COLIN BEHARIE · BUSINESS. FAITH. LEADERSHIP. LIFE.
Ideas That Cross Borders
A Jamaican heart, a Norwegian home.
Born in Jamaica, living in Norway since 1987. Life between two cultures shapes how I write about leadership, faith, culture and everyday life: practical lessons you can use, from both sides of the Atlantic.
Start here: Leaders & teams · Jamaica lovers · Readers · Young people
EDITOR’S PICKS
MONEY · JAMAICA & NORWAY
What the Jamaican “Partner” and Norway’s Oil Fund Teach Us About Saving
One is a handful of neighbors and a trusted banker. The other is the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world. They work on the same principle, and it can change your finances.
LEADERSHIP · CULTURE
Janteloven and “Big Up Yuhself”: Two Ideas of Confidence
Norway warns you not to think you are special. Jamaica tells you to big up yourself. What each gets right.
DIASPORA · PRACTICAL GUIDE
How to Send a Barrel to Jamaica from Anywhere
Shop online from US stores, have it packed in New York or Florida, and ship it home in time for Christmas.
Latest Thinking
Ideas. Experiences. Perspectives.
- Top Five: Midterms, King’s Words, PM’s Seat, Booking & Iran
Democrats take the US House as Texas flips and Florida elects a governor with Jamaican roots. Plus: King Charles on slavery at CHOGM, a challenge to the PM’s seat goes to trial, hotels fight Booking.com, and US strikes near Hormuz. - How to Send a Barrel to Jamaica from Anywhere: Shop Online, Ship from the USYou don’t have to pack a barrel yourself. Shop online from US stores, have everything delivered to a barrel company in New York or Florida, and they pack it and ship it to Jamaica. Here’s how it works, what it costs and how to clear it.
- Yard & Fjord: How to Research Shares in Jamaica and Norway, in Five StepsTwo stock exchanges, two currencies, one simple routine. How a Jamaican in Norway sorts the companies worth studying from the ones to leave alone, and the questions to ask before you put in a single krone or dollar.
JAMAICA WORLDWIDE
Wherever you are, find Jamaica
A home for Jamaicans, the diaspora and everyone who loves Jamaica: reggae festivals, venues and sound systems around the world, community groups, Patois, recipes and the stories behind the music. Every link is checked daily.
FESTIVAL · MONTEGO BAY
Reggae Sumfest
Jamaica’s biggest reggae and dancehall festival, usually in July.
SOUND SYSTEM · OSLO
Jah Ark Manifest
Norway’s pioneering reggae sound system, playing since 1999.
CARNIVAL · LONDON
Notting Hill Carnival
Europe’s largest street festival, rooted in the Windrush generation.
TRAVEL GUIDE
Discover Jamaica Through Local Eyes
Planning a trip? Entry rules, flights from Norway, where to stay at every budget, money, safety and the customs that open doors, written by Jamaicans and checked for 2026.
Ideas Worth Thinking About
Life doesn’t fit neatly into one category. Neither do the things worth talking about.
Business & Leadership
Lessons from years in international business, sales and leadership. People. Relationships. Decisions. Negotiations. Success. Failure.
Faith & Purpose
Success matters. But so does understanding why you’re pursuing it. Thoughts on faith, purpose, resilience and the things that give life meaning.
Personal Growth
None of us has it completely figured out. Ideas about ambition, discipline, setbacks, confidence and continuing to grow.
Culture & Life
A perspective spanning Jamaica and Scandinavia. Thoughts on culture, family, food, travel and what different ways of living can teach us.
Health & Wellbeing
Sleep, energy, money worries and the habits that keep body and mind steady, from the Norwegian dark to the Jamaican heat.
From Jamaica to Scandinavia
Two very different places.
Two very different cultures.
And a lifetime of lessons between them.
Living across cultures has changed how I see business, success, relationships, community and life itself. Sometimes you understand your own world better when you learn to see it through somebody else’s eyes.
New for Christmas · A novel
A Norwegian Christmas in Sandnes
She came home for twelve days. She found a reason to stay.
A year after missing her father’s death by seventeen minutes, Astrid Johansen comes home to Sandnes for Christmas. Twelve days, she promised. A story about grief, family and the courage to stay.
Good Luck With That!
Jamaica will confuse you before breakfast and change you by sunset.
Good Luck With That! is a guide to understanding Jamaicans: the humor, the pace, the unwritten social rules and the warmth beneath the bluntness.
Written for travelers, expats, and anyone who loves someone Jamaican.
SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS
Book Colin to Speak
“Du skal ikke tro du er noe. Or should you?” A signature talk on Janteloven, confidence and trust in leadership and teams, drawn from turning a sales department from loss to profit in Norway.
Talks and workshops for companies, churches and diaspora groups, in English or Norwegian, in person or online. Topics include confidence across cultures, negotiation and conflict, and leading through change.
THE SHOP · BOOKS, MERCH & GIFTS
Wear the words. Read the stories.
Patois tees, Good Luck With That! hoodies, mugs and gifts that carry a bit of Kingston to Sandnes, plus the books, all in one place.
Success isn’t only about how far you get. It’s also about who you become on the way there.
I’m interested in achievement. But I’m even more interested in what sits underneath it.
Character.
Faith.
Relationships.
Purpose.
Resilience.
Let’s Connect
Good ideas get better through conversation. If something here made you think, I’d like to hear from you.