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I’ve just returned from 4 weeks in Germany.
By law, 20% of the land must be kept in forest and if you add to that fact a fair dollup of wet weather and multiple large rivers, lakes and in the South the German Alps, it all adds up to a stunningly beautiful country.
Hallmarks of the German culture which pervades both business life as well as domestic, is their automatic commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
The quality is evident not just in their list of world’s best automobiles but also in their food, business practices, housing standards, beer (oh yeah!), festivals, clothing … you name it.
Sure, there are retails outlets such as Aldi that offer “cheap” but compared to most other countries the proportion of quality offerings versus cheap offerings suggests that Germans typically put quality first and price second.
The trip has caused me to reflect on my own commitment to quality and detail, especially in my planning processes which to Germans seems to come very naturally.
It’s clear that the investment of time, effort and money that the Germans invest into long term gains has paid immense dividends.