Are you interested in Indian culture? Want to learn more?
Watching Indian TV shows is a fantastic way of learning about the culture, so we’ve found the best 3 on Netflix for you!
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Satiate your inner Culture Vulture with regular news and posts about cultural awareness, doing business abroad, working in a multicultural environment, HR diversity and global mobility.
8 Bonkers Aspects of the British Communication Style
The British communication style can be tricky for some foreigners. Their complex use of indirect messages, suggestion and insinuation can be confusing – in fact, it can drive you bonkers! So, in this blog we’re going to be looking at 8 things about t
What is Cross Cultural Training?
With culturally aware professionals having a distinct advantage over their peers, cross cultural training is an essential part of any professional person's development. International businesses increasingly cite cultural competence as a core re
10 Very Cool Facts About South Korean Culture
Discover some of the more unknown aspects of South Korean culture and society! Our expert understanding of South Korea, means we can share some of the cooler facts about South Korean culture with you! The Author's favourite, is Fact No. 4! 1.
Every culture behaves in certain ways that can seem weird and wonderful to the outsider.
By way of exploring Thai culture, in this blog we’re going to be looking at some of the stranger aspects of life in Thailand.
Google Search Engine data provides a fantastic window into the cultures of different countries by giving us insights into popular online searches.
By understanding what people within that country or culture are searching for, we can start to appreciate the topics and concerns that bind them together.
Do you work with or do business with Indians? Do you sometimes find it confusing?
Well, believe us you're not the first or the last.
If you’re travelling to the Middle East on business, and want to make a good impression, then it’s important you understand behaviours which are considered rude – or even taboo.
The Middle East is a large region, made up of many different countries – and hence cultures.
Doing business in China? Then you'll be attending lots of meetings!
If you’re attending meetings in China, then it’s important to understand a little about Chinese culture and how meetings are run.
Over the past 15 years a continuous theme, which has never ceased to amaze us, has been the way in which businesses significantly underestimate the impact of cultural differences.
It typically takes something to go wrong before stakeholders take notice.
Imagine that you’re presented with an unfamiliar board game and told to play it.
Unfortunately, you don’t understand the rules and irritate the other players by making mistakes and getting things wrong.
Overall, British society tends to be quite relaxed about most things.
However, with a certain way of doing things and an emphasis on manners, Brits can become quite irritated with people who fall short of expectations.
Imagine you’ve been asked to play an unfamiliar board game and that you’re instructed to play it without any understanding of the rules.
You soon begin to irritate other players by making mistakes and getting things wrong and, after a while, the game becomes a stressful and confusing experience.
Are you new to doing business with the Middle East? Understanding the local culture is critical if you want to succeed.
In order to truly understand the locals, then you need to understand Islam and its influence on, not only the culture, but how business gets done.
Off to Japan for business or working with Japanese colleagues? Then put your best foot forward and make a great impression by understanding Japanese business culture.
Wherever you travel in the world, getting someone’s name wrong can be the difference between making a good impression or a bad impression.
If you’re travelling to China on business, it’s important that you take the time to understand the naming structures.
If you’re travelling to the UK for a business meeting, then be sure to make a good impression by understanding British meeting culture!
A little bit of cultural awareness can go a long way in improving communication and professional relationship building.
Are you travelling to the Arab world for business or working with Arab clients/colleagues?
Need to know what to call people and how to address them? Then this blog is exactly what you’ve been searching for!
Whether for business or pleasure, if you’re travelling to Japan, it’s important you know how to address people.
Etiquette is an important part of Japanese culture and getting things wrong could result in you being perceived as rude or ignorant – not a good footing in which to start your trip to Japan.
Unless you’re well acquainted with Japanese culture, then it’s unlikely you have come across the word freeter before.
However, if you want to understand Japanese culture, this word can give you some great insights into the Japanese people's values and attitudes.
Culturally speaking, how easy would you say it is to do business with the UK?
Well the Business Culture Complexity Index ™ (BCCI), which assesses the potential complexity of a country's business culture, has just the answer!
Since the introduction of its outward looking economic ‘Doi Moi’ policies in 1986, Vietnam has evolved into one of Asia’s strongest exporting countries.
This expansion has generated a myriad of opportunities for expats relocating to Vietnam, which are likely to continue to increase in the long term due to trade wars and increased production costs in China.
Evey company working on the international stage needs to prepare their staff with the skills and knowledge to work across cultures.
Where online cultural training is not an option, then it’s essential to provide staff with easily accessible, bitesize, digestible materials.