Six persons were asked to build a structure. They were in groups of two having three members each. The first group constituted the French whilst the other group included Germans. The French started out with mapping out their plans, taking their time to do so. They had a leader who instructed the other two. The Germans on the other hand were more pragmatic. They began building head-on with little time invested in rigorous planning process. At the end of the day, the French won. It wasn’t necessarily about who won, it was about appreciating the methods various cultures tackle problems. These were the spoken descriptions by a speaker at TEDx, Alexander Au. He was emphasizing on the importance of international education.

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