The challenges impacting virtual cross-cultural teams
Understanding the backgrounds of each team member can assist managers in the molding of an effective and collaborative work group.
How to reduce risks and improve communication in multicultural construction projects
In my previous blog post I wrote about a nuclear power plant project in Northern Finland. I suggested that some of the delays and problems in this project arose from lack of knowledge of cultural differences between Northern and Latin Europe. So how can we avoid similar problems in future projects and achieve better results?…
The world’s most expensive building
Some people say that the world’s most expensive building is not the Taj Mahal in India nor any of the towering hotels of Dubai. Well, others say it is a nuclear power station under construction by a French company in Northern Finland. This mega project has been going for over a decade and has made…