Update: Googlemap Architects Designers and Consultants on Twitter — Just Practising. Here’s an update on the Google map of Architects, designers and construction consultants. Now that we’ve reached 200 placemarks I thought I’d show you some screenshots to show how the map is filling out. Time for a bit of exploration I think.
Whole map on 26 August 2011 Once you zoom in there is plenty of space and collections of twitter users are beginning to show in various geographical areas. Here’s the clustering in North America. Only @PerkinsWill_VAN so far in Canada – where are you Canadian construction tweeters? USA at 26 August 2011 Of course the motivation for this map came from @MarkSchuey in Dubai and we’re beginning to get a cluster in the Mid East and India. Middle East and India at 26 August 2011 One of the first users to find the map was @NicGranleese who is based down in Melbourne, and a cluster of twitter users is forming on the East side of Australia.
Australasia at 26 August 2011 UK at 26 August 2011. Be a Better Global Collaborator - Amy Gallo - Best Practices. In today’s globalized world, it is essential to know how to collaborate with people from different cultures. While this used to be the case primarily for country managers and those taking on overseas assignments, it now applies to all managers. But exactly how does one learn to become a better global collaborator? What the Experts Say Learning to navigate widely varying business practices is far from straightforward. “Global leadership is much more complicated than leading people like you,” says Mansour Javidan, the Director of the Global Mindset Institute at Thunderbird School of Global Management and author of “Making It Overseas.” Fortunately, more people are doing their due diligence these days. “Smart managers at smart companies are usually somewhat prepared for cross-cultural collaboration.
Be prepared to be uncomfortable Working across cultures is likely to push you out of your comfort zone. Be aware of your actions The beauty of the cultural lens is that it works automatically. 108 Giant Chinese Infrastructure Projects. Westerners should know more about China. OSLO - Gerhard Heiberg, a member of the International Olympic Committee, said on Wednesday that people in the West should know more about China by going to China and see what's happening there.
Heiberg, who is also a member of the IOC's Executive Board and chairmen of several IOC commissions, have made more than 100 visits to China over the past three decades, with the first one in 1976, two years before the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted the policy of opening up to the outside world and started reforms at home.
When asked in an interview to comment on China's development since his first visit to China, the 72-year-old Norwegian man told Xinhua, "I would like to say that it is really impressive to see how China has developed. " "I feel the progress and I can see the difference, " Heiberg said, adding that Chinese people have a much better life today than before and "as I have said, the progress has been enormous and very, very impressive. Generations Around the Globe. By Tammy Erickson | 8:50 AM April 4, 2011 Geography significantly influences the formation of generational beliefs and behavior. Each country’s unique social, political, and economic events shape specific views and attitudes among today’s adults.
Western generational models cannot be applied broadly to a global workforce. My latest research builds on an approach of understanding the generations by looking at the shared formative events that shaped their early years. We did in-depth research into the events occurring in each country during the time each generational cohort would have been in their teens and pre-teens. Understanding these events is critical because many of our most powerful and lasting beliefs are formed when we are teenagers. What we see and hear — and the conclusions we draw — influence for our lifetimes what we value, how we measure success, whom we trust, and the priorities we set for our own lives, including the role work will play within them.