Deutscher Ansatz
Die Deutschen glauben, dass der bloße Besitz von Informationen fast den gleichen Wert haben kann wie ihre Umsetzung in die Tat. Wissen kann in Deutschland genauso vorteilhaft sein wie Handeln.
Amerikanischer Ansatz
Amerikaner glauben, dass Informationen nur in dem Maße von Wert sind, wie sie in Maßnahmen umgewandelt werden können. In den USA ist Wissen und Handeln immer besser als nur Wissen.
Deutsche Sicht
Americans are often seen as not understanding the importance and sensitivity of certain kinds of information. Americans can be impulsive. Acting on valuable information means revealing that information.
Amerikanische Sicht
Possessing information at the expense of acting on it is a strange concept to Americans. The German idea of scoring points through mere possession is antithetical to collaboration.
Vorschläge an Deutsche
In the U.S. business context you’ll seldom score any points, seldom gain any advantage, by knowing something without putting that knowledge to work. In fact, your American colleagues will consider you to be less capable. Discuss with those colleagues how they define the statement “information is power.”
Vorschläge an Amerikaner
Be careful about prematurely judging your German colleagues as less capable. There are, indeed, many situations in which it is better to wait before acting on valuable information. We all know the phrase “information is power.” Discuss with those colleagues how they define that.
