We humans are
social mammals. Very intensely social, in fact. That shows in the uses to
which we put new technologies. But we are also mammals like other mammals.The unwritten rules of our
social groups are what I call culture. Culture is biological. It has
co-evolved with human nature and with personality psychology for over a
million years. It is pretty
hardwired into our societies and it somehow transmits itself through the
generations despite huge societal changes.
Culture (along with a host of other
things) also co-determines much of what happens in
our lives and our jobs, and that is what I can tell you about. Leadership,
trust, management, humour, rights, religion, you name it; culture plays a
big role.
