Understanding cultural differences and their impact on design
summary
Compares country scores from Hofstede's six dimensions (100,000 IBM employees across ~40 countries, 1967–73) with Aaron Meyer’s Culture Map and shows concrete design consequences: McDonald’s sites differ in navigation and messaging tied to individualism and uncertainty avoidance; Uber adds cash payments for India and builds new driver payment flows; in Vietnam research teams switch to anonymous post‑its and reframe “negative feedback” as “improvements.” Also demonstrates a quick personal vs country scoring test that often shows individuals clustering closer to each other than to national averages.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00#id 24
- 6:59Stereotypes
- 8:37Cultural Dimensions
- 15:19Communication
- 16:36A company needs to send an email to users with different cultural backgrounds...
- 20:26Cultural differences in design practice
- 20:44Design Strategy
- 22:18User Research
- 25:56User Interface Design
- 28:19Reflection
- 33:47And miles to go before I sleep
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