The Secret Life of Words: How Language is Invented, Corrupted, and Saved

🌏 Beyond Culture: Coaching at the Level of Values

The greatest obstacle to meaningful cross-cultural connection isn’t difference — it’s the invisible assumptions we carry about ourselves. True connection happens when we meet others as independent individuals, beyond national scripts or cultural labels.

My Japanese colleague raised an interesting question the other day" “if AI can perfect its language translation capability, what would be then the merits of learning a foreign language?”

One of the fundamental differences between China and pretty much rest of the world is that--The country was founded by a political party, not the other way around.