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Since I am working on my new book (for the last 2,5 years now), the book is work-in-progress. And so…

Mathematician George Danzig was a student in Berkeley in 1939. His father was a mathematician as well, and young Danzig…

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) occupies the minds of many leaders. They know that if they get the public opinion…

This time a post in Dutch, as it’s about Dutch stuff: something political you don’t want to understand if you’re…

Much of cross-cultural training bought in the corporate world is the right solution to the wrong problem and yields low…

Train your mind for unconventional approaches in 10 weeks We all think that we are reasonably good listeners. At least…

Let me not write a lengthy introduction but get to the point straight away. Learning in classrooms is often ineffective….

Performance management and forced ranking Forced ranking is a method applied in many companies to enforce a guided distribution…

I recently facilitated sessions with future leaders of a company in Eastern Europe, in the context of a leadership development…

When you opened this website today, I’m sure you noticed something has changed. I hope you did. My ‘branding’ and…

South Korea is a country in North-East Asia, bordering China in the South and West, North Korea in the North,…

International communication is a daily reality for every professional these days. Doing business overseas is the default for most, and…

In an earlier blog, I spoke about the business culture of Finland, this fascinating country in Northern Europe. Several of…

In a recent Ashridge program, I used for the first time ‘the Collaboration Game©’, a business simulation for 6-50 people…

I said it before: “I love the US”. I realize this each time I’m here. This blog is written from…

Sweden is a big country in northwestern Europe with only 10 million inhabitants, 85% of them living in the big…

Last month, I was back in Tianjin in north-eastern China, bordering Hebei province and the greater area of Beijing. I facilitated…

When working with people from other cultures, we often find ourselves blaming the other culture for being so different. We…

Last week I was in the US. And I loved it. What is it about this country that makes me…

The program Influence & Accountability that runs at one of my main clients has been planned in the calendar of…