Are Introverts Better Leaders of Virtual Teams?
Embedded in the 2022 SIETAR Congress Re-Thinking Interculturalism, Prof. Marie-Therese Claes, Head of the Institute for Gender and Diversity at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, presented her latest research on this exciting question. During the...
Virtual Closeness in the New Normal
How can we create virtual closeness in a culturally sensitive and culture-independent way? Virtual collaboration has become the new norm for many (international) teams and in the context of training programs. Success criteria for both virtual collaboration and...
Blind Spots
Blind Spots I am an intercultures consultant based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa).The story I am about to tell you has the potential to help you see something you have been missing. Something important. As part of my interest in learning more about life in...
How to Avoid a Cross-Cultural Blunder
How to Avoid a Cross-Cultural Blunder If you have caught the international news recently, you may understand why it is an exciting time to be in Burkina Faso. On 21 October 2014 the Burkinabégovernment agreed to send a controversial bill to the National Assembly. One...