Readers What are your experiences when it comes to doing creative work with someone from another culture What are the key challenges Please share your thoughts in the comments section below. COMMENTS RICHARD GRIFFITH DIRECTOR INSTITUTE FOR CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT Great article. Cultural metacognition or mindfulness is a skill that is sorely lacking. The good news is that it is a malleable skill that can be acquired with practice.
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The novel culture must find a balance between noticing cultural differences and opportunities to identify similarities. Finding common ground is the key to establishing trust. This balance can be tricky in cultures that have a tough time holding two competing thoughts. RAMASESHAN Thought provoking article and interesting experiments. In the current flat world setting the convergence of two or more cultures is inevitable. As rightly pointed out innovation thrives at the intersection of entities. ANONYMOUS Discussion of diversity and inclusion with Argentina Mobile Database our clients often prompts an interesting discussion about how younger generations in cosmopolitan environments are less adveresely affected by bias of racial and ethnic diversity given the context of their global work environment. A most relevant follow on question then is which cognitive filters and biases most get in the way of trust for them Certainly gender is still in the mix.
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CORE IDEAS COMMUNICATION workforce is now a must have skill. But so much of inter cultural communication is just common sense and courtesy. Slow down and listen. REALLY listen to what others are saying and to what you are saying and how you Denmark Phone Number are saying it. Putting yourself in the shoes of others can be a big first step in bridging cultural communication challenges. WOLFGANG E. SCHR DER LINGUISTICS TEACHER UNAP CHILE The fields of both Linguistics and Language Teaching have been dealing with this issue for a few years now linguistic competence and cultural competence.
