by Anna Ridgway | Dec 23, 2017 | blog, Communicating across cultures, Developing trust, ethical business
I was in luck. I had gone out without a backpack and the bin had long gone, but there was an ‘I Love Salvos Stores’ cloth bag on the road below the lookout, still intact. I shook it out and stepped off the road onto the lookout over Melbourne’s Yarra River off...
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...
by Anna Ridgway | Apr 14, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Business goals, Communicating across cultures, Developing trust, Managing across cultures
I had an opportunity to access a top-notch IT service provider for my business. If I hadn’t navigated successfully through some cultural differences, I might have lost it. It’s a common but avoidable occurrence: businesses torpedoing opportunities and...
by Anna Ridgway | Apr 7, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Developing trust, Global dexterity, Global teams, international business, Managing across cultures
Owww-w-w I’m so sore. Last night I had my first swim stroke correction classes and today I’m creaking around like a rusted-up sofa bed on legs. But only four more weeks of this mild torment and I’ll be over the magic divide. I’ll be one of...
by Anna Ridgway | Aug 30, 2015 | blog, Business goals, Communicating across cultures, Developing trust
Industry, government and training providers collaborating to build a future globally mobile workforce This week I attended the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) National Conference in Melbourne to see how our private vocational and higher...
by Anna Ridgway | Apr 21, 2015 | blog, Business goals, Communicating across cultures, Developing trust, Digital markets, Global dexterity, Marketing and social media, Social commentary
In this ‘digital trends around the world’ series, I’m sharing fascinating and useful insights into the world’s digital landscape, including how and why it’s evolved differently for different audiences and what this means for your business if...
Banning people from wearing #WhereIsPengShuai Tshirts at the @AustralianOpen is a capitulation to profit and - sur… https://t.co/hn66MTNnS6