Thang Nguyen 555

Cultures on Collision Course

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With some short-term relief work in Asia/Africa and long stint in Telecom, Thang also earned a B.A. at Pennsylvania State University. M.A. in Communication at Wheaton Graduate School, M.A. in Cross-Cultural Communication at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Boston. In addition, he earned a CELTA – classes taken in Hanoi for cultural re-immersion.

Tag: Valentine Day

  • If you could read my heart

    In Eastern cultures, one relies on traditional matchmakers to “read” marriage prospects. Online, we’ve got eHarmony.com or Match.com. Over job interviews, we rely on body language, off-guard remarks and (in)consistencies to form an impression and to determine candidate’s culture-fit. If only could you read my heart. How are we to determine his/her reaction after the…

  • Living in horror shop

    This Valentine Day, Vietnam dating scene will be scary! That is, if they picked  “House in the Alley” for a date movie. Dan rented a house in District 3, and during the course of trying to find the right film treatment, discovered something about the house in the alley which he had rented (French villa).…

  • Underneath is Love

    Companies outsource Y2K tech work, then while at it, their software development. From manufacturing to marketing, R&D to customer care , jobs went overseas to cut costs. Then we tout culture-building, crowd-sourcing etc… The truth is, we did not care about our customers or corporate culture. Yet, it’s culture that reinforces brand. Weak corporate culture links to…