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How Life is Different in Vietnam
When looking at these photos from Vietnam, I connected with these people. Although I have never been there (still want to go!), Vietnam...
FRANK MCKENNA
7 sep 20151 minuten om te lezen
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Germany & Refugees, a Cultural Dilemma
This morning alone, nearly 2000 refugees arrived by train in Germany, a total of 800,000 refugees are expected in 2015. Almost all of...

Brigitte Opel
1 sep 20152 minuten om te lezen
14 weergaven
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Expat / Fortune seeker / Refugee
These days, you can’t turn on the radio or television without hearing the latest numbers of people on their way to Germany, France, UK...

Brigitte Opel
31 aug 20152 minuten om te lezen
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Mother's Day around the World
This weekend, many of us celebrate Mother’s Day. To celebrate Mother’s Day on the second weekend in May has been introduced by Anna Marie...
Brigitte Opel
3 mei 20152 minuten om te lezen
2 weergaven
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Foreign companies expanding to Europe through Amsterdam
Reports state that more and more foreign companies are coming to Amsterdam in their efforts to expand globally. They hear that Amsterdam...

Brigitte Opel
13 feb 20151 minuten om te lezen
4 weergaven
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Culture and time perception
The relation between cultural imprint and time perception is one of my favorites. It is amazing to see how individualist societies plan...

Brigitte Opel
30 jan 20151 minuten om te lezen
19 weergaven
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Your cultural GPS
Understanding yourself, your values and your passions, is a conditional for a meaningful life. But to develop a sensitivity about the...

Brigitte Opel
30 jan 20151 minuten om te lezen
29 weergaven
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Peaches and Coconuts = Cultural difference?
At the TEDx Amsterdam event, Fons Trompenaars illustrated the challenges of cross-cultural communication, using personal and business...

Brigitte Opel
30 jan 20151 minuten om te lezen
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Time perception differs by culture
Time perception is different based on your cultural imprint, it is mostly influenced by Individualism = task-oriented planning, very...

Brigitte Opel
30 jan 20151 minuten om te lezen
20 weergaven
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Parenting in different cultures
It is very interesting how all the cultural dimensions radiate into the way that parents in different cultures look at 'parenting':...

Brigitte Opel
30 jan 20151 minuten om te lezen
5 weergaven
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Pitfalls of cross-cultural trainings
Very often, Cross-Cultural Training is an online course - conveniently when your schedule allows and to tick it off the list. In...

Brigitte Opel
30 jan 20151 minuten om te lezen
6 weergaven
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Challenges in cross-cultural communication
Janet Bennett interviewed by Dave Ross on kiroradio The challenges of cross-cultural communication: When in Rome, do as the Romans -...

Brigitte Opel
30 jan 20151 minuten om te lezen
17 weergaven
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