Culture affects how we give and receive feedback. The author of this piece discusses how different cultural approaches to communication can lead to confusion in the workplace. Does your “culture” (whatever that means to you) or personal communication style fall more on the Dutch or British end of the spectrum? If you were getting negative feedback during your COE project, what approach would make you most or least likely to be able to act constructively on the feedback?
There is an expanded, and quite funny, list of euphemisms here.