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check on Tanzania today too.) At this writing, some of the
shows you can TIVO include India Business Week, Worldwide
Exchange, Business Arabia, Business Russia, European Closing
Bell, European Power Lunch, World Business, Managing China,
Managing Asia, Bloomberg Asia, Business China, Business
Pakistan, Business Australia, Europe Market Countdown, Asia
Squawk Box, Squawk Australia, and Squawk Europe.
■ Recruit a diverse team, including first-generation coworkers
available from around 89 different countries.
■ Learn a second or third language. (One CEO tells me that he is
fluent in Spanish and Scandinavian—quite a combination—and
can ask “Where is a good restaurant?” in six other languages.)
■ Request a bilingual administrative assistant.
■ Take classes at an international business school.
■ Read annual reports from foreign companies.
■ Look inward at your own company (even though you work in
domestic operations), where there could be partnerships,
divisions, or subgroups with global involvement. For example,
Anheuser-Busch owned Crown Beers India before it was
bought by InBev from Belgium; Tyson owned the Indian
poultry producer Godrej; Heinz owns French sauce and salad
dressing maker Benedicta; Smithfield Food owns Chinese and
European businesses; Kellogg owns assets of a Chinese cookie
and cracker company; Alberto-Culver owns the Swedish
company Cederroth.
■ Vacation outside the United States, and not just Cancun! Dream
about signing up for Richard Branson’s SpaceShipTwo to blast
into space (precise availability dates are still up in the air) or go
to Laos or Vietnam, safari in Botswana, bike in rural Argentina,
visit Masai villages, do a dig in Greece, cruise the Galapagos
Islands, trek on Mont Blanc, or paddle the Mediterranean waters
off Crete—but get required vaccinations per government
recommendations first!
■ If the budget doesn’t allow for such travel, read letters and
diaries of early travelers such as Emily Eden or Marco Polo;