Explore The Culture map.

Erin Meyer's "The Culture Map" provides a framework for understanding the differences in communication and business practices across cultures. Here's a brief outline of each of the eight culture map scales, followed by questions designed to help  you reflect on your own cultural orientations within these scales.

The 8 Culture Map Scales

1. Communicating: This scale ranges from low-context (clear, simple, and explicit communication) to high-context (nuanced, sophisticated, and layered communication).
2. Evaluating: It describes the direct versus indirect negative feedback strategies, from straightforward critique to nuanced or softened feedback.
3. Persuading: This involves principles-first (deductive reasoning) versus applications-first (inductive reasoning) approaches in convincing others.
4. Leading: This scale contrasts egalitarian (flat organizational structures) with hierarchical approaches to authority in organizations.
5. Deciding: It differentiates between consensual decision-making processes and top-down decisions made by individuals.
6. Trusting: This scale moves from task-based trust (building confidence through business-related activities) to relationship-based trust (establishing strong personal connections).
7. Disagreeing: It examines the degree of confrontation and comfort with open disagreement, from confrontation-averse cultures to those that see disagreement as positive for team dynamics.
8. Scheduling: This scale looks at how cultures view time management, contrasting linear-time cultures (focus on schedules and punctuality) with flexible-time cultures (more fluid approach to time).