Intercultural Awareness

Weather Culture Shock

Culture shock comes in many forms—and sometimes it’s wearing a winter coat.

Time is culturally based, so when we work within a global team often misunderstandings occur.

Same holiday, but different times for Turkey, let’s clear up the misconception.

Culture offers frameworks for giving meaning and purpose of life. What is the relationship between culture and happiness? What influences it?

When managers are sent on an expat assignment, support is given to them, but what about the trailing spouse? A happy home means a happy worker.

Is smiling universal? How do we judge others who do not act like we do? There are two sides to every interpretation.

What do Bruce Lee, Martin Luther King and John Lennon have in common? They were all born in the year of the Dragon. 2024 is the year of the Dragon.

What we eat, how we eat and when we eat is deeply rooted in our cultural traditions.

Sometimes, we don’t realize that we are encountering a cultural difference and apply the same size fits all approach.