Thailand: An Empire that would be a Country
The continuing unrest has brought into focus Thailand’s hidden diversity. Despite a strongly unifying cultural tradition, Thailand has been, for […]
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Indian Jugaad
As a cross-culturalist, it is fascinating to become immersed in a less familiar culture and find out something new. It […]
The Possessive Apostrophe
Currently there is a raging furore among academics and local politicians over the decision of Birmingham City Council to remove […]
Culture and the Failures of our Time
Thanks to a growing adoption of training programmes aimed at fostering cross-cultural sensitization and understanding, many of today’s managers will […]
China joins the ranks of damaged economies
The last few months of 2008 saw most of the world, if not all of it, affected in some way […]
Culture and the Credit Crunch
In Richard D. Lewis’ book, The Cultural Imperative (2003), he posited that economic determinism was perhaps not as an effective […]
Georgian on their mind
US, French and other western political leaders who have expressed sympathy or support for Georgia in its recent conflict with […]
Open Spaces and the Arabian Gulf
Have been busy travelling so not posted anything for a while. But I just got a great mail about cultural […]
Sarah Palin
Many Europeans must have been mystified by Sarah Palin, the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, wondering how someone could have seemingly come […]
“Froggies” v. “les Rosbifs”
It could be said that the English and the French do not get on together as well as they should. […]