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: Zappos

  • Dilemma and Decision

    Leaders are tasked and paid to make decisions. Hard calls. Tie-breaking calls. Go for the Gold, or take the safe route. Coach Joe Paterno had a lot of wins, but many were taken away from him because of one mis-step. Pope Benedict XVI , however, did call it quit (right timing). And Tesla–Solarcity–Space X? the jury…

  • On being an influencer

    Like it or not, we all are either on the receiving or giving end of Influence. But few understand what constitute sphere of influence. A study on the subject, by Cialdini , lists below elements: – Like (ability). This is self-explanatory. When you like someone or are liked by someone, nothing can go wrong. This explains the “a…

  • Uncharted waters

    When Henry Ford first put together 2 and 2 (wheels) to make 4 (wheels), he was probably laughed at.  Then his policy to increase worker’s wages, so they could afford buying the very same cars they had helped assembled was probably viewed as radical. Today, the same thing with Nissan Leaf‘s buyer’s incentive, and Diamond-Lane…

  • De-clutterization

    With Kindle, one can download library e-books and save a trip to the library. (no more browsing video titles like Yoga for beginners, Yogurt for vegetarians….). Just search, type in your ID and click “borrow”. I first noticed that huge book, entitled KNOWLEDGE, with a fine print which says, “Printed in China“. Now, even those outsourcing jobs are…

  • Happiness all around

    If I were the man who sold my company for almost a Billion dollars, I would go off to Rock concerts around the world, instead of sitting down to write a book. But Zappos former CEO thinks differently. He wants to go on a crusade. That crusade is to “deliver happiness”. Moving people up the…