Robert Gibson's Blog

In Business Spotlight 2/2010, the main feature in the intercultural communication section focuses on working in virtual teams. This seems to be a hot topic for an increasing number of people and requires a new skill set.

Those familiar with change management will know that the key to changing organizations and individuals is to create a "sense of urgency". I’ve just experienced two very different approaches to getting me to change my behaviour. 

"Eurostar fails. Continent isolated" was a nice variant on the legendary newspaper headline, "Fog over the Channel. Continent isolated". 

I don’t know about you, but I only find time for serious reading when I’m on holiday. Here are some of the books I’m looking forward to exploring during the Christmas break.

As a student, I spent a year working in Vienna. In my free time it was a real adventure to explore the countries behind the Iron Curtain.

During one exercise which required two groups from different cultures, they immediately came up with the idea of dividing up according to whether they were "Ossis" or "Wessies".

"Do you prefer to work at the computer in your study or mow the grass in your garden?" This is the sort of question you find in "quick and dirty" personality tests in glossy magazines.