Book Notes: Culture Map

August 2023

Notes

1. Communicating - low-context or high-context
2. Evaluating - direct negative feedback or indirect negative feedback
3. Persuading - principles-first or applications-first
4. Leading - egalitarian or hierachical
5. Deciding - consensual or top-down
6. Trusting - task-based or relationship-based
7. Disagreeing - confrontational or Avoids confrontation
8. Scheduling - linear or flexible

My Tendencies

Communicating - Low (1) <-> High Context (10)

“Simple, verbose, and clear OR rich deep meaning in interactions”

• Japan - 10
• Self - 4 - In the past, maybe this is lower…but I think this has gradually changed and I am somwhere in the middle now.

Evaluating Direct Negative Feedback (1) <-> Indirect negative feedback (10)

“When giving negative feedback, does one give it directly or prefer being indirect and discreet?”

• Japan - 10
• Self - 3

Pursuading Principles First (1) <-> Application First(10)

“Detailed holistic explanations OR specific cases and examples?”

• Japan - 1
• Self - 5

Leading - Egalitarian(1) <-> Hierachical(10)

“Are people in groups egalitarian or prefer hierarchy?”

• Japan - 10
• Self - 4

Deciding Consensual(1) <-> Top down(10)

“Are decisions made in consensus or made top-down?”

• Japan - 1
• Self - 3

Trusting Task based (1) <-> Relationship (10)

“Do people base trust on how well they know each other or how well they work together?”

• Japan - 10
• Self - 4 - I am not entirely sure about this one..!

Disagreeing Confrontational (1) <-> Avoids Confrontation (10)

“Are disagreements tackled directly, or do people prefer to avoid confrontations?”

• Japan - 10
• Self - 7

Scheduling - Linear Time (1) <-> Flexible Time(10)

“Do people see time as absolute linear points or consider it a flexible range?”

• Japan - 1
• Self - 2