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Published · transcript-backedStephen Jennings: evaluation
1 Nov 2023 Conversations with Tyler Stephen Jennings on Building New Cities
“We find Australians offensive because they’re in your face, but they’re actually just telling you the truth, and they’re cutting to the chase and they’re getting stuff done.”
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- Stephen Jennings
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- 1 Nov 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…If you were to contrast Kiwi culture and Australian culture, how would you boil that down to the smallest number of dimensions? I think Australia is much more competitive. They’re comfortable being competitive. Kiwis are very polite, and cultural surveys show this. We’re not very assertive at all. We find Australians offensive because they’re in your face, but they’re actually just telling you the truth, and they’re cutting to the chase and they’re getting stuff done. I think time has shown they’ve turned out to be a much more dynamic, outward-looking, competitive, and vibrant economy. We are very closed. We’re one of the most restrictive countries in the world for FDI, but yet we’re meant to be friendly, hospitable people. That full-on competition, that in-your-face culture, I think it’s very different on each side of Tasmania. How long have you lived in Kenya now?…
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