What business people could learn from polyglot popstars
The pop music industry has always been a very international enterprise and one that has proved to be adaptable to many changes and challenges over time. As British businesses face up to their own challenges in the ever-changing post-Brexit landscape, they could learn from the multi-million selling artists who dominate the charts. Musicians and singers […]
You might speak your client’s language, but does your body?
As any body language expert will tell you, our bodies often sing from a totally different hymn sheet from our mouths. This could be seen most recently last week with the much-publicised meeting between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron.
The growth of the remote employee
The nature of work is changing in an increasingly globalised and digitised world. Traditions such as the 9-5 office role or punch-in punch-out shift-work, while not exactly disappearing, are making way for the phenomenon known as remote working.
We’re still a long way from the star trek universal translator
The technological revolution continues at pace, bringing us everything from kettles that can be controlled by our phone, watches that can pay grocery bills and cars that drive themselves. From a language perspective, we now have machine translation and interpreting systems such as Google Translate (enabling anyone with Google Chrome to decipher whole pages of […]
Mergers and acquisitions – and why they go wrong due to cultural differences
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been a headline news topic this week with the proposed supermarket merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda.
How cultural differences impact international business
As companies continue to expand across borders and the global marketplace becomes increasingly more accessible for small and large businesses alike, there are ever more opportunities to work internationally.