Apr
17Intercultural awareness
Intercultural awareness just means that you that there’s a high likelihood that you’ll be misunderstood. It’s how you deal with that fact that makes the difference…
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Apr
17Intercultural awareness just means that you that there’s a high likelihood that you’ll be misunderstood. It’s how you deal with that fact that makes the difference…
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18If 70 percent of an iceberg is underwater – how many cultural cues do we overlook?
Mar
18Nice example of high context versus low context communication…
Mar
18Self-actualisation or sense of duty? The fundamental cultural difference…
Mar
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Mar
17We can choose how we communicate in a particular situation. We can choose to generate new possibilities for our relationships rather than reacting according to our cultural programming.
Mar
17No wonder the Japanese are such excellent precision engineers… Lovely example of Low Uncertainty Tolerance…Nothing escapes the Japanese eye for detail
Mar
14Not everything translates well… This could mean ‘OK’ in UK or USA but ‘zero’ in Russia or worse perhaps “go f@$k yourself in South America!? It is means ‘Money’ in Japan apparently? Even with a local translator you have to careful! A colleague when working in China with a group […]
Mar
14Besides being an amazing human beat boxer I just love this guys around the world take on music…
Mar
14A little reminder of inter-cultural communication stereotyping. We all do it if we are honest…