know As you’ve come to get familiar with my topic on culture and cultural differences within the association community, my statement is: “nothing is culturally neutral”. So is the case with learning and education:...
by Chris Smit | Jan 8, 2021 | General
If you want your business to succeed, then diversity is something that you have to prioritize. Not only does diversity promote a culture of openness, but it also ensures that you have teams of people who think differently, encouraging a steady stream of fresh ideas....
by Chris Smit | Jun 16, 2020 | General
How do Poetry and Culture match and mix? Because of how much literature has evolved in the thousands of years since humans started using the written word to express themselves, we tend to have a very specific idea of what poetry is when we hear the word. Being that it...
by Chris Smit | Mar 17, 2020 | General
Cultural Differences and the Coronavirus Are you also sick and tired of all the news about the Coronavirus or the Covid-19? Well, I can imagine. Here in Belgium, where I live, we’re in a semi-lockdown, as in many countries around the world. So from a distance,...
by Chris Smit | Jan 15, 2020 | General
What about Disagreeing @Work? By Fahad Alqahtani Let me explain this concept using Press Freedom Index results of 2019. If we considered that cultures that took centuries of emphasize by their members into account, we can predict which countries will support press...
by Chris Smit | Oct 17, 2019 | General
Cross-Cultural CoachingWhat Is It?Cross-cultural coaching or cross-cultural distance coaching entails coaching you and making you more culturally competent.In this fast-changing and fast internationalizing world people skills are essential to survive and do the job...
