The story that business people are bad and what they do is morally questionable is false. For every Enron, there are 10,000 good companies. And most companies, like most people, are trying to do the right thing.
Conflicts among co-workers are ubiquitous in business. Sometimes they generate positive momentum, but they can often disrupt and stand in the way of workplace efficiency.
While Chinese and Western companies have been doing business with each other for many years, styles of communicating often prevent them from working together as efficiently as possible. Combining the better of two cultures can help managers bridge the cultural chasm underlying them.
You do not need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that the pace of business change continues to accelerate and that technology is a big driver. Well, buckle your seat belts, because on the horizon are cost-effective robots and smart machines powered by artificial intelligence.
