Archive for Chinese Culture
China 5000 years different indeed. No one denies that, but many times companies come to China and do not know what those differences entail. Before I started my own company, I worked for a company that helped US companies start factories in China. We had a matrix of many factors in helping the customer decide […]
Continue Reading →I want to discuss more aspects of a great company in China. Last week, I wrote on getting trainable workers who will be learning at all times. That is one big step. Values are another important topic. If my top 3 values are 1. make money any way 2. put friends before work always 3. […]
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Brooking put up a great study on Chinese urbanization that we should consider. The Chinese government loves that a famous Western economist said there are two big forces for global prosperity in this century. US technical innovation Chinese Urbanization So why is this a big thing? What does it have to do with doing business in […]
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We have tested a thousand or more candidates using a scale to show if they are in or out of the box thinkers. Results are that not one out of a hundred are out of the box. Chinese creativity seems less that 1%. Further most people test extroverted observant hard thinking rule bound types. Are […]
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Confucianism, Daoism and hiring someone in China are not usually topics to put together. However, knowing the cultural backdrop for hiring in China is certainly valuable. Let’s look together and consider. The other Confucianist, Daoist countries after China are Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam. They all have their own flavor, but […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Our standard English writing base comes from Shakespeare and the King James Bible. Chinese written language started to standardize due to Journey to the West, Dream of Red Chamber, Romance of Three Kingdoms and Water Margins. These works in China and America helped to standardize our common written languages as they were so fabulously popular. Journey […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The prodigal knew it was time to give up the wrong wisdom LinkedIn is a good company I highly respect, but I would never counsel anyone to follow their China business advice on hiring in China which you can see here. Here is one quote that appears wise but has gotten many companies in deep […]
Continue Reading →China is growing to be more like the West day by day, but we all know it will never be the West. Have you noticed that “China is Walls” and the West is open fields? If you visit an American university almost all are open and welcoming in nature as you drive up to them. […]
Continue Reading →I am deep in the culture and love living in China. I have been here since 1991. I have seen a lot of people who come and go over the years, I want to say some things Today, I want to note the wrong way as a way to get to the right way. Right […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Chinese wisdom for recruitment from Sima Guang shows a lot about our recruiting philosophy. Chinese Wisdom for Recruitment From 1000 Years Ago 才德全尽谓之“圣人”，才德兼亡谓之“愚人”，德胜才谓之“君子”，才胜德谓之“小人”。凡取人之术，苟不得圣人，君子而与之，与其得小人，不若得愚人。 His priority and thought on who to hire is: 1. Holy: Talent+Character 2. Gentleman: More Character than Talent 3. Fool: No talent No Character 4. Vile Man: More Talent than Character Surely you […]
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