[Manila Times] Managing for Society

Building cultural intelligence in the country

02/03/26

"I was scheduled to meet a friend for a casual catch-up—something we had both agreed fit neatly into our calendars. We had not seen each other in years yet on the day of our meeting, I had a quiet intuition that she would be late. When the message finally arrived, it confirmed the hunch: she would be delayed. What was striking was not the delay itself, but its magnitude—two full hours. I found myself with unexpected time to reflect, once again, on a cultural pattern I have been confronting for as long as I can remember, and even more acutely since returning to the Philippines after more than a decade living overseas."

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