Diversity

God i have been working with people in all kinds of geographical settings!

Last time this happened was in Vienna, with our team comprising of people from Austrian, Indian, German, French, American and Hungarian backgrounds. But at least everyone was working out of the same location, and while interacting with them, you could see their facial expressions and body languages, quite important a part of a complete interaction.

Currently i am working with people based out of Singapore, Shanghai, California, Houston, Puerto Rico and Dubai apart from Bangalore. As a result, my timings are neatly assaulted with requirement for availability ranging from 6 in the morning to 9.30 at night!

But i have always relished this diversity in interacting with a mixed group. Even though being under the same corporate umbrella means that there is an underlying commonness in the communication, slight variations and nuances almost definitely creep in. And of course, there are the diverse non-HP partners, with their own peculiarities. The way they communicate starting from a simple hello to goodbye, the way they portray excitement or conservativeness, the way they are confused about which name to address the person with, or whether its a "He" or "She"; its very amusing and quite a learning experience too!