Business Intelligence and Different Cultures

Business Intelligence and Different Cultures: "The truth is that many business intelligence projects fail because the organization is not ready to implement or capable of implementing BI. The reasons are cultural, where each organization usually has its own quirks and ways of working. Cultural differences might also exist on a more global scale, where different countries tend to do things differently from each other.
For example, business intelligence in Scandinavia is quite up to date with the latest developments. Why? Probably because Scandinavian countries are relatively uncorrupted, transparent, equal and pragmatic. It might be boring, but then again, it works. Just like Swedish tennis players.
France, on the other hand, is altogether a different story. In order to live up to égalité, everyone gets to say something. This “something” is often quite lengthy, off the actual subject and probably with a touch of some earlier experience that no one else can recognize. In the end, the manager decides, and the project moves on. And on. And on. In the end, however, it might work, and everyone will then use the experience from this BI project when they give their opinion about the next project. "