Expat Partner Career Matters
Today an expatriate assignment is no longer a single undertaking. Spouses or partners oftentimes pursue a career of their own and wish to secure their next career steps as well. Companies that send out their personnel abroad increasingly develop support…
Value of intercultural skills in the workplace
It seems that more and more people and companies recognize and value the importance of intercultural skills in the workplace. This movie from British Council shows some key-points of why these skills are so useful and important in the business…
The world of languages
Did you know that Finnish is actually more related to Japanese than to other European languages? Or that Rumanian is indeed a Roman language and not a Slavic one? And did you ever realize that in India over 380 languages…
Best Management Practices in China – the case of Fokker Elmo
Fokker Elmo China has been nominated as Best Global Supplier 2013 by its key customer. The company has got the highest score ever rewarded to their suppliers in Asia. The operational excellence of the company is indicative of a best…
Dubai Drivers 2: the Road to Peshawar
English/Nederlands Dubai is a multicultural hub and thus people may come to believe that culture can be disregarded as an issue since we all are truly global. But get into a conversation with the average taxi driver, not coincidentally from…
Workshop 5 Ways of Dealing with the Dutch, 2 november 2014
On November 2, Culture-Inc. will provide for a special workshop “5 Ways of Dealing with the Dutch” at the “I am not a Tourist” fair, Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. What’s the difference between Holland and The Netherlands? Why do…
Dubai D(r)ivers
Who’s driving Dubai? The local Emirati who run the government offices and executive agencies, the Indian and Pakistani taxi drivers on Dubai’s main traffic route, Sheikh Al Zayed Road, or rather the foreign businesses that provide the hard- and software…