Erin Meyer | |
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Born | Minnesota, United States | August 22, 1971
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Writer, professor |
Notable work | The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business |
Website | erinmeyer |
Erin Meyer (born August 22, 1971) is an American author and professor at INSEAD Business School, based in Paris. [1] She is most known for writing the 2014 book, The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business a study that analyzes how national cultural differences impact business. She is also known for co-authoring the book with Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, which became a New York Times best seller in October 2020.
Meyer is a professor of management practice in the Organizational Behavior department at INSEAD, [2] an international business school with campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. She regularly speaks about cross cultural management and global teamwork. [3]
Meyer was born and raised in Minnesota. She has spent most of her adult life in Europe and Africa. Currently, she lives in Paris with her husband and two sons. [4]
Meyer's interest in cross-cultural management dates back to her years as a Peace Corps volunteer, teaching English in Botswana. Later, she worked in HR as a director at McKesson, then at HBOC and Aperian Global. She teaches cross-cultural management at INSEAD, where she is the programme director for the Leading Across Borders and Cultures programme and lectures internationally. [5] She has studied, for nearly two decades, how people in different parts of the world build trust, communicate, make decisions and perceive situations differently, especially in the workplace. [4] She is also a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review. [6]
In 2017 and again in 2019 she was selected by the Thinkers50 as one of the world's most influential business thinkers.
Meyer wrote her first book, The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business in 2014. This book represents her collective research data from over thirty different countries. [7] In the book she provides a framework for evaluating different cultures and then offers strategies for improving international success. [8] She has identified 8 dimensions that capture most of the differences within and among cultures. Using this method, Meyer has also developed a self-assessment tool for Harvard Business Review, which helps in seeing where one falls on each of the eight scales. [9] [10]
The book received positive reviews from critics and the media. The Huffington Post wrote that "whether you're a corporate or traditional diplomat, global traveler, government official, or passionate world citizen, this is the one book you should not miss." [11] and Forbes wrote that "The Culture Map stands out as a practical book to explain and frame a very difficult collection of concepts that are increasingly relevant today." [7] In an article about the book, Inc. called it "superb." [12]
Each of the eight scales is described as a continuum between the two ends which are diametric opposite or at least competing positions as follows: [7]
Meyer's second book resulted from a collaboration with Reed Hastings, chairman and CEO of Netflix. This book, which the two co-authored, seeks to explain how the corporate culture at Netflix has enabled its speed, innovation and flexibility. It is written as a handbook, providing both practical advice and steps leaders of other teams or organizations can adopt in order to also develop a highly innovative work environment.
No Rules Rules was shortlisted for the FT McKinsey best book of 2020 award and was nominated for an Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award (Management and Culture).
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