Business Culture of South Korea
South Korea is a country in North-East Asia, bordering China in the South and West, North Korea in the North,…
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The business culture of Sweden
Sweden is a big country in northwestern Europe with only 10 million inhabitants, 85% of them living in the big…
What a western facilitator should know in China
Last month, I was back in Tianjin in north-eastern China, bordering Hebei province and the greater area of Beijing. I facilitated…
United States of America: positive intentions!
Last week I was in the US. And I loved it. What is it about this country that makes me…
Understanding the Finns: 100 years of independence (III)
This is the third in a series of 3 blogs on Finland and it’s (business) culture. In the previous…
Understanding the Finns: 100 years of independence (II)
This is the second in a series of 3 blogs on Finland and it’s (business) culture. Finland is a modern…
Understanding the Finns: 100 years of independence
This is the first in a series of 3 blogs on Finland and it’s (business) culture. It was on December…
Americans are not superficial. Your generalizations are!
An article last week in Dutch wine magazine Perswijn triggered me to look again into cultural differences between the US…
If only people in India would work like we do… but they have ‘no clue’
“People from India always deliver late, and when a project is delayed, they will never tell you but rather say…