Are Global Best Practices Bad?

The answer is yes, and no.

It depends on what you mean by “global best practices” and how you use them. If you're looking for a way to implement a global concept or process in your organization, then the answer is probably not: global best practices can be a dangerous distraction from actually innovating and building your own local practice. But if you're just looking for ideas that have worked elsewhere, then they can be very helpful!

We will be discussing this topic with Deepak, who has worked in both Asia and America. He's also an expert on cultural differences between Asian countries as well as between American companies. In this conversation, we'll look at some of the different ways that we can use global practices effectively in our own organizations—and how we might need to change them when they don't work as well in our context.