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Why People Stay Quiet At Work

The Horizons Tracker

“Securing effective communication and dealing with challenges to the status quo are central issues for the sustainable development of societal and organizational cultures,” the researchers explain. We want to maintain a knowledge advantage and/or avoid gaining any additional workload. ” Culture matters.

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The Key Leadership Skill?

Great Leadership By Dan

In the 1970’s the Dutch psychologist Geert Hofstede developed a way of looking at cultural differences. The Colombians had simply been unable to explain exactly how dire their predicament was. How could trained professionals miscommunicate so badly? He produced a set of dimensions to explain how cultures vary from one another.

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How Ready Are Companies For The Post-Pandemic World?

The Horizons Tracker

The importance of organizational agility was reaffirmed in a second report , from the Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) Future Readiness Centre. It brings to mind the groundbreaking work of Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede. Organizational agility.

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Are you aware of culture?

Leadership and Change

Geert Hofstede, the Dutch culture researcher and one of my true gurus (I love his work) says: Culture reproduces itself. Lately, I discussed communication in my Personal Positive Power series to make a positive difference. But are you aware of how your communication is influenced by the culture you’re part of?

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If Greece Embraces Uncertainty, Innovation Will Follow

Harvard Business Review

The uncertainty-avoidance measure was originally created by Geert Hofstede through a cultural survey of more than 100,000 IBM employees around the world and subsequently confirmed in additional global surveys. The cultural dimensions identified by Hofstede have been used by more than a 1,000 academic studies.

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Where Both Parents Can "Have It All"

Harvard Business Review

Cross-cultural analysts like Geert Hofstede have said that the biggest difference between the Nordics and other countries are their highly 'feminine' vs 'masculine' values. The Nordic executive team (mostly men) I worked with this week were fascinated by the Hofstede research. Pragmatic indeed.

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How Laws and Culture Hold Back Socially Minded Companies

Harvard Business Review

To measure the short-term orientation of a country, we gathered information on the cultural dimensions of the sample countries using information from Geert Hofstede’s dimensions of national culture. Our new research on the value of corporate purpose suggests that both law and culture are important.