The New York Times carried a front page story about the growth of non-U.S. born senior management in Fortune 100 corporations.

A provocative quote from the deputy dean of MIT’s Sloan School of Management, S. P. Kothari, is central to the current state of global business. He says, “It’s just a numbers game. It’s absolutely nothing wrong with the United States, but our population here is only 300 million. Imagine two billion people from the outside start getting a decent education and going through the pipeline. Well, we are going to encounter more of them who rise to the top.”

It made me realize once again how the countries that were once burdened by huge populations have seen that burden become a major asset. Technology has made it more possible to educate the masses; it has increased food production and food supplies and made distribution systems more efficient. Read more…

Charlene and Mike have just signed a contract with McGraw-Hill about the impact of culture on global business. We are doing extensive research and collecting anecdotes about successes and failures–humorous and sad–.

McGraw-Hill was also the publisher of their previous book, Capitalizing on the Global Workforce, which became the seminal work on international assignment management. This new book looks at how culture (and not just technology) drives the “Flat World.”

If you’ve got a story to share, please contact Charlene at charlene.solomon@rw-3.com. Maybe the story and you (with your permission) will appear in the book.

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