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How cultural competence requires unlearning previous knowledge

I moved to Japan for work and everything I thought I knew about being polite and respectful is apparently wrong here.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Established social skills are proving counterproductive in a new cultural context.

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“Where Are You with Critical thinking across cultures?”

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