Dec 21, 2025
You don't realize the risk when things are still "working."
Emails are polite. Meetings seem smooth. Your translator is doing their job.
Then one day, you look back:
Decisions were delayed.
Momentum slowed.
Leverage quietly shifted.
Nothing went wrong — and that's the problem.
In Chinese business environments, the most expensive mistakes aren't dramatic.
They're ambiguous.
When hesitation is wrapped in courtesy, and rejection is softened into process — leaders who can't decode the signal keep moving forward in the wrong direction.
This isn't about speaking better Mandarin.
It's about recognizing when alignment is missing, before the cost compounds.
Most professionals only learn this after a project stalls.
We built the Decoder Pilot for those who prefer to recognize the signal earlier.
→ 20 seats total. Filling on first-come basis.