Question

Discuss and provide examples of ways companies can create a “global mindset”?

Answer 1

Global mindset means to be open and aware of diverse cultures and market with ability to see common patterns if any. Ways to create global mindset includes:

• Understanding cultural values and biases of own & other cultures. It will help to properly understand the differences and think of solution to overcome them. Example: United States and Britain has huge difference in terms of work style. US prefers casual wearing at work which is more comfortable whereas in UK, it is more professional attire
• Develop personality traits of people like Openness, Flexibility, Curiosity etc. It will help them to learn more about other cultures and make them better prepared to accept people. It can be through training and seminars
• Building strong inter cultural relationship with people to increase amount of interaction. Example: Colgate sends people from one subsidiary to another on short term and long term assignments so that people learn about cultural differences, way of working etc.