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Ci Abs April 09
1. Background & impetus for CI
• Focusing on only one cultural dimension can lead to
stereotyping and to “us – them”
• The cultural dynamics are the same in relation to
professional, organizational and national differences
• Many emotions & strong irrational reactions when
different cultures meet
- the art of leading cultural • Cultural issues can’t be ”fixed” in the outset
complexity • Not much help in the conventional culture models
Elisabeth Plum • Differences are not only problems but also synergy
www.culturalintelligence.org
Cultural complexity is the Understanding of culture
challenge of today
• Each individual has a multiple cultural identity -
Three contexts and matching cultural paradigms
a unique mix of education, nationality, age ...
• Individuals travel to transact business in a
• The meaning of nationality is often exaggerated
foreign country – ‘cross-national comparison’
• Groups have cultures - but individuals can’t fully
• International partners and learning –
be described through one cultural membership
‘intercultural interaction’
• The important thing is not cultural differences as
• Complexity of virtual teams, cross national
such - but the meaning we attach to them
M&A, cross-disciplinary work, outsourcing –
‘the multiple cultures perspectives’
(Sonja Sackmann & Margaret Phillips, 2004)
What is Cultural Intelligence? The CI model
• The combination of the emotional drivers, the
cultural knowledge and the practical methods to Intercultural
engagement
bridge differences in the cultural encounter
• The ability to create a fruitful collaboration in
situations where cultural differences play a role
• CI aspires to both handle and prevent conflict
Intercultural
Cultural
and to harvest the synergy in differences communication
understanding
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