The Enable Blog #2: The Great Cultural Barrier (Reef)
One of my friends joked that in Japan, the level of politeness is so high that if the response to a business pitch is “we will think about it”, the culturally correct interpretation is “we will likely never ever do it”. In Germany, one is likely to encounter an opposite, more direct response, influenced by the unambiguous communication style preferred in the German culture. Cultural differences are often an underestimated barrier in life...
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