In this episode of Project Shrink video chat I’m talking with Alberto Domínguez, PMP. Alberto works as a Software Project Manager in Colombia and is author of the blog Simple Projectz. We talk about project management in Colombia. If you are doing international projects you must check out the interview. You can view the video …
If you are looking for a great starter to discuss cultural diversity within teams or diversity in general, this fabulous short story from Pixar “For The Birds” is a good help. The animation is 3 minutes long and you can find it here on YouTube. Other postings that get you started: Deviant Behavior In Project …
“Planning and implementing organizational systems and practices to manage people so that the potential advantages of diversity are maximized while its potential disadvantages are minimized” (Cultural Diversity in Organization by Taylor H. Cox)
The management topic that keeps my brain busy this year is “dealing with different cultures in projects“. Recently I read an interesting discussion about the differences between doing Project Management in Western countries and India and China. One of the participants in the discussion geared my attention towards the work of Geert Hofstede (who is …
If your project team is spread all over the globe, you will sometimes scare yourself with the amount of prejudice you have when dealing with people from different cultures. I know I do. Humans have a tendency to categorize everything, including people. Stereotyping can be dangerous, because it tries to say something about an entire …