Last week I was at Indeed to speak to a group of black IT professionals about how to use cultural […]
The day after the U.S. election, I was having breakfast with some friends in Toronto. They looked at me […]
A few weeks ago, I was having dinner with a group of newly acquainted colleagues. As soon as we ordered […]
One of the biggest frustrations when working across cultures is a different sense of urgency, follow-through, and deadlines. You […]
What should you do when you’re on the receiving end of low cultural intelligence (CQ)? Ideally, CQ is a two-way […]
Imagine you’re negotiating a contract with a bank where your brother is a senior executive. To what degree should both […]
You’re talking to someone from a different culture and he won’t look you in the eye. Is it […]
In the race for global talent, employers and universities are looking for highly motivated young people who are self-aware, […]
In most Western classrooms, students are rewarded for speaking up, asking questions, and participating in classroom discussions. In most Asian […]
Most every time I speak on cultural intelligence, someone asks “Isn’t this basically a matter of respect? If we would […]