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Auto Ethnographer with John Stech — 53 episodes
Reverse Culture Shock: Why Coming Home Is Harder Than Leaving
People Are Not Their Governments - the danger of stereotypes and dehumanization
Your Nationality Is Only One Layer of Who You Are. Pt 2 of 2 ft. Dr. Jerome Dumetz
Dr. Jerome Dumetz on Cross-Cultural Management, the Illusion of Blending In & Intercultural Competence Pt 1 of 2
The 1 Expat Mistake: Over‑Relying on First Impressions
EP 46 Melissa Rodway: 15 Years Later, She Finally Wrote the Book About Her Journey
EP 45: How To Finally Move Abroad (My Complete 28-Video System Revealed)
EP 44 The Adventures of Learning Languages
Culture Shock: When a Signed Contract is Just a Suggestion
EP 42: New Year, new horizons for The Auto Ethnographer
EP 41: 2025 recap with our guests' best quotes
Toscan Bennett: A Third‑Culture Kid enters a Four‑Wheeled World
EP 39: What attracts Thai consumers to automotive brands
EP 38: Cooking up ideas in Fuzhou: Alexandra's story at Mercedes-Benz
EP 37: Is Europe too focused on the past as China charges to the future?
EP 36: Cultural black eye in Georgia - when ICE raided Hyundai
EP 35: Stepping into the unknown culture dimension
EP 34: Volkswagen overcoming the Great Wall of cultural divide in China
EP 33: Filipino Jeepneys ride with pride
Grace Mou explains why Chinese consumers flock to domestic EVs
EP 31: Grace Mou explains PopMart's Labubu craze as part of China's brand innovation
EP 30: Grace Mou unravels the current consumer attitude and "money religion" in China
EP 29: Philipp Schiemer - CEO in Motion: Brazil, Germany, and the Mercedes-AMG Dream
EP 28: Tim Bravo - leading Lamborghini's Communications by leveraging his multicultural heritage
BONUS: A thanks to listeners in 38 countries after six months of the podcast
EP 27: Jess Bala talks about General Motors culture in Australia and Detroit HQ
EP 26 Visas: The Global Rite of Bureaucratic Passage – a humorous take
EP 25: The Meaning of Time across Cultures
EP 24 Sun or shade? A humorous look at vacation culture
EP 23: Home Sweet Home? Returning from overseas living is the hardest part
EP 22: Ageism – a conversation about its impact in Vietnam and the United States
EP 21: China Auto Rising
EP 20: Adi Bathla: AI Start-up, Revv, success rooted in deep cultural values
EP 19: John Stech: Thailand accelerates while America brakes. How local culture impacts the approach to EVs and renewable energy
EP 18: John Stech: Same-same or different? Comparing the Thai and American car cultures
EP 17: John Stech: A visit to Taiwan sparks contemplation of national pride in the automotive industry
EP 16: Dr. Deb Mukherji: Unraveling the success factors for newcomers entering the Indian market
EP 15: Benny Oeyen Part 2: Tuning challenger brand Kia for Europe and GM to China
EP 14: Benny Oeyen Part 1: A global citizen with a Belgian passport boosts Mazda and Chrysler-Jeep in Europe
EP 13: Dr. Edwin Pang: From Malaysia to Germany on Continental Tires
EP 12 Part 2: John Stech: Did DaimlerChrysler perish from irreconcilable intercultural conflict?
EP 12 Part 1: John Stech: Did DaimlerChrysler perish from irreconcilable intercultural conflict?
EP 11: John Stech: How he prepared for his first overseas job with Mercedes-Benz and Jeep in Egypt
EP 10: Dr. Susanne Lehmann: How a Volkswagen leader navigated through cultures on three continents
EP 9: Andreas Schlegel: Speeding through cultures with Porsche, Aston Martin, Lotus, and Williams Racing
EP 8: Jorge Mussi: Navigating Brazil, Sweden, and USA with Toyota and Volvo
EP 7: Greg Clark – Experience at Mercedes-Benz, Honda and Jaguar Land Rover prepared him for launching the INEOS Grenadier in the Americas
EP 6: Stavros Paraskevaides: The challenges of steering BMW and Rolls-Royce in Saudi Arabia
EP 5: Gianfranco Pizzuto: the journey from agricultural machinery to electric hypercars
EP 4: Gareth Dunsmore: Leading teams across cultures at Nissan, McLaren, and VinFast
EP 3: Dr. Helmut Groesser: Strategizing Mercedes-Benz products for the world
EP 2: A Conversation with Greg Tebbutt: The Volkswagen Brand's journey in South Africa vs the USA.
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