training and development

October 29, 2015

When in Rome…Act Normal

‘We are the best!’ That is what Dutch Prime-Minister Mark Rutte said on a trade mission to Atlanta with his Flemish counterpart Minister-President Geert Bourgeois. He […]
August 30, 2015

Intuition or Reason

Large do-it-yourself company Home Depot abandoned their Chinese expansion plans in 2012. Chinese people don’t do-it-themselves. In 2006 American retail giant Walmart left the German market. […]
July 27, 2015

American Business Beyond Stereotypes

In terms of stereotyping the inhabitants of an entire nation, I can’t think of people who are more subject to be boxed in than Americans. I […]
April 14, 2015

Not Everything Needs To Be Said

Writing about characteristics of people based on their nationality is very tricky. Sharing opinions regarding one’s own nationality is sometimes difficult: ‘Mirror mirror, I only see […]