Managing International Cultural Differences, or doing as the Romans (Or Finns or Indians) Do?

"We have no chance of managing paradoxes if we are not prepared to give up something, if we are not willing to bet on the future and if we cannot find it in ourselves to take a risk with people. These are our pathways through the paradoxes, if we have the will. The pursuit for our own short-term advantage, and the desire to win everything we can, will only perpetuate animosities, destroy alliances and partnerships, frustrate progress, and breed lawyers and bureaucracies of enforcement." (Charles Handy, 1994:81).