Gestures and Culture

Gestures are one of the first things to come to mind that can cause a major cultural faux pas.  People from every culture have been guilty of unintentionally offending people from other cultures through the use of inappropriate gestures. Huffington Post reports on the dos and don’t in cultural gesturing. For instance in America we…

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Cross Cultural Training

IntelliCulture, designed by culture and emotion experts Drs. David Matsumoto and Hyisung Hwang  is one of the leading cross- cultural adaptation tools on the market. This interactive online tool is perfect for ANYONE who interacts with people from different cultures. How can we learn to compete and win on the world stage of business in this competitive job…

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Cultural Adaptation & Global Dexterity

Cross-Cultural Adaptation has become a hot topic in this global business world.  From the Internet, Skype and overseas travel, it is important to be able to adapt and communicate with a variety of varying cultures. Andy Molinsky, who is an associate professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School and author, has broached the topic of…

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The Way We THINK

Many of us know Nietzsche’s famous quote, “You have your way, I have my way as for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist“ Autism activist and doctor of animal science, Temple Grandin, who also has autism, talks about how her mind works and says that the world…

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