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How Intercultural Competence Can Enhance Global Mobility
By intercultures España & LATAM Technological innovation has made our world vastly interconnected. For businesses, this means that global mobility is no longer a choice, but a necessity. How do we achieve global mobility? First and foremost, we must be...
Caso de éxito: Cómo me reinventé gracias a la formación intercultural
Mucho antes de comprender el significado de la palabra “competencia intercultural” Joanna experimentó lo que eran los cambios culturales en primera persona. Desde pequeña estaba acostumbrada a cambiar frecuentemente de entorno “cultural”, cambiando de colegio o de...
Intercultural Competence in Healthcare
Have you ever received medical care abroad and encountered communication challenges or even misunderstandings? Or have you ever faced challenges when trying to provide medical care to someone who couldn’t understand you? In cross-cultural communication in healthcare,...
Are Introverts Better Leaders of Virtual Teams?
Embedded in the 2022 SIETAR Congress Re-Thinking Interculturalism, Prof. Marie-Therese Claes, Head of the Institute for Gender and Diversity at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, presented her latest research on this exciting question. During the...
Make the world a better place of learning!
Make the world a better place of learning! Wherever, whenever: 29 e-learnings for 29 target cultures, from the Arab world to Vietnam, each about an hour and a half of learning time, written by the best possible international authors, with gaming aspects, chat...
European Diversity Award
intercultures Geschäftsführerin in Spanien für Diversity Award nominiert Wie erzeugt Diversität einen Mehrwert in Unternehmen? Die Antworten auf diese Fragen sind relativ einfach: Flexible aber stetige Rahmensetzung, tiefes Bewusstsein über die Unterschiede und die...
Intercultural Training: Living and Working in Switzerland
Welcome to Switzerland Have you just arrived in Switzerland or lived and worked here for a while and still feel that sometimes you don’t understand, why some things work in the way they do? Would you like to know more about Switzerland, feel comfortable in this...
Blind Spots
Blind Spots I am an intercultures consultant based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa).The story I am about to tell you has the potential to help you see something you have been missing. Something important. As part of my interest in learning more about life in...
How to Avoid a Cross-Cultural Blunder
How to Avoid a Cross-Cultural Blunder If you have caught the international news recently, you may understand why it is an exciting time to be in Burkina Faso. On 21 October 2014 the Burkinabégovernment agreed to send a controversial bill to the National Assembly. One...
Never Say This to an Expat
Never say this to an expert We have all been there. Someone comes back from a 2-year assignment in an exotic location. Your interest is sparked. The first thing you ask is, “So, what was it like?” The person looks back at you and says, “It was great.” You say, “I am...
Seven Game Changers: Coping with stress
Seven Game Changers: Coping with stress It´s me again, Sundae Schneider-Bean - intercultures consultant based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa). I´ve just returned from my summer break back home in the United States and Switzerland and I´d like to share a...
This bicyclist can teach you global skills
This bicyclist can teach you global skills Let me share with you a snapshot from my life in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – and with it a perspective of how you can apply its wisdom to your own life and business. You might be surprised that this extraordinary bike rider...