Why E-Learning and Cultural Competency are a Bad Match
Why E-Learning and Cultural Competency are a Bad Match Everything tends to move online. We buy our books online, we do our groceries online, we book our tickets ourselves and even certain forms of training have taken on the shape e-learning.Effective for...
Cross Cultural Coaching
Cross Cultural Coaching What 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...
The Brexit Chaos Explained. Britain Does Exactly What it Should Do.
The Brexit Chaos; Key Takeaways Some of the key takeaways from this article are: The UK is doing exactly what it should do from a cultural perspective; Brexit chaos is normal. The impact of Brexit is real in terms of the negative business impact. Brexit chaos on B-Day...
Being an Expat: Mark your Health
Being an Expat: How to Stay Healthy With an approximate 57 million expatriates living across the globe, each country provides a unique work-life balance for those looking for a new cultural perspective on life. Moving and working in another country and...
Machine Translation; is it Good Enough for an EBook?
(Machine) Translation is becoming an important tool for communicating within the organization and across the world. More and more businesses are embracing it, so much so that translation itself is on the verge of becoming a trend. Hiring a freelancer to do...
Diversity Manager or Culture Manager; What Can I Do For You?
A Diversity Manager or Culture Manager; What can they do for You and Your Organization? The terms diversity manager and culture manager can often signify the same thing. Although culture manager can sometimes be used within the context of art and culture....
Doing Business with the Netherlands and Dutch Business Culture
Doing Business with the Netherlands and Dutch Business Culture What You Will Learn: Some basic facts about the Netherlands and the Dutch. Dutch business culture compared to the surrounding countries. Practical tips on doing business with the Netherlands....
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast; Management, Get It Right This Time! I wish I had come up with this quote but unfortunately, the late Peter Drucker beat me to it. But what an excellent, simple, to the point, and oh-so-true statement. Watch this short,...
How Cultural Similarities Can Lead to Cultural Difficulties. A Case Study
Even with cultural similarities, cultures can still have cultural difficulties. In this case study, I want to illustrate a project I've done recently in Ecuador, South America with a petrochemical company involving Ecuadorians and Chinese. What You Will...
