Cultural Differences in International Business (part 2)
Cultural Differences in International Business (part 2) International Business Development Is … International "The Dutch like Italian Pizza and the Italians like Dutch football." With this unforgettable quote, the former Dutch CEO of KLM dismissed the...
Cultural Differences in International Business Development (part 1)
The Importance of Cultural Differences in International Business Development.Cultural Differences in International Business Don’t Really Matter...“When you are expanding your business internationally, cultural differences do not play a role. The Dutch like...
How Poetry From Different Cultures Influenced Each Other
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....
Cultural Differences and the Coronavirus
Cultural Differences and the Corona-virus Are you also sick and tired of all the news about the Corona virus or the Covid-19 virus? 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...
Culture Matters should be a Priority for Every Company
Culture Matters and Cultural Differences are No Priority?Some people get it and... most don't: Culture Matters.The other day I received the request if I could come and speak at a networking event organized by a hotel that is part of an international hotel...
What About Disagreeing at Work?
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...
Why E-Learning and Cultural Competency are a Bad Match
Why E-Learning and Cultural Competency is a Bad MatchEverything 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 of e-learning. Effective for...
Cross Cultural Coaching
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...
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...
