A new team member for our intercultures global head office Raina Müller-Bornemann enjoys a good thriller, particularly those by the famous South African writer, Deon Meyer. His books “tell a lot about the relations between different ethnic groups in South Africa, and...
In Iran, it’s been «business as usual» for years. Despite the impact of economic sanctions made against the country over recent decades in an effort to influence Iranian policy, «the country has not been completely isolated from the international arena,» says...
Business interests are competing with culture in Japan like two powerful forces in a boxing ring. In one corner stands Japan’s near-future shortage of “people power” in the workplace. In the opposing corner, the traditional gender roles of Japanese culture offer a...
The Humor Profiler® While we may knowingly feel magic in the way that humor can bring people together, the relationship is under objective analysis just like many other phenomenon. In each e-newsletter edition this year, intercultures has shared steady progress on the...
In project planning does it seem that… Future outlooks become increasingly volatile? Matrix organizations make interface management far more challenging? Leading virtually calls for specific management skills in which nobody in the organization is trained?...
Constantly in love In the beginning, Google’s new software app, «Smart Reply»— currently in its first stages of market introduction—was constantly in love. The prototype signed almost all e-mails off with, «I love you». By now, its artificial intelligence has come...