June 23, 2020
Working remotely: How do we turn constraints into opportunities? The coronavirus crisis and mandatory confinement have brought us into new working conditions. Even organizations that are reluctant to ...
June 9, 2020
Despite its longevity, the LEAN method has not aged a day. But it can only succeed if the cultural aspect is taken into account.
May 26, 2020
Are All Cultures Equal When It Comes to Coronavirus? Although it should be remembered that culture is only one explanatory factor ...
April 28, 2020
Is Wearing a Mask Cultural? If you go out without a mask in Hong Kong, Seoul or Tokyo during an epidemic, you risk becoming a “social pariah” when elsewhere, in Europe or the United S...
March 31, 2020
Remote management and collaboration has been a trend and now the coronavirus is not giving businesses any other alternative.
March 17, 2020
From E-Learning to Digital Learning Who remembers the Internet bubble? At the end of the 1990s, it was a time of euphoria. “Young shoots” proliferate: the more money they lose, the more ...
January 21, 2020
The cultural dimension in the practice of feedback Everyone agrees that a good practice of giving feedbacks can be a great intercultural management tool, to be used to nurture the relationsh...
November 26, 2019
There is a Chinese proverb that says: Facts are better than words. Unreceptive to concepts, the Chinese see and understand things through facts.
March 19, 2019
The Chinese dream is being realised externally through the new Silk Road and internally through the Made-in-China 2025 strategic plan.
February 5, 2019
The Chinese New Year of 2019 falls on Tuesday, 5th February and lasts to February 19th. Usher with me confidently in the Year of the Pig and understand the background, traditions and rituals.
June 12, 2018
Mongolia is a country about which most of us know nothing or very little here in Europe. Nevertheless, many large international companies do business there.
May 15, 2018
Strike is a French cultural phenomenon. Can the cultural profile help us understand the French?
April 17, 2018
Pinggu in China is the world’s leading centre for the production of stringed instruments.
March 20, 2018
You can’t negotiate with the Iranians as you would with your European, Russian, Chinese or Indian partners.
March 6, 2018
Thierry Lepercq, Assistant General Manager of ENGIE and founder of Solairedirect, discusses his international experience, particularly in India, where he quickly found that it was necessary to think o...
January 23, 2018
By successfully carrying through the industrial and digital transformation of the MICHELIN group, and more generally its reorganisation, Jean Dominique SENARD has emerged as one of the most brilliant ...
January 10, 2018
The Akteos and Intercultural Insights teams wish you an happy cross-cultural and digital year 2018 and invite you for a new adventure!
November 30, 2017
The French management style had not yet assumed the importance that multinationals gave it during the 2000s.
September 7, 2017
Driving business performance through the alignment of people, strategy and culture Leaders increasingly recognize that cultural dysfunction can impede business performance, and that poor cultural fit ...
June 25, 2017
French behaviour which often surprises “incomers” Being aware of the image others have of us is important, because through our behaviour foreigners will subconsciously seek confirmation of...
June 22, 2017
For the Indians, time is seen as being cyclical, following a recurring cycle of four ages, involving the appearance, degeneration and end of the universe before a new era begins, identical to the prev...
June 20, 2017
If there is a place where customers pay special attention to the quality of the service they receive, it is in the hospitality industry. As such, not surprisingly, hotels invest a significant amount o...
May 23, 2017
An important step towards becoming a competent player in the international work environment is having a good understanding about one’s own culture. Like water to a fish, the influence of our own cul...
May 11, 2017
Feedback at work: a question of culture? Everyone agrees that feedback can be a valuable management tool, used to forge a relationship based on trust and confidence, to help staff develop (incl...
March 16, 2017
Interview with Frédéric Thoral, HR Manager of BNP Paribas Personal Finance Fréderic Thoral kindly agreed to answer questions about his career. In a frank interview, he talks about his role in the t...
February 16, 2017
We’ve heard it over and over as fingers point across the Atlantic: THEY are so arrogant! When the topic comes up in intercultural trainings, people from other countries usually laugh and say: Bo...
