In response to Saul’s recent post, “Conversational Marketing and Language Barriers” and the subsequent discussion on internet culture, one of our readers, Mark Foreman, of aconnector.com asked if we here at Abraham Harrison LLC, are “typical Americans that expect the whole world to speak English”, the kind that “repeat the words much louder when the locals don’t understand you”. As I thought about how best to answer Mr. Foreman, it coalesced in my mind how amazingly international, cosmopolitan, and multi-lingual Abraham Harrison is, and thus, why it is so natural for us to communicate sensitively and effectively regardless of what internet subculture we find ourselves in conversation with.
We are a company of 15 people stretching across 14 time zones, and living in five countries on four continents. We are of four nationalities and six ethnicities.
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4 Comments » Posted on August 18th, 2007 by Mark Harrison
So, how do you deal with the quirks of having a virtual company. There are so many hidden problems and out front benefits. Some people say that it would never work - that you need the culture of the company that comes out of the face to face interactions of employee’s. i think this point alone has standing - there is always something gained from human interaction. But, it doesn’t have to be limited to work - perhaps we can have lives out side of work. Perhaps we our lives can somewhat dictate our work habits rather then the other way round.
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7 Comments » Posted on July 12th, 2007 by Saul Wainwright
Die positiven Folgen der Prekarisierung?! Globalisierung und Flexibilisierung sind die Stichworte meiner Generation. Seit ich mich aktiv fuer meine Umwelt interessiere, wird sie von Katastrophen heimgesucht; Ich war 14 als die new economy zusammenbrach, am elften September 2001 war ich 15 und es ging immer so weiter. Arbeitsplatzabbau und die Hartz-Reformen, deren Message war; streng dich an, ein Arbeitsplatz ist keine Selbstverstaendlichkeit, du musst dich wahrscheinlich mehrfach umorientieren und den Wohnort wechseln, wenn es sein muss. Fordern und Foerdern.
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No Comments » Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Lasse Manthei
A number of companies have realized the advantages to allowing some of their employees to work remotely. Obviously, these companies save money by not having a workspace for these employees.
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7 Comments » Posted on June 28th, 2007 by Taylor Donlan
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