It isn’t a surprise that in various cultures the perception of time differs. Some value punctuality, some consider arriving on time rude. Check out the details.
How cultural differences impact financial risk taking
Our willingness to take risks influences how we decide and behave in many situations. Culture certainly influences individual risk-taking. Lessons from an interesting conversation about global financial risk at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos. In the...
Jeremy Hunt’s Chinese/Japanese gaffe and what we can learn from it
Jeremy Hunt's slip of the tongue made headlines the other day: "My wife is Japanese - my wife is Chinese. Sorry, that's a terrible mistake to make." Here is our take on the story, from a linguistic point of view. Before we'd jump to conclusions about...
Jack Ma on learning English and doing business in a global world
Right at the beginning of this short documentary, Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba.com, the world’s largest online retailer explains how learning English as a free tourist guide for visitors that came to China had helped him not only to acquire vital language skills that...