Note sull'episodio
In 2013, via Skype (apologies for any audio quality issues!), American businesswoman, Colleen Jolly and I looked - and laughed! - at the assumption we'd each made on our first trip to each other's countries. Colleen was also able to bring another perspective, having worked in Australia as well as the UK. So on this show, we talked about:
Cultural faux pas 101 (that number is now understood to mean the same thing on both sides of the pond - but when she first came here ...?!);
Why you really shouldn't go by the book;
Making a killing down-under - if down-under didn't kill you first!;
falling into the UK's North/South divide; and
Why there was still value in going the distance - even with all the technological options at our disposal.
I believe that's still true.
As I say on the blog, ...
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