In November 2009, President Obama announced the 100,000 Strong initiative, “a national effort designed to increase dramatically the number and diversify the composition of American students studying in China,” under the Department of State. Recently a separate initiative, Project Pengyou, signed on to manage the vast alumni network of 100,000 Strong. On December 10 in [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Featured Articles                                          Why the lotus flower?
Response to China Law Blog comments...
After seeing the volume and nature of the responses my three guest posts generated, Dan [read more]
Stereotypes and China Business...
Here is the last of my three guest blog posts on the China Law Blog. [read more]
Humble Pie...
Today, esteemed colleague and China Law guru Dan Harris posted the first of three guest [read more]
Short vid of Jason and colleagues...
If you have 3 1/2 minutes to spare, please check out this short video, featuring [read more]
Hunger for learning...
A few days ago I co-led a training to a roomful of 20- and 30-something [read more]
Recta-fication...
A recent post on Dan Harris's China Law Blog referred back to a 2008 post [read more]
Fish poop...
Back from a week of consulting in China. The organization is a new company looking [read more]
Two quotes...
In earlier posts I've quoted from Jack Perkowski's Managing the Dragon: How I'm Building a [read more]
The blind pursuit of happiness...
When doing business in China, sometimes the most "obvious" things can trip us up the [read more]
-
Recent Posts
-
Tags
American views automatic business of culture caused chinese language Chinese views civil religion Collectivism Communication cross-linguistic Cultural Models cultural savvy Dimensions of Culture dreams empathy english language equanimity external freedom Hampden-Turner Hofstede honesty humility Individualism internal language Leadership linguistics locus of control lying Mazda milton bennett morality particularism perception punishment reaction resources scarcity stereotype Time Orientation Trompenaars Trust truth universalism
WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck and Luke Morton requires Flash Player 9 or better.
Recent Comments
Blogroll
Calendar with post dates
Archives
Elsewhere on this site
