Carlos Ghosn Quotes

Genuine cosmopolitanism is a rare thing. It requires comfort with real difference, with forms of life that are truly exotic relative to one's own.

If I had not been coached well about how to deal with a culture and a set of values that were foreign to my own, I would not have been able to be successful.

I feel like I'm cultured enough to fit into any environment.

The ability to solve problems or to create products that are valued within one or more cultural settings.

I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.

You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership.

Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.

I'm glad I was faced with different cultures when I was growing up because I wasn't fazed by it. It has been a huge benefit to me; I feel comfortable wherever I go.

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.

Culture is our nature, and the ability to learn and change is our most important and fundamental instinct.

Learn to understand the culture of those that you wish to influence.

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners

The world looks different and is understood differently at every spot on earth. Without accepting this simple truth it is hard for us to grasp the behavior of others, the motives and aims of those actions.

Executives in Hollywood are missing a lot because they don't want to watch other cultures.

No matter how certain I am about some culture or some group of people, my opinions are only as accurate as the amount of time I've spent with them.

I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.

The challenge is always around culture. I think that's often underestimated because people focus on the substance and the practical; soft steps go missing.

I don't think you've ever coached till you've coached an Asian team.

Directing while overcoming differences of language and culture is a stimulating challenge.

We want our men and women to be closely attuned to the cultures in which they operate and to speak the local language.

I think when you move to a country like the U.S., you need to understand the culture, to understand how people see the game, and adapt yourself.

I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize.

I do think that when you're specifically working in a country like South Africa, you have to be able to be aware of the cultural truth of what people are raised in and believe in and how they function within their society.

The difficulty that negotiators have is often based on the cultural difference that various countries have.

The best reason for exposing oneself to foreign ways is to generate a sense of vitality and awareness - an interest in life which can come only when one lives through the shock of contrast and difference.