The first time Fons Trompenaars, the Dutchman who changed the way business thinks about cultural diversity, was offered a partnership at KPMG he turned it down because he didn’t want to go to meetings ...

Creating shareholder value is "creating value for people who do not share", according to management guru Mr Fons Trompenaars. Mr Trompenaars, a consultant and management expert, yesterday addressed an ...

Fons Trompenaars, a world-renowned expert on cross-cultural studies, often poses the following dilemma to seminar attendees. Imagine you’re riding in a car driven by your friend. Your friend drives 35 ...

Culture can also be described as the way a group of people solves problems. As the root of the word cult ure denotes, culture is the way people cult ivate and act upon their environment; the way they ...

knowledgenetwork (knet) are proud to announce that they will be organising the forthcoming Fons Trompenaars “Towards the Sustainable Organisation of the 21st Century” master workshop to be held on ...

A work colleague comes up with an idea you don't like. Should you: (a) congratulate him, (b) demur or (c) run him out of the room? According to management guru Mr Fons Trompenaars, it all depends on ...

There is parable about 2 young fish swimming in the sea, when they encounter an older fish. “Good morning, boys!” the older fish calls out. “How’s the water?” The two youngsters swim along for a while ...