Adjust communication style across cultures

Our bias is your bias because we say so

by Anna Ridgway | Apr 29, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Marketing and social media, Social commentary, Unconscious bias

We risk reinforcing bias when we reach for the same old pool of cultural narratives in seeking to raise awareness and support change. The other day a LinkedIn connection who has unconscious bias training in her repertoire posted a trailer for a documentary, The Mask...

It’s all about the MOOCs – realigning disruption with business and industry vision

by Anna Ridgway | May 6, 2015 | Adapting to change, blog, Business goals, Digital markets

It’s all about the MOOCs – realigning disruption with business and industry vision – edited extract from opening address to Churchill Club panel discussion 30 April Tonight’s forum grew out of one of those conversations at the bar – early last year,...

International assignment failure – does this happen in your organisation, and why?

by Anna Ridgway | Oct 18, 2014 | Adapting to change, blog, Global dexterity, Global mobility, Managing across cultures

Is your organisation unknowingly set up for international assignment failure? Has your organisation experienced high churn in your international assignments and international assignment failure? Then perhaps you’re unaware of the ‘derailers’ that cause this high...

Language change: let’s keep talking about it but stop complaining about it

by Anna Ridgway | Oct 10, 2014 | blog, Communicating across cultures, Social commentary

Language evolution – it will never stop…so we need to find ways to keep pace with it. Would you like to improve your conversational skills in business and social encounters and never struggle again for something to talk about? Here’s my tip. Turn on...