I completely relate to this article. Organisations are often built from a monocultural point of view, and that can quickly become a major issue.

I’ve seen this, for example, in companies with strong internal mobility, when people move from Engineering or Contract Management into an O&M department. The company is the same, but the codes change. What follows is often a real loss of reference points that isn’t addressed.

The same dynamic applies when someone from abroad joins a national company in another country.

Culture is multilayered, and we could gain so much from it if we actually leveraged diversity instead of treating it as a problem to manage.

And when the only person expected to adapt is the newcomer, with assimilation as the only “solution”, the outcome is often burnout.

Very good work, thank you for sparking reflection on this topic.