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Knowing Culture

November’s Training+Development (T+D) magazine focuses on instructional design and culture in an article called “Launching a Culture-Based Learning Product”. It highlights the instructional designer’s...

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CultureWizard on Twitter @culturewizard

RW3 CultureWizard has established a Twitter presence to connect directly with CultureWizard site users, clients and anyone interested in global business and cross-cultural exchange. The CultureWizard...

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Fake “Apple Stoer”

A blogger in China uncovered a phony Apple Store in Kunming, China, the capital of Yunnan province in Southwestern China. It is neither an official re-seller nor a true Apple property, although the...

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The Modern Third Culture Kid

DenizenMag.com created the above infographic on the modern third culture kid (TCK), a term coined in the 1950s for those individuals who grow up abroad or outside of their parents home country, for...

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Google Street View: Invasion of Privacy?

A Google Street View car The demarcation between public and private is generally made very clear in Germany and Austria. We discovered a blogger’s post, an expat in Germany, from 2010 that illustrates...

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Does language bias affect innovation?

I came across this article from Mark Vanderbeeken on Wired’s Blog and I’m curious if anyone else finds some truth in it. The author highlights a bias in English-language media for English-language...

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Establishing a Global Mindset: International Education

Read an article by RW3′s Sean Dubberke in this month’s MOBILITY Magazine about the extraordinary educational experiences that are attainable today. As practical experiences, says Dubberke, they best...

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“What Starbucks says about America”

A radio show on Public Radio International (PRI) used Starbucks as an example of American abundance and excess. The show attributed its success to its positioning as a communal hub. According to Temple...

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Canadian Paper Nominates Managing Across Cultures

In the Report on Business section of The Globe and Mail, a Canadian periodical, Harvey Schachter reviews Charlene Solomon and Michael Schell’s recently published book, Managing Across Cultures, The...

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Indian Solutions for Pepsi

At a media conference in New Delhi this week, Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, said “We feel that solutions which have been devised by us around the world, cannot be imposed here. The company needs to find...

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Third Culture Team in White House

An article in The Daily Beast highlights the numerous culturally astute personalities that comprise the current US presidential administration. The confluence of like-minded individuals is “…more than...

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Indirect Communication Styles

The way people communicate is a vital part of understanding a culture. It’s crucial to recognize an indirect communication culture because the words someone uses are only a portion of the message being...

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RW3 CultureWizard is “Taking the Bite Out of Moving Overseas”

An Investor’s Business Daily article this past weekend poses the following question: Why is it hard for American companies to expand overseas? Simply put, “mastering cultural differences and...

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Avatar in China

The front page of The Hindu earlier this week featured an article called “In China, Avatar finds unlikely resonance.” “…Many film critics and bloggers have…been struck by the close resonance the film’s...

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Taciturn Toyota Culture

In the Wall Street Journal, an article highlights the “secretive” culture of Toyota in relation to a series of recalls. “Toyota is still very much run by its Japan headquarters, despite being active in...

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Does Culture Impact Evolution?

A New York Times piece highlights human culture as a positive evolutionary force. In the recent past, evolutionary scientists only believed disease and the effects of the environment drove natural...

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How to Create Successful Global Initiatives

The May issue of Training + Development magazine describes a sales coaching initiative, “Sales Coaching Across Cultures,” that was successful at one company’s offices all over the world. According to...

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HP Replaces 6,000 Jobs

HP recently cut 9,000 jobs and will hire 6,000 new employees outside the US. According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, HP is shedding the sizable portion of its workforce to be more competitive with IBM....

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Introducing India’s $35 Laptop

Kapil Sibal (above), India’s human resource development minister, told the media the first group to receive the touchscreen computers, which resemble Apple’s $499 iPad, are over 100 million...

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Globish

Globish (a word coined from the union of global + English), a simplified approach to speaking English, is in high demand for the employees of Japanese companies looking to spark new growth in a...

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