The real costs of mindset mismatch
Last November in Beijing I gave a talk at the American Chamber of Commerce in China. In the talk I discussed a recent report by the Economist Intelligent Unit (EIU): Competing across borders: How...
View ArticleATLAS interviews Jason again
Building on this interview the gritty startup ATLAS did with me several months ago, they recently interviewed me again as part of the “meet the board” series. You can link to it here or read the full...
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A New Look at Ethnocentrism
Referring back to a quote from Milton Bennett, pillar of the field of intercultural communication: Intercultural sensitivity is not natural. It is not part of our primate past, nor has it characterized...
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Ethnorelativism
In the last post we looked at Milton Bennett’s analysis of ethnocentrism. Today we take up the flip side of the coin: ethnorelativism. Here again is Bennett’s diagram: Continuing our rightward...
View ArticleThe Business Value of Mindset Skills
I’ve never seen a statement about the business value of intercultural skills as clear and concise as this: More and more business leaders are identifying real business value in employing staff with...
View ArticleVideo on the Hopkins-Nanjing Center
Check out this video, posted recently on the 100,000 Strong website, about a pioneering effort by the Hopkins–Nanjing Center to build a more cohesive alumni community. In the video you will hear not...
View ArticleThank you, Dan Harris / China Law Blog
Granted this is a tad self-referential. Dan Harris over at the China Law Blog has graciously given yours truly and this blog a shout out. Thanks, Dan. And if I might return the favor: you might have...
View ArticleWelcoming Our Students
Last Friday we held the 28th opening ceremony of the Hopkins–Nanjing Center. Here are the remarks I offered our students. In the summer of 2006, on leave from our busy lives in Beijing, my family and I...
View ArticleL.A. Review of Books
Here’s a review I just had published in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Comments welcome.
View ArticleFarewell, Hopkins–Nanjing Center
Last Friday, June 13, we held our annual Commencement ceremony at the Hopkins–Nanjing Center. It was bittersweet for me, as we prepare to move on to a new life in Berkeley, CA, USA. This was my last...
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