Thoughts on Korean Business by Don Southerton

By Don Southerton, BCW Editor In February I hosted BBC World Service journalist Gareth Mitchell in Korea.  This is second in Gareth's well done series on Korea, emerging technology, and Songdo International Business District.   This episode interviews Wim Elfrink Chief Global Strategist for Cisco. The interview took place in Songdo IBD via Cisco's TelePresence. Here is the audio link.  Cisco and Songdo IBD at 13:12 in the program...  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016x52w BTW Hard to top Cisco's TP technology. Below is photo of me working with teachers via TP in Songdo IBD in 2009. I was in Irvine, California, the teachers in Incheon, South Korea :)

Many thanks to Korea Herald and reporter Elaine Ramirez, the article shares my views on Korea facing  global business. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130408000691 No Two Chaebol Are Alike, Author says By Elaine Ramirez (elaine@heraldcorp.com) While Koreans’ rising presence on the global stage is hard to ignore, how to do business with them as a non-Korean is an increasingly tricky area little covered in English-language literature. Don Southerton explores the niche with his recently published book “Korea Facing: Secrets for Success in Korean Global Business,” which picks apart how to work with a Korean conglomerate from the ground up, for non-Koreans working in Korean branches overseas. “Over the years I witnessed firsthand cross-cultural issues that surfaced as Korean companies expanded globally. My role has been to address these issues such as poor trust among the Korean and Western teams, lack of communication, local employee turnover and managing expect...

By Don Southerton, BCW Editor In February I hosted BBC World Service journalist Gareth Mitchell in Korea.  This is first of Gareth's series on Korea tech. LINK  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tl1t Gareth Mitchell with Gary Donohue: technology integration specialist for the 'Village' School at Chadwick International School in Songdo IBD, South Korea Questions, Comments ?