Many people may not be familiar with the term Intercultural Intelligence, but in a world of global business where crossing boundaries is routine, it has become a vitally important aptitude and skill. Cultural intelligence allows a person of one background, or culture (say, a Swede) to interpret the unfamiliar mannerisms of someone from another culture […]
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Culture of Independence Unleashes Invention
Since you should align your culture, organization and operations around one of four strategies, it’s helpful to flesh out what the four different cultures mean. In the first of four articles, George Bradt digs into a culture of INDEPENDENCE – unleashing individual creativity and invention A culture of independence is more open, diffused, caring, flexible, […]
Culture is Your Advantage
Given enough time and money, your competitors can duplicate almost everything you’ve got working for you. They can hire away some of your best people. They can reverse engineer your processes. The only thing they can’t duplicate is your culture. Brave Cultures Are Sustainable All music is made from the same 12 notes. All culture […]
Understanding Culture Fit in China
In this age of culture fit, it seems only yesterday that western business leaders were worrying about how emerging markets would understand and react to them. Seems they worried for nothing. Today’s shoe is on the other foot and it is the western executives who wonder how to fit in. Last month, there was a […]