by Anna Ridgway | Jan 3, 2017 | blog, export, Social commentary
‘Tassie’ is a place to watch. Australia’s smallest and most southerly state has been making deep impressions in global markets as the flag bearer of Australia’s ‘clean and green’ image. So it’s a good time to find out more about Tasmania and...
by Anna Ridgway | Jan 1, 2017 | Adapting to change, blog, Global dexterity, globalisation, international business
Despite a ‘perfect storm’ of economic, social and geopolitical challenges in a changing world order, Japan is capable of finding solutions by being culturally authentic to itself. When considering Japan’s economic, social an geopolitical challenges, two...
by Anna Ridgway | Aug 14, 2016 | blog, Global mobility, International assignments
What will it take to shift intractably low female participation rates in international assignments? Adjusting how we talk about it may help. Let’s get the easy stuff out the way. The big percentages. Today, women’s participation rates in international...
by Anna Ridgway | Jun 22, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Social commentary, Unconscious bias
The troubling phenomenon of ‘white flight’ in Australia was raised in a recent report about schools in Melbourne’s ‘progressive’ inner suburbs that were full of non-Caucasian migrant kids from the local housing commission flats but scarce...
by Anna Ridgway | Jun 20, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Social commentary, Unconscious bias
In all the noise surrounding Eddie McGuire’s public remarks about holding veteran Australian sport commentator Caroline Jones underwater, inviting onlookers to ‘bomb’ her in so doing, I’ve been wondering what’s really going on his mind....
by Anna Ridgway | May 8, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Developing trust, Global dexterity, Managing across cultures, Social commentary
In Australia, and other industrialised countries with strong shared cultural traits, there’s a consensus that these cultures have world’s best practice on how to ‘manage’ time. So why has time anxiety increased exponentially and why is feeding the time...