Do We Kiss Bow Or Shake Hands? And What About Sneezing?
Do We Kiss Bow Or Shake Hands? [4-mins read] How do we deal with the cultural ritual of greetings? The book "Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands" attempts to answer those obvious questions with the obvious ritual of meetings and greetings going on within an international...
Good Luck Charms Around the World
Good Luck Charms Around the World Good luck, bad luck, it all happens to us once in a while. For some that doesn't go far enough so they add a so-called Good Luck Charm in order to... well, get more luck I guess. Now here comes the interesting thing: You know that I...
Why the Euregio Region is a Deceptive Delusion
Euregio What Is It? The Euregio, or European Region, is a cross-border cooperation between Germany and the Netherlands. That is the official initiative that was started in 1958 by the Germans. You can read more about it here. This 1.30-minute video explains it a bit...
Culture Matters Summer 2017
It’s that time of the year again: Summer + Holidays.
That means that for the months July and August there will be no posts on the Culture Matters website.
I wish you a fantastic Summer and look forward to seeing you back in September!
The Cost of Cultural Competency Training
Cost of Cultural Competency Training [4-mins read] This was the feedback I got: "It's too expensive"... ...and also that he didn't want to invest too much time into it. Now, I'm not in the habit of sharing my commercial success or failure here publicly on the website....
Multicultural Teams and Cultural Competence
Cross-Cultural Management or Managing Multicultural Teams [4-mins read] What are Multicultural Teams and Cultural Competence: A Definition There are many ways of defining what a multicultural team is. Having checked Wikipedia, I couldn't find much of a definition. So...
A Look at Dutch Culture and Your Neighbor
A Look at Dutch Culture and Your Neighbor Have you ever wondered who your neighbor is? Not so much in detail, but simply who he or she is because you never see them…? In most (very) individualistic countries, people tend to keep to themselves. The Dutch are no...
International Business Etiquette; What Country Fits Your Manners?
International Business Etiquette [Infographic] Doing business internationally opens a lot of doors for a lot of people. Of course, there’s the obvious implication that you are creating the opportunity to work with innumerable new customers and collaborators,...
How Culture Matters in Retail Business
Culture Matters in Retail [4-mins read] I am strongly convinced that nothing (!) is culturally neutral. Not even humor. If nothing is culturally neutral, then Retail isn't either. This makes the case that culture matters in retail, too. It is not a training that...
