Brief.
Tell CONNECT who you are meeting and what kind of meeting it is. If you only know their country, that is enough to start; anything more you know about them sharpens the reading.
CONNECT · for the conversations inside your organisation
Know the gap before you walk in.
Your next interview, 1:1, or leadership meeting is already in your calendar. CONNECT reads both Cultural Signatures, yours and theirs, and briefs you on where the friction will be and what to do about it. In 90 seconds.
The problem
The meeting went fine. But something was off.
The pauses came in the wrong places, your directness landed strangely, and the "yes" you left with turned out to mean "maybe".
You prepared the agenda. You expected one meeting; they expected another. The candidate, the new hire, the colleague in the other office: nobody prepared either of you for that gap.
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Brief. Meet. Succeed.
Meet.
CONNECT maps both Cultural Signatures and builds your briefing in 90 seconds: Where the friction will be, what their silence means, and what their "yes" actually commits to.
Succeed.
Walk in already knowing what the other side expects. The friction you used to feel was never the obstacle. It was the gap, and now you can see it.
What you get
One briefing. Both sides of the table.
- The one insight to remember, the blind spots you are carrying in, and a phase-by-phase playbook for the meeting.
- The mirror view: the meeting from their side, how they see you, and how trust builds with them.
- Situation-by-situation guidance: if they do X, you do Y, grounded in cited research rather than anecdote.
- Briefings for six meeting types inside your organisation: the interview, the 1:1, the casual social, the leadership meeting, the team meeting, and the workshop, across 100+ countries.
Grounded in a cultural knowledge graph linking 100+ countries through more than 395,000 research-backed relationships, built in direct partnership with the researchers who define the field.
Read about our scienceCONNECT is free to start. Plans and pricing are on the pricing page.
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Part of one engine
CONNECT works best when it can read you.
If you have not yet, create your free Cultural Signature first. And when the person across the table is a prospect or a customer, COMPASS applies the same engine for your sales and customer team.
Preparing for a prospect or customer meeting on your own? The Sales Meeting and Customer Meeting types in free CONNECT show you how a briefing reads. For your team, that job is COMPASS.
Frequently asked questions
What is in a CONNECT briefing?
A CONNECT briefing has 12 sections, all personalised to both Cultural Signatures: the headline insight, your blind spots, a meeting playbook, the mirror view from their side, how they see you, communication landmines, if-they-X-then-you-Y guidance, the decision-making map, trust architecture, your advantages, industry norms, and gender dynamics. Every claim is grounded in peer-reviewed research.
Which meetings is CONNECT for?
CONNECT is for the conversations inside your organisation: the interview, the 1:1, the casual social, the leadership meeting, the team meeting, and the workshop. A Sales Meeting and a Customer Meeting type are in the free tier too, so you can see how a briefing reads. For a team that sells or serves across borders, that job is COMPASS, our product for sales and customer teams.
How is CONNECT different from country guides or Hofstede-style scores?
CONNECT differs from country guides and country scores because averages stop at the border. Two people from the same country can sit far apart, and CONNECT reads the two people actually in the room: your Cultural Signature against theirs, for this meeting type. It is built on licensed research, including the World Values Survey, in direct partnership with the researchers behind it, with claims cited inline.
Does the other person need a Cultural Signature?
No, the other person does not need a Cultural Signature or an account. Their country is enough to start, and anything else you know about them, such as role, industry, age, or experience, makes the briefing sharper.
Is my CONNECT briefing private?
Yes, your briefings are private to your account and GDPR-compliant. We never sell or share your data. On team accounts, briefings are visible only within your team unless you share them.
How much does CONNECT cost?
CONNECT is free to start. Current plans and pricing are always on the pricing page.