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How to collaborate effectively as an async product team with Aiswarya Kolisetty | Alan

The Optimal Path

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Is There a Difference in Culture?

Not always having English as your first language also makes it tough to understand the level of intensity or directness someone else might be coming to you with. I think one of the important things that's always kind of stressed in a lot of the weekly recaps by the CEO is always try to assume the best intention from people and try to take it in a positive way. And that's the whole radical transparency and being honest to each other. It does have differences culturally. For example, even within Europe, there's quite different cultures in the south of Europe, the north of Europe and how honest and upfront you are about things. But for example, in the Netherlands, that's not the culture

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