By not having a Dual-Culturalist, like me, on the team.
When the twin towers in Kuala Lumpur was being built, I was friends with some guys on the project management team and some guys at Tyco (electrical subcontractor);
"We work hard. Easily 10 hours a day... but we can't keep up with the Japanese [one of the towers]...12 hours a day, six days a week, and let's not mention the Koreans, 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 1 day off per month."
There was a race to completion.
@lupyuen
An interesting clash of Western and Eastern work cultures.
But I wonder, how did this fall through the cracks?