„And your kids? “ „They also have a father. “ Something like this goes the conversation between a French businesswoman and her German colleagues. The French woman is a passionate manager and sometimes she works long hours. When […]
08
Mar
2012
Mommy or businesswoman?
11
Apr
2011
Let’s meet at lunchtime!
At what time do you make appointments for business lunch, at twelve, one or two o’clock? If a German and a Mexican arrange to meet at “lunchtime” they risk to have lunch on their own and to make […]
29
Mar
2011
Learning from the Japanese
I have been deeply touched by the images broadcasted after the tsunami and nuclear accident in Japan. The calmness of the Japanese impressed me and there is one scene that I keep remembering. During the first days after […]
22
Feb
2011
Eating or talking?
Once I had an informal business dinner in Munich with three Germans, two men and a lady, the three of them about my age. We had all met for the first time during a business event and we […]