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How to navigate cultural differences in international teams without stereotyping

My project team includes people from different countries and we're discovering that our ideas about punctuality, directness, and decision-making are causing constant low-level friction, but we don't have language for talking about cultural differences without sounding like we're stereotyping.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural differences create real operational friction, but addressing them requires a sophistication most teams don't possess.

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