Comments on: How Much Are Cultural Miscues Costing Your International Team? http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/how-much-are-cultural-miscues-costing-your-international-team/ Wed, 22 May 2013 22:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: negura bunget http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/how-much-are-cultural-miscues-costing-your-international-team/#comment-617793 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:14:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331152#comment-617793 I am an east-european working in Netherland ,language was never an issue .All the so-called “cultural or lingvistic” barriers comes from a defective education&ignorance&obtusity.Ugly truth,huh?

]]> By: Don http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/how-much-are-cultural-miscues-costing-your-international-team/#comment-617414 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:17:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331152#comment-617414 Addition to the last one … encourage all employees to study another language. There are lots of good books out there about adjusting to and living in other cultures. Get a few copies of those and have your US based staff read them and hold some group discussions – preferably moderated by someone who is familiar with the target culture.

In hiring, give preference to people who have other language proficiency, who have studied or seriously traveled abroad (visiting a beer-filled beach resort doesn’t count), and in other ways show openness to other cultures.

]]> By: Christian Entrepreneur http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/how-much-are-cultural-miscues-costing-your-international-team/#comment-617107 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:17:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331152#comment-617107 How do you get to an international market? Research, research, research.

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