Slides used during the presentation of Arco Kats at the NVT conference june 5th 2013

1. Dutch behaviour abroad
Communication and culture

2. Culture

3. Some facts
• Some facts about The Netherlands:
– The Dutch are the tallest people in the world
– The Netherlands was the first country that
legalised same sex marriages
– The Dutch are the biggest coffee consumers
in the world
– 86% of the Dutch speak English
– The Dutch export 81mln p/year in 2010 Dance
Music

4. Perception

5. Where cultures clash

6. Respect

9. Describe a snowman
• Take some time to describe a snowman

10. The snowman
Facts
• - 0 degrees
• Two balls of snow
• Put together
• Sometimes with a broom
• Etc…
Storytelling
• His name is….
• He is lonely, thinking…
• Etc.. Etc…

11. Culture
• Power distance
• Individualism vs Collectivism
• Uncertainty avoidance
• Masculinity vs Femininity
• Long term orientation
• Universalism vs Particularism
• Neutral vs Emotional
• Specific vs Diffuse
• Achievement vs Ascription
• Past vs Future
• Internal control vs external control

12. What would you do?
• Your friend has caused a car accident
– The pedestrian he has hit is dead
– The police askes you what happened
– Your friend has driven too fast
– The pedestrian is a child
– The pedestrian was suicidal
– It is an unknown country without civil rights

13. Is it better to be Honest?
• Politics
• Religion
• Sexuality
• Authority
• Independency
• Truth or Face
• You or the other

14. Working internationally
Situation:
You have found a major mistake in the work
of one of your superiors.
- What do you do, at home?
- When you are abroad?

15. Conclusions

16. Thank You
@arcokats
www.arcokats.nl
www.hettrainingsbureau.nl