Ep. 276: Richard Lewis Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Richard Lewis, a cross-cultural expert who has been studying language and communication his entire career. He's traveled to 130+ countries and speaks eleven different languages. The topics are his books When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures and When Teams Collide: Managing the International Team Successfully. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: How Lewis' love affair with language started The best way to start learning a language Travel as a "magic elixir" of sorts The Lewis model Cultural differences in language, and what Lewis means by linear-active, multi-active, and reactive The idea of losing face in the context of cross-cultural communication Microculture and macroculture Cross-cultural teams vs. homogenous teams Normal and abnormal in a cultural context Paperwork and punctuality in different cultures Why the linear-active person confronts with logic, the multi-active person confronts emotionally, and the reactive person is never confronting Why there's much more to making a deal than just quantity and price Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!