January 26, 2017
The Intercultural Insights team wish you a Happy Year of the Rooster and send our best wishes for your international success in the new year! If you haven’t caught the adventures of Archibald Wa...
January 19, 2017
Can the company be a place where we find synergy between modernity and tradition? A high civil servant and “Management and Society” director at the CNRS, Philippe d’Iribarne has been...
December 15, 2016
Help unlock intercultural insights by answering one question: Do you feel confident in your ability to work well with other cultures?
November 17, 2016
To what extent is the apparent “westernization” process in Asia simply a superficial outcome of modernization. Are people rejecting their traditional values?
October 20, 2016
50% of international joint-venture failures are due to intercultural incomprehension and inability to grasp what is expected by others in specific situations.
September 20, 2016
While being French départements in their own right administratively, over the centuries the French Antilles have maintained a number of specific socio-cultural characteristics
September 14, 2016
Whether as a member of the military, a company manager, an intelligence officer or a professor in strategy and crisis management, Alain Juillet has worn many hats.
July 15, 2016
Passing through the toll gates for free in Argentina!... Viewed from the other side of the Atlantic, the same experience isn't considered in the same way.
June 23, 2016
Among the different management aspects for which we study the influence of culture, there's the question of the management "styles" which characterise each country.
June 9, 2016
Chloe Ascencio is a trainer and coach specialising in Chinese management and business culture. In her book Travailler avec les Chinois, she proposes 8 operational factors to ensure success when doin...
May 26, 2016
How should you go about procurement in China? There is no simple answer to this question, however one thing is certain: the ideas behind buying and selling differ greatly from one culture to another. ...
May 12, 2016
Olivier d’Ormesson, a lawyer specialising in competition law and a member of the French Competition Authority’s board, has analysed the requests for leniency submitted to the European Commission a...
April 14, 2016
What if the success of a negotiation in China did not only depend on the signing of a contract? Philippe Vigoureux shares practical advice to help you succeed in China.
February 4, 2016
Feng Shui is serious business in China, and the workplace is no exception. Philippe Vigoureux, a leading intercultural consultant, shares a narrative that highlights the importance of understanding l...
January 21, 2016
Ross McInnes, the Chairman of Safran’s Executive Board, kindly accepted our invitation to discuss his career. We talked about that all-important sense of belonging, which involves a “dual culture...
January 14, 2016
Ready to get ahead in your intercultural journey? Join our LinkedIn Group to continue the cross-cultural conversation with hundreds of members globally. Moderated by the Akteos team, the group is a ...
November 26, 2015
National culture has a considerable influence on management styles. Understanding our reputation internationally, whether justified or not, can help us to be more effective in our dealings with collea...
November 12, 2015
How do you combine being both French and American from an administrative, personal and cultural viewpoint? Administratively, it’s completely possible. Many of us have two passports, vote in both...
October 29, 2015
The greatest automotive scandal ever erupted with the revelation of large-scale cheating by Volkswagen. We examine this from an intercultural viewpoint.
October 22, 2015
Monique Cumin shares her experience of returning from a period of expatriation and talks about the taboo of facing the “culture shock” in her own country. Flashback to 2009: after 10 year...
October 8, 2015
I would like to share with you some of Churchill’s thoughts about French culture. In a short guide intended to be used by British troops, specially written to prepare them for what they would find i...
September 17, 2015
This is the second part in our portrait of Korean companies. Following a general overview of the Korean management style and company culture, it’s now time to think outside the box as we meet ...
July 23, 2015
Eric Surdej’s book, Ils sont fous ces Coréens, provides a vital insight into the operating methods of the French subsidiary of one of the largest Korean chaebols, LG. In this insider’s tale, ...
July 9, 2015
In L’Âme des Peuples, André Siegfried considers the future of the United States. He questions whether the “national ideology” still applies. Today, 65 years on, are we now able to answ...
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