{"id":678,"date":"2020-11-05T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T14:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalbusinessacademy.hosting-cluster.nl\/?p=678"},"modified":"2021-06-23T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:33:03","slug":"the-future-is-now-part-2-thrive-in-a-global-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalbusiness.academy\/india\/2020\/11\/05\/the-future-is-now-part-2-thrive-in-a-global-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"The future is now (Part 2): Thrive in a global environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssonetwork.com\/hr-talent-future-of-work\/columns\/the-future-is-now-thrive-in-a-global-environment\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button primary\" rel=\"noopener\"  >\n\t\t<span>Link to SSON network<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-217904843\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-217904843 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the Netherlands, we like to make jokes about our Belgian neighbours. Usually these jokes are about how Belgians are a little dumb, and the Belgian reply to that would be jokes about how the Dutch are tight \u2013 which is not so far from the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We are not unique: every country has jokes about their neighbours. But this is changing. I don\u2019t hear those Belgian jokes so much anymore. These days, we make jokes about people, mostly politicians, around the globe. Our world has become very global.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whether we live in New York, Shanghai, London or Tokyo, we step out of the local metro, turn on the computer, tune into the world and work together remotely. What we\u2019ve been missing all of this time &#8211; and it\u2019s becoming much more apparent with Covid-19 &#8211; is that it is a lot harder to make true connections when working remotely.\u00a0Covid\u00a0has taught us that we miss our chats by the coffee machines; that it\u2019s harder to connect and keep our culture of collaboration going. But with remote offices, it\u2019s always been this way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our tools to connect with each other have vastly improved. I remember my email exchange with China back in 1996. After finally cranking up the modem to connect to the internet, each email exchange would take 4 hours because everything was read by the authorities. While video conferencing was outrageously expensive then, we now have Teams, Whatsapp, Yammer, WeChat, Zoom, social media, you name it &#8230; and email is getting outdated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whilst the technology has exponentially improved, our skills stayed behind. We expect everyone to voice their opinion, be transparent, be proactive, and raise problems &#8230; and we are surprised when they don\u2019t. Then we start stereotyping \u2013 as we once did with the Belgians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To truly connect, build trust, meet deadlines and increase the quality of work, intercultural differences have to be bridged between global teams. These intercultural skills have finally made it to the list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssonetwork.com\/continuous-improvement-process-improvement\/columns\/why-is-cross-cultural-communication-the-3-skillset-of-the-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">21st Century skills<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Accountability, self-management and retrospectives work differently in different cultures. Failing fast requires vulnerability. Understanding these cultural differences in practical, immediately applicable ways means you can hit the ground running.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You can learn from trial and error. But in this age of rapid transformation, why would you waste your time and energy making preventable mistakes that impact success?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It&#8217;s time to learn the skills of the future today. The Future is here. 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