• Global and Cross-Cultural Issues
  "Teaching Concepts of 'Quality': A Classroom Study" — A look at cultural issues involved in teaching commercial design students in Taiwan about quality issues...
  
  
• "Chinese Culture and Innovation" — This whitepaper provides solid background in Chinese culture and language, and touches upon some Chinese attitudes towards innovation...
  
  
• "Chinese Culture and Product Recalls" — A blog post from August 2007 concerning cultural factors in the recall of tainted Chinese export products...
  
  
• "The Real Secret of Asian Success" — A quick discussion of what cultural and historical factors might be behind Asia's economic rise...
  
  
• "Towards a More Gentle Global History" — This is a historical look at China and the New World, and some misconceptions held by Westerners; it's surprising what ancient history can tell us about the present...
  
  
• "Cultural Heritage and the Curse of History" — Western visitors to Asia are often surprised at how modern it is, to the point that a lot of the "charm: of the old culture looks like it's been erased. Here's why...
  
  
• "Scientific Thinking and Modernity Meet Traditional Culture" — This is a "must-read" for anyone doing business with non-Western cultures that have traditional practices and belief systems...
  
  
• "Debating the Authentic: An Outsider’s View of West African
  Culture in Ghana" — Although this piece uses the example of Ghana, you'll find this paper's look at cross-cultural quests for the "authentic" relevant to all countries and cultures...
  
  
• "Empires Real and Imagined" — A frank examination of contemporary imperialism; once again, a look at history helps us navigate more wisely in the current global environment...
  
  "Waiter, Waiter!" — A humorous look at culture and why the U.S. will never have that European "charm"...
  
  
  Creativity and Innovation
  
• "Education, Creativity, and Economic: What Future Do We Want?" — A talk that gives an honest assessment of creativity, the idea of the "creative economy", and training of the next generation of professionals...
  
  
• "Beyond the Mad Scientist and the “Crazy Artist”: Understanding and Appreciating the Creative Process" — "Creativity" is often seen as something that doesn't quite belong in business, because it seems a bit abnormal; this paper argues the contrary, and explains why the creative process is so important...
  
  
• "Communicating with the Distant Future: Musings on an Epochal Code" — A look at the surprising connection between creativity thinking and a very real global problem: the safe storage of nuclear waste...
  

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