What are the Culture Bump Tools?
Culture Bump talks a lot about tools and toolkits. So what exactly are some of the Culture Bump tools? Here are just a few. 1. A...
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culturebumpteam
- Sep 8, 2021
- 1 min
Culture Bump Values and Adaptations
Understanding the values that underpin all of Culture Bump's training activities as well as the thought process that guides the choice of...
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culturebumpteam
- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
Holidays in the USA
In this blog, we examine different ways that Americans talk and act at three big holidays in the United States—Halloween, Thanksgiving...
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Culture Bump
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
Strike Three – You’re Bumped! (Culture that is)
In this presentation, an American baseball player playing in Japan has an interesting and ultimately enlightening culture bump with
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Culture Bump
- Mar 26, 2021
- 5 min
Why are we different? How are we the same?
This culture bump occurred as Miguel, age 28 from Venezuela, was having a conversation with Karen, age 48 from the United States. I was
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Culture Bump
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
An interview with Leon Mach
Dr. Archer: Mr. Mach, you participated in the Culture Bump Workshop here at the Lilly Conference. Thank you for your presence and your...
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Culture Bump
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Malaysian Airliner Underlines Our Common Humanity
In his column in the Houston Chronicle, Bill King writes that technology has changed our ability to relate to one another as human...
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Carol Archer
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Dr. Fahad Alamr talks about Culture Bump, Islam and Saudi Arabia
Dr. Archer: Thank you Dr. Alamr for your participation and contributions to the Culture Bump Workshop. I am interested in knowing what...
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Carol Archer
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
An interview with Professor Suzanne Schaffer
An Intervivew with Professor Suzanne Shaffer from Penn State- York Campus USA. Dr. Archer: Professor Shaffer, you participated in the...
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Carol Archer
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
Texas Expressions
Right Quick – Quickly Yonder – There Fixing to – on the point of doing something Fixing – to repair something that is broken Fixing –...
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Carol Archer
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
A Houston Quiz
1. When was the city of Houston founded? 1836 1776 1940 2. Who founded the city of Houston? Augustus and John Allen George Washington Sam...
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Carol Archer
- Feb 24, 2021
- 1 min
Drainboard
Drainboard – The place beside a kitchen sink where dishes are placed to dry (June 9, 2015)
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Culture Bump
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Time to hit the road for wildflowers
If you have been paying attention, you’ve seen bunches of blue flowers (bluebonnets) with spikes of red (Indian paintbrush) alongside the...
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Culture Bump
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
Origins of Chinese and American Culture Bumps
For the past forty-six years, Americans and Chinese have experienced a myriad of culture bumps with one another from tipping to...
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Culture Bump
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
Business culture bumps with Americans and Chinese
While the Staircase and Roller Coaster Models of cultural differences provide a foundation for understanding the two fundamental value...
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Culture Bump
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
Repatriation – The Final Building Block
“Repatriation has been the classic step-child in international HR management,” says Nancy Adler, professor of organizational behavior and...
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Culture Bump
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
Small Talk in American Culture
Sarah and Liu Yang are two students at a university in the United States. Liu Yang has just arrived from China. They are roommates and...
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