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The misconception of common sense

“I thought it was clear”, said a Dutch manager about his recent experience of delegating a job to his Indonesian subordinate. His eyes reflect a mix of puzzlement, shock and astonishment. For a minute it seems that he does not…
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Living abroad: Coming home for Christmas

December has started. End of year, Christmas season. In the previous years, I was always falling into a sad mood when the Advent season was about to start. The memories of colorful decorated Christmas trees, cups filled with steaming hot…
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Culturally diverse teams: 5 killers of team spirit

In nowadays-globalized business world, more and more people work together with colleagues from different cultures. In companies and organizations all over the world they become part of culturally diverse teams. The positive effect of this development is that these culturally…
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Like to read more? Click and read some articles that I contributed to various media!

What about my pencil skirt? (German language)

The online source for expat partner – What-about-my-pencilskirt.com

Mai 2016“Mehr Leichtigkeit im Expat-Alltag”

April 2015“3 Dinge, die Expats vom asiatischen Straßenverkehr lernen können”

October 2014: “Kulturschock: 5 Wege aus der Krise” 

April 2014:  “Indonesien: über Megastaus, Tablets und Vulkanausbrüche”

March 2014: “Salamibrötchen unter Palmen”

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