>[!abstract] >Cultural differences in teams can be mapped as follows: > >- **Communicating**: low vs. high context >- **Evaluating**: direct vs. indirect negative feedback >- **Persuading**: concept first vs. application first >- **Leading**: egalitarian vs. hierarchical >- **Deciding**: consensual vs. top-down >- **Trusting**: task-based vs. relationship-based >- **Disagreeing**: confrontational vs. avoiding confrontation >- **Scheduling**: linear vs. flexible time > >([[Meyer, 2016]]). >[!note] >I would also add **monochronic** (believing in finishing one task at a time) vs. **polychronic** (preferring to carry out multiple tasks and switching between them). >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): [[GLOBE project]] >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): [[Ergodic theory]]