Co-creators of the Humor Profiler tool have been invited to offer a presentation in Bodø, Norway this August 2017 at the 24th Nordic Academy of Management Conference. By now, you may have guessed the three key themes of the presentation, which will feature a 2016...
Have you ever… ? Irene Hotz, Managing Director of intercultures swiss (title picture), has a question for you: Have you ever considered how the link between national and organizational cultures impacts a company’s financial performance? This question is at...
“If innovation is a change process, people are certainly the right vehicle in which to invest.”- Anke Bergmann A People-Driven Mentality It may seem ironic that at ZF (ZF Friedrichshafen AG), one of the worldwide leading suppliers of the automotive...
“Consider the following scenario: You are writing up a section of a paper for presentation at an upcoming conference. You are anticipating some disagreement and potential difficulty communicating because your collaborator is [U.S.] American and you are Chinese....
In a post-training debrief with an intercultures customer and consultants this financial quarter, the group discussed how to best interpret basic evaluation data from recent training. One intercultures consultant shared her personal observation that professionals of...
Hot topics tend to come and go Though, the ongoing and unfolding discussion about the increase of refugee populations in Germany is a topic that will be present for some time. Whether in the media, on the political agenda, or within our personal conversations, it has...