by your own cultural perspective, and how others see you is influenced by their cultural

你理解他人的方式，而他人如何看待你也同樣被他們的文化視野形塑

perspective. What happens when you speak? Do people from

你在表達自己的時候會發生什麼事？

other cultures understand you in the way you intended?

擁有不同文化背景的他人是否能理解你究竟想表達什麼？

And what happens with different cultures in the workplace? How rigid or flexible is their

不同的文化在職場上又會激盪出什麼火花？他們對於規則又是多有彈性？

approach to rules? Is formal or informal behaviour expected? And how do different cultures approach

你應該輕鬆還是端莊？不同的文化對於守時的觀念

time keeping? In todays' global business environment,

又是如何？當今在全球化的商業環境中，

it is essential to learn to navigate across different cultural landscapes. You need a

學習如何游刃於不同的文化之間是必要的。你需要一些

good set of tools to do this. You need an understanding of how different cultures trade

有用的工具達成。你需要理解不同文化背景的人如何交易、

and do business. An insight into how different cultures communicate and a clear idea of how

談生意，你也需要能夠洞察不同文化的溝通方式，以及它們在人際關係中的

different cultures manage people. To be a savvy global traveller you need to

應對進退。要成為一個全球人，你必須

be willing to undertake the journey of understanding other cultures. Develop cultural intelligence

願意理解其他文化，這也是個漫長的過程。你必須提升文化智商，

so you can communicate confidently across cultures

才能有自信地進行跨文化溝通