by Klaus Fischer | Mar 24, 2026 | Article, Intercultural Collaboration
Same company, same processes—and still completely different What this is about In the late 1960s, IBM—an international company—faced a puzzling question:Why did identical management practices work extremely well in some countries—and not at all in others? The person...
by Thomas Wulz | Mar 24, 2026 | Article, Intercultural Collaboration
Intercultural Awkward Moments There are words that reveal a surprising amount about a mindset. “Hoppala” is one of them. It describes a mishap—but in a way that neither dramatizes nor judges it. A “hoppala” is not a scandal. It is a moment of stumbling, a brief moment...
by Birgit Fischer-Sitzwohl | Mar 6, 2026 | Article, Book Review
Book Summary Anja Obst: China – The Hint with the Chicken Foot Context and Core Idea of the BookChina – The Hint with the Chicken Foot is an intercultural narrative that highlights cultural differences between China and the Western world—particularly Germany. The...
by Birgit Fischer-Sitzwohl | Mar 6, 2026 | Article, Intercultural Collaboration
When Maps Don’t Match Understanding and Navigating Intercultural MisunderstandingsInternational collaboration is now part of everyday professional life. Global teams, virtual meetings across time zones, students from all over the world in the same classroom, project...
by Werner Schröttenhamer | Apr 7, 2020 | -cv-ws-, Article, Moderation, New Work, Online, Presentation, Training, Uncategorized
For more creativity, motivation and energy These days the data lines are “glowing” not only because of Netflix, Instagram, WhatsApp and Co., but also because we had to move our daily work routine to the data network to work more from home. The drastic...
by Birgit Fischer-Sitzwohl | Mar 23, 2020 | Article, Artikel, New Work, Online, Working Together
In the course of the last week it became clear that our daily routine will be different from Monday onwards. Since we are all on the road a lot, every team member has a laptop with a camera. In the last few months we have invested a lot of time to professionalize our...
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