I spent some time in New York today with Matthew Bishop, Chief U.S. editor of The Economist. Bishop overseas the U.S. bureau of The Economist serves as business editor for the magazine, and he’s a thought leader who bridges philanthropy…
Read MoreThanks to Steve Minter of Industry Week for the nice piece on how cultural intelligence helps business leaders negotiate in culturally diverse contexts. Read the article here.
Read More[originally posted at http://amacombooks.wordpress.com/] Our struggling economy is hitting human resource professionals as hard as any group I know. I keep hearing from HR directors who complain about sleepless nights and 60-hour workweeks. Many are asked to figure out which…
Read MoreThis morning’s Singapore Straits Times has an interesting article about an Asia-Europe Interfaith dialogue that just took place in Korea. My life has me moving back and forth between the religious world and the business context and I often grieve…
Read MoreCheck out the "Change This " manifesto on cultural intelligence just posted here. I love the ethos, design, and innovation of the team at "Change This". 62.02.CulturalIntelligence
Read MoreYesterday I observed the powerful role communication plays in earning trust in a particular sub-culture. Our university has a new provost. In a gathering of our university faculty, he introduced himself by saying, “I’m an academic.” In most of the…
Read More[To my friends and colleagues outside the U.S., my apologies for posting something primarily intended for my fellow U.S. citizens. But I can’t hold back any longer.] Sick of being called an “ugly American?” All the hard work you’ve done…
Read MoreI'm a HUGE fan of eating local wherever I go, including grasshoppers in Mexico, snake in China, and pasties in Northern Michigan. But economists often use the cost of a McDonalds Big Mac to compare the cost of living from…
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