WE Magazine for Women – Helen Bannigan in Top 100
Special thanks to WE Magazine for Women for including me in the Class of 2014 Top 100 Women in Ecommerce. http://bit.ly/whoswho2014 “From the boardroom to design room, Wall Street to Main Street, women… Read More
So, You’re Going “Home”
Top 3 Secrets to Successful Repatriation So, you’re going home! After so many years abroad, you’re finally returning home. Congratulations! Wait, home?? What is this “home”? What are the challenges to moving… Read More
Your Blood is No Good Here
Speaking of donating blood, I found out that you can’t donate blood here in Hong Kong if you have lived anywhere in Europe in the last ten years. Because of mad cow… Read More
Don’t Call Me, and I Won’t Call You
Ring, ring ME: Hello? CALLER: Silence. ME: Hello?? (with more emphatic intonation) CALLER: silence ME: Whaayee? (Cantonese for Hello, with loads of tonality to show the onset of impatience) CALLER: Silence. ME:… Read More
WiFi Madness
Life without WiFi? Inconceivable! How could anyone possibly live without WiFi?! You may have heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which is a handy tool to use during cultural training sessions to… Read More
Nature Calls in Sai Kung
One of the things I most love about moving to a new place – especially when it’s a new country or continent – is having a slew of different and unusual experiences.… Read More
Cultural Perceptions of Shame vs. Honor
One of the most fascinating things I find about culture is perception. What means one thing in one culture can mean something entirely different – even opposite – in another. If we… Read More
Interculturality as Viewed by American Executives Abroad
Nice article in INSPIRE-D Magazine, taken from interview with Helen Bannigan, CEO of Bannigan Communications LLC (aka – “me”) and Nicholas Nesson, General Manager of Corporate Communications of KBL epb. It’s a… Read More
