Japanese Culture: Boy and Girl on train

Japanese Culture: Boy and Girl on train

The country is Japan. The setting is a commuter train. The situations is a pregnant woman, wearing a badge telling people around her she is pregnant. The reason for this is so other sitting passengers will stand up (if they can, due to the crowded train!), and let the...

Prof. Geert Hofstede on Cultural Awareness

Prof. Dr. Geert Hofstede. Meet the “Master” of Culture Cited more often in the Social Sciences Citation Index than Sigmund Freud, Geert Hofstede did his groundbreaking research in the 1960s when working with IBM. Statistical details can be found in the...
3 Things to consider when working Interculturally

3 Things to consider when working Interculturally

After having done 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 video…...