Why Cross-Cultural Misunderstandings Happen Even When Nobody Means Harm

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]I think a lot of people are reacting so strongly to these videos because so many conflicts happen for apparently no reason. And I had a follower send this to me recently. So, he said, "And now I know why working in a Swedish company with a Swedish manager, I had one misunderstanding after another. So, the manager would say, 'It would be great if we had a report to monitor the numbers.'

[00:00:23]And me, I said, 'Yeah, sure, that could help.' And after 2 weeks, the manager said, 'Have you made the report I asked you?'

[00:00:32]And I would respond, 'When did you ask me to make a report? I was expecting you to assign someone to do it.'

[00:00:39]Not to mention the countless times I interrupted her thinking that I saved the conversation and received a devilish look. Thank you so much for this. You should be doing seminars for companies that operate in Greece, if you don't do it already. That's the painful part about cross-cultural communication.

[00:00:56]People can genuinely like each other while constantly misunderstanding what the other person means.

[00:01:04]And now I know.