Study finds – no surprise – that those who have gone abroad, or interacted with immigrant populations, or who speak a 2nd language are more favorable towards immigration and immigrants.
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The 10 safest countries in which to be a “digital nomad”
10 countries are rated as “safest countries” in which to be a temporary “digital nomad” remote international worker.
Continue readingA surprising reason to develop global skills: Because your US workforce is global
Immigrants play an increasingly large role in the U.S.-based workforce and in many industries, such as tech, may make up half or more of the team members. Effective team leaders need to have a global perspective and global skills to make the best of these teams.
Continue readingNew Zealand wants wealthy tourists, to discourage budget travelers
New Zealand continues to promote access to NZ for wealthy travelers and to actively discourage travel by the less wealthy.
Continue readingThe Law of Jante
Conceived as a satirical comment in a fiction book, these rules morphed into real-world practice in areas of Scandanavia. These rules are now taught in schools as a society-wide code…
Continue readingSurprise – we just did a trip to Europe
A big surprise – we just snuck in a two-week trip to the Netherlands – we finally traveled internationally.
This post describes the planning process, and some crazy stuff that happened before and after the trip.
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