# #5 (EN): International IT Teams – Part 1

In this episode of *Me, Myself & IT Leadership*, Daniel and Nova explore why international IT teams often misunderstand each other — even when everyone is speaking English and working toward the same goal.

Using Erin Meyer’s *The Culture Map* as a framework, this first part focuses on four cultural mechanics that directly shape IT leadership and collaboration:

- communicating: low-context vs. high-context communication

- disagreeing: how cultures handle conflict and direct feedback

- deciding: consensus, hierarchy, alignment and decision ownership

- persuading: principles-first vs. applications-first, plus the hidden advantage of language and selling culture

Daniel shares practical observations from almost twenty years of internati ...