Tag Archives: cultural differences

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 below video, Axel A. Weber, chairman of UBS is in conversation with Jin Keyu, professor of Economics at 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 Jeremy Hunt’s slip of the tongue, it’s worth to take a look […]
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 proved to be invaluable later in life, but also how it […]
The power of non-verbal communication across cultures

Communication is the foundation of any successful relationship, either personal or professional. However, what is more important? What we say or how we say it? We are constantly communicating at different levels, either using words or silence. Did you know that around 80 % of all interpersonal communication is non-verbal? Indeed, there is no doubt […]