by Brian Crawford | Aug 16, 2011 | International Business, International Travel
If you’re working as a project manager, software trainer or business consultant, it’s likely that you have to travel from time to time to client offices for on-site client visits. I know I do – in fact, as I type this I’m sitting in Terminal 3...
by Brian Crawford | Jul 23, 2011 | Project Management
I’ve been managing complicated international projects lately, with team members spread out in different locations in Europe, North America and Asia. This has meant lots of online meetings, a great deal of extra communication, and plenty of oversight. There is...
by Brian Crawford | Jul 15, 2011 | Project Management, Software, Technology
I don’t know about you, but I get a lot of email. It’s not unusual for me to come back to my computer after a few hours away and have fifty new messages in my inbox, much of it important (though much of it not). And the messages can concern a variety of...
by Brian Crawford | Jul 10, 2011 | International Business, International Travel, Language and Culture
The other month I wrote about visiting a night market in Asia; in Penang, Malaysia to be specific. Today I’m going to talk about a different market, this one in Europe. Europe is famous for its local street markets – a lot of commerce goes on in the...
by Brian Crawford | Apr 15, 2011 | International Business, International Travel, Language and Culture
Last week I spent a week in Malaysia, in the city (and island) of Penang to be precise. While I was there I ate some great food, saw some historic sites, and even got to take a few close-up pictures of monkeys and their babies at the Penang Botanic Gardens. While I...
