The black market economy in Russia is a huge industry, 
estimated to be the equivalent of the GDP of Denmark – some US $300 billion. It is so rampant that many large Western firms are deciding to cut their losses and leave Russia for good, IKEA among them. This is just a tiny tip on an enormous iceberg…
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by Adina Tarry
My brief stories relate to my personal experience in different countries, linked by a common language…or not.
I lived in London for a few years before going to Sydney, another English speaking place. Once there I found work and quickly noticed that my interactions with others were not quite fluid. Eventually an exasperated manager bit the bullet and challenged me one day, as I’ve been talking to him for some minutes. “Adina, what exactly is it that you want? Just tell me…??!!!” he interrupted. Slightly shocked by such abruptness I answered “Well…a meeting next Monday at 10 am if possible”, “No worries…why don’t you say so and waste my time…done…” and then he left…my English graces dismissed in an instant. The full impact of that story happened when experienced in reverse.
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Dear Deborah,
 Thank you for the invitation to your project. My name is Pedro, I’m a Portuguese citizen in his mid-thirties, a clinical psychologist with a PhD in anthropology.
I believe the world we live in is made of observers, rather than participants. We live in a world where belief no longer believes itself, whether that belief is diversity or any other important belief that makes us human. I appreciate all invitations made to become a participant in projects that genuinely promote revisiting our current beliefs on diversity.
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Deborah Swallow | May 22nd, 2010
Kia ora tatou – nga mihi mahana from Aotearoa New Zealand. 
Hello everyone and warm Pacific greetings from New Zealand.
I think we might be your remotest contributors!!
Thank you for your very kind invitation Deborah to contribute to your wonderful initiative. Sorry it is a day late!
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by Matthew Hill
The thought of foreign workers coming amongst us in the UK can be a daunting one. It can bring up emotive issues, practical considerations and a moment of contemplation about who we are and who are they?
Fear is part of the reaction – “Will they take my job?” “Will I be able to manage them?” “Will my life ever be the same again?” One company was experiencing difficulty hiring experts in the UK…
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Watch this you tube Video: ‘Stand by Me’ sung around the world from the award-winning documentary “Playing for Change: Peace Through Music”
Thank you, George (Simons), for directing us to this!
This Diversity Day I would like to promote contemporary music as the ideal communication to show diversion and human relation. Not only because the origin of composers all over the world, but also because music is the international worldlanguage.From Sanda Ionescu
The Culture Broker
Greece has been in the headlines quite a bit lately, usually with negative connotations. And while it is true that the bureaucratic system is heavily overloaded and that the level of debt is unsustainable, some of the other perceptions of Greek business practices or the average Greek worker are not justified. As a friend of mine who recently went to Greece (to set up a joint venture) was stunned to find. Let me just share with you some of his preconceptions and some of his myth-busting moments of realisation…
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Hello, I'm Deborah Swallow and, for the last fifteen years, I've worked in over thirty countries addressing the complexities of people working internationally across multiple cultures, so individuals and organisations alike can gain an authentic competitive edge and win in international markets.
Contact me now for better international performance and increased profits
Tel: +44 (0) 207 1936 281
Email: deborah@deborahswallow.com
