There’s nothing that stirs the intercultural pot quite like throwing together young people from two very different cultures and watching what happens. I had the privilege this past week of observing, and guiding, such a clash when 20-odd American and 20-odd Chinese youth roomed with each other in a remote location near Beijing as part [...]
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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]
Leveraging goodwill...
Over Labor Day weekend I got together with an old friend — a fellow I [read more]
Goodwill hoarding...
In some earlier posts on the business of culture, I've referred to three precious resources [read more]
Assume nothing...
I was thinking about the qualities of the culture-savvy leader as I read this piece [read more]
The Culture-Savvy Leader: Resource-minde...
Any leader needs to be mindful of resources. Leaders are often evaluated on how they [read more]
The Culture-Savvy Leader: Equanimity...
In any organizational setting, leaders are best off keeping their cool and avoiding big swings [read more]
The Culture-Savvy Leader: Empathy...
If curiosity and humility are “head” qualities of the culture-savvy leader, empathy is all about [read more]
