🌏 I got some requests to write about 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆, because it has a huge impact on collaboration between international teams (thanks, Oliver Bührer, for the inspiration)

👤 During my MBA at Kempten Business School, I studied 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, and in this post, I want to highlight how India and Germany differ across these dimensions and why these matters in practice. However, it is important to note: 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲, and people can deviate significantly from national cultural norms. Hofstede’s framework should therefore be seen as 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, not a rigid rulebook.

🤔 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲? Have you experienced that little or no consideration of cultural differences has created risks in your projects?

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