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Vodcast#40 Master the Art Of Cross-Cultural Storytelling
Vodcast#40 Master the Art Of Cross-Cultural Storytelling 480 480 Margot

🧠 When we hear a story that resonates with us, our levels of oxytocin – a feel-good hormone increase. That’s the power of Storytelling. Stories have a unique ability to build connections as they boost our feelings of trust, compassion, and empathy, and motivate us to work with others. ⚡But when it comes to cross-cultural…

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Vodcast # 39 – Localise your Global Brands by Gurjeet Chima
Vodcast # 39 – Localise your Global Brands by Gurjeet Chima 480 480 Margot

5️⃣ What are the 5 important things companies looking to conquer local markets should know? Mckinsey reports that for every successful market entry effort, about four fail. 📉It’s not only Inexperienced start-ups that suffer the brunt of this failure but also many sophisticated corporations and seasoned entrepreneurs. Entering a foreign market, surviving the competition and…

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Live#3 How to Build Relationships in a Diverse Culture
Live#3 How to Build Relationships in a Diverse Culture 480 480 Margot

🤞Do You Want to be More Trusting but Don’t Know Where to Begin? Trust in the workplace has been emerging as a trending topic since the pandemic and is perhaps the most important characteristic of a high-functioning team. For any type of team, trust is a challenging thing to create and maintain. But when it…

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TCP Live #2 Highlights by Tony Abad
TCP Live #2 Highlights by Tony Abad 480 480 Margot

🌎 Think Global, Act Local That’s the mantra for global brands eyeing #success in local markets. But can you ever understand a foreign market as well as a local person would? ⛰️Understanding the nuances of people from a different culture, dealing with foreign bureaucracy, tax implications are just tip of the iceberg. When you take…

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Vodcast #38 – The Perception of Accents by Goodie Okechukwu
Vodcast #38 – The Perception of Accents by Goodie Okechukwu 480 480 Margot

“Ants don’t sleep.” 🔎 A psycholinguist Shiri Lev-Ari had both native and non-native speakers record this simple statement and then played the recordings back to native speakers only, who in turn had to rate them from the most to the least true. The heavily accented statements were deemed the least true, despite having the exact…

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Highlight 1 from TCP Live#2
Highlight 1 from TCP Live#2 480 480 Margot

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when someone talks about localising a global brand? Companies which have been successful in the complex undertaking will immediately understand that it involves not just translation but also adapting your content and messaging to a certain locale. A localization strategy must address customer behavior, purchasing habits,…

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Vodcast #37 – East Meets West: The Concept of Trust by Eric Tan
Vodcast #37 – East Meets West: The Concept of Trust by Eric Tan 480 480 Margot

Are some #cultures less trusting than others? Perhaps the most important characteristic of a high-functioning team is #trust. Team members must be able to trust each other in order for work to get completed. Generally in cross-cultural teams, people from very different cultures work together but they may never meet, or may meet for only…

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Vodcast #36 – Global Mindset: Wisdom for a Globalised World by Lashley Pulsipher
Vodcast #36 – Global Mindset: Wisdom for a Globalised World by Lashley Pulsipher 480 480 Margot

A Global Mindset in Business Is the Difference Between Success & Failure. 72% of international Chinese companies surveyed believe the biggest difficulties that arise in conducting business overseas stem from cultural differences. Culture shapes our behaviour. The places where we grow up, work and socialise influence how we perceive others and how we interact with…

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Vodcast#35 Human Edge: Champion of Wellbeing by Dr. Marcus Ranney
Vodcast#35 Human Edge: Champion of Wellbeing by Dr. Marcus Ranney 480 480 Margot

We live in the #VUCA time – very volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times. These times are having a profound effect upon the wellbeing of employees across all sectors and it needs to be viewed as a key driver of business performance. In Taipei,China, a survey reported that over 60% of salaried employees worry about…

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Cultural Stereotypes in Workplace: Be Self Aware and Don’t Judge (LIVE #001 Highlights)
Cultural Stereotypes in Workplace: Be Self Aware and Don’t Judge (LIVE #001 Highlights) 480 480 Margot

Most people think cultural awareness is about learning about other people and how they do and don’t do things. This is a common misconception. Although this is certainly part of it, cultural awareness also relies heavily on self-awareness. In TCP LIVE debut with topic of “Stereotypes in the Workplace”, Sunaina mentioned a very interesting insight…

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