Expectations are relative and heavily influenced by culture. Each culture has its own way of dealing with expectations. In some places, the culture values transparency and is clear about what they are expecting, while in others, they are closed-off and may not be clear about what they want or understand. Additionally, language barriers can further complicate matters. Not everyone speaks English perfectly. Culture is relevant. In summary, to set clear expectations, study the local culture beforehand.

Sin lugar a duda considero que la base de todo es y sera el planteamiento de objetivos claros y sobre todo compartir la visión y metas sobre el proyecto en cuestion, teniendo esto claro y persiguiendo las mismas metas, la generación de confianza sera mas facil de establecer.

Sone cultures also very significantly and how the team progress and failure. In some countries not getting something right is frowned upon as a mistake. Innovation doesn’t work that way which is a series of experiments trials and errors. One way of circumventing that is to discuss how decisions are made, what local autonomy is granted, and the process of trialling and not succeeding is ok. This has to be backed up by the behaviours of managers where the discussion needs to be greatly focused on sharing insights and learning on what was attempted, what worked and what didn’t.

claramente siempre habra diferencias en todos los sentidos y estas seran mayores conforme sea mas amplio el factor humano, sin embargo como bien se plantea, la base es respetarlas, ser empatico y ser receptivo.

Respecting differences is crucial, but fostering genuine empathy is what truly forges deep connections and trust. You can maintain a superficial relationship by only respecting differences, but only by deeply empathizing and putting yourself in the other person's shoes you can build trust.

Sharing stories is indeed important, but don't just share your history; share your dreams and purpose as well. While stories may belong to the past, purpose and dreams are relevant for the present and future. This deeper level of sharing can create stronger connections and foster mutual understanding between you and your innovators across different time zones.

Agree. Be positive during all interactions. We’re humans working in a different time zones. We have a lot of personal and professional challenges because of that. Positiveness always help.

Yes, it’s right. Collaborative learning is the key. Keep learning and help/promote your customers and partners to do so. It’s hard to keep up to date with so many innovations and informations these days. So you have to be proactive and help others in this hard task. How to keep learning the right things, right content, right trends, and so on.

I think that cross-border collaboration for things such as telecommunications or large financial funds, or multiple innovation scopes, can be of huge benefit in terms of licensing opportunities and business expansion.