When you look up into the night sky, you see a variety of stars that differ in their brightness and closeness. If you have learned about the patterns of stars in the sky, you may also have learned to ...

In today's globalized, multicultural workforce, a motivated workforce is essential for driving organizational success. One of the keys is showing genuine appreciation for employees' contributions to ...

From an Anglo-Saxon perspective, we can think of empowerment as individualistic - choosing and taking responsibility for our own actions. But cultural norms differ within European countries, and even ...

Empathy is a vital tool to communicate, collaborate and create with colleagues or customers from other cultures by overcoming cross-cultural barriers. Empathy—understanding how others feel—is ...

When different organizational cultures—the proverbial “how we do things”—come together, tensions frequently arise. Working effectively with and across cultures is even more challenging when ...

Imagine the future. Where is it for you? Do you see yourself striding towards it? Perhaps it's behind you. Maybe it's even above you. And what about the past? Do you imagine looking over your shoulder ...

People get sick all around the world, but what do different cultures and people do to treat sickness? As we were hacking away during our last Blog meeting, we started talking about the traditions our ...

Civilizations come and go, with some lasting mere decades while others endure for millennia. But what rarely changes, at least on human timescales, are the stars above us. Nonetheless, past cultures ...

Throughout the course of their lives, humans are known to establish and navigate an intricate web of social relationships, ranging from friendships to family bonds, romances, acquaintances, ...