‘Once upon a time, when people were still using paper and pen for writing up their thoughts and communication implied physical proximity, people used to work together by gathering in one room and discussing different problems and possible solutions…these people would be highly familiar with each other, they would speak the same language, they would look…

Several years ago in one of my blog posts I posed a question whether starting an expatriate assignment requires more company support than repatriation. Despite the common logic that going abroad to a new and unfamiliar place should be more challenging than returning home to a familiar place, this notion couldn’t be further from reality.…

Imagine a person, who sits in a restaurant in front of you, asking you to pass her ‘that plate on the right’… Would you reach out for the plate to your right or to your left? The answer may lie in perspective taking, meaning that if you would take the perspective of the other person,…