We wandered into a lovely cafe in the late afternoon and picked up a book about living in Norway written by a French Canadian who has significant international experience.
It was insightful and humorous, covering familiar territory about personal space, expression, and relationships that can be difficult to navigate in any country, but apparently also in Norway. We found some truth to what the author was trying to say and so we went home and googled and watched. The author has started a consultancy in working on cross-cultural issues with Norwegian businesses called Mondå. The book, Tedtalk, and website were reflections of the kind of academic work I have been doing at GWU over the last year, so I continued exploring and also watched a talk from an Italian-British-Norwegian guy doing similar kind of work. Maybe there is an interesting niche for me, should we choose to stay longer in Norway, in working with internationalization. At the very least, this sounds like an intriguing culture to explore in more detail.
Curious?
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Very interesting speakers! A lot of truth in what they say.
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