ABSTRACT
As the practice of change management grows, it is increasingly important for us to re ne its application. Most interventions to organizational change have been developed in highly individualistic and low power distance cultures. Yet, it is often tempting to fall back on the same approach regardless of the cultural setting, assuming that if it worked in one place, it will in another. Some interventions transfer intact, many do not. Don’t give in to the temptation. Don’t assume that your preferred approach to change management will always be compatible and adequate in cultures that are di erent from your own. Learn to understand and respect the di erences between ways of working in di erent cultural contexts. e consequences of getting things wrong can be dramatic.
