9. Preview Why the old approach doesn’t work Understanding the Kitty Hawk moment Mastering Cultural Agility
10. Old approach = Knowledge is King Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands Raise hands if you have this book Generalizations that are often inaccurate
11. Doesn’t work because Old school because Can’t do enough research for today’s interconnectedness When we make assumptions we make mistakes
12. The Kitty Hawk Moment Confluence of history Internet fundamentally andpermanently altering interconnectedness More immediate Deep reach Change in global economic landscape
14. BRIC – Brazil, Russia, India, China BRIC partners are more diverse China: World #2 economy 55 nationalities Brazil: World #7 economy 44% report selves as multiracial India: World #10 economy 1652 recognized languages Russia: World #11 economy 9 time zones, 40% of Europe & all of northern Asia
Travel isn’t the only wayVirtual offers more opportunities
Complication:After WW2 US a major economic powerTrading with Germany and Japan – two homogenous cultures could get by with a playbookNow trading with diverse countries
Position & benefits
I assume you’re good at dealing with different cultures already, so I’ll be speaking at your levelAction: Participate, will call on individually, Become acquainted with an advanced leadership skill set to further your own impact
if people from 18 countries on call too much to attempt to knowalso can’t customize for everyoneExample this call, I don’t know who will hear this when, I have to be relevant to everyoneThere is no such thing as “The Chinese” just as there is no such thing as “The Americans”look at the amount we invest in diversity training and still get it wrong
When I first glanced at at this graph – expected the US on the far left – it isn’tThis is a permanent shiftMandel has become globalVery heavily into China – Some are already training in BrazilBringing trainers on in India and Russia Long term this training company based in Capitola will increase focus and depth internationally in order to satisfy client requirements and grow
Define BRICVery diverse – US Americans understand communicating in a multicultural society – also know that there are cultural differences – not ‘The Americans’
How will impact you now and in the future?
Then intro each bullet with graphicHow we define insider / outsiderAlso used as a smokescreen
How important is culture? Are we becoming vanilla/mocha?Story of Ganesh – sitting in an office for hours, no phone, nothing to read, just looking at this pictureFirst looking for familiarities, then looking at differences and realizing that even though I’ve travelled extensively and speak three languages, I didn’t have a shared frame of reference for this cultureShared this observation with an Indian friend – she agreed, ‘No you don’t’
Not becoming a global mocha. May look more similar on the surface, but have deeply ingrained cultural comforts, preferences and biases.
Whether working globally or domestically, work requires ability to communicate and be relevant across cultures. Communication trainers must set the bar.How have you been doing that so far?
Start with agility – the ability to respond to fast-changing conditions and stimuli quickly and powerfully.I looked it up in the dictionary and this is what I found (show photos)
When strip back all the differences we’re connecting with other people
Cultural agility is the set of skills that allow you to perceive and respond to fast-changing conditions and stimuli quickly and powerfully.Foundation is set of skills not knowledge – knowledge is important, but agility is in the skills to perceive, make sense and interact in a way that pierces through the veils of culture.
6 Skills for Cultural Agility
Survey asked biggest questions regarding training an increasingly global and virtual audience – a great response was “Cultural Bias. Mine.”Aware = Self aware
My story about being flattered as being adopted as an honorary European – but then having to correct that I’m a North AmericanIt can be hard to see ourselves.Ask friends from other cultures for their observations
Being attuned to your environment: as one person responded on how she was being culturally agile: listening and observing – salesman and the bat - attuned to pick up fine nuances
Question in prep survey: How can I really understand another culture when I’m not not from that culture? You can’t – me 20 years with GermansThe knowledge model created comfort through an illusion of controlBecome comfortable with ambiguitytrust self like me being lost
Question in prep survey: on how showing cultural agility – One respondent: talk about utilizing culture and language to an advantage by remaining authentic – Betsy elaborate?In the Mandel guide on culture says not to say good morning b/c many time zones. My tendency would be to say good morning here in California and the time one you’re joining us from – makes it more personalSaying what you believe with a fine feeling for what can be offensive
Question in prep survey: on how showing cultural agility – One respondent: talk about utilizing culture and language to an advantage by remaining authentic – Betsy elaborate?In the Mandel guide on culture says not to say good morning b/c many time zones. My tendency would be to say good morning here in California and the time one you’re joining us from – makes it more personalSaying what you believe with a fine feeling for what can be offensive
Sociology major, lifelong learner of culture, know a lot, know there’s far more I don’t know, travel & engage with people & grocery stores, read, entertainment – there are myriad ways to learnOne of my favorites is to get lost – story of Beijing – HK point at the menu, nod and smile when waiter said something
This is the easiest because of the knowledge model – there’s a lot of knowledge out thereCommitt to being a spongeExplore in your own town with books like Culture Shock, and demographic info, films, go to local ethnic grocery stores
Question in prep survey: How can I really understand another culture when I’m not not from that culture? You can’t – me 20 years with GermansBecome comfortable with ambiguity
Culture is everywhere all the time – need Cultural Agility to make the connectionDevelop your cultural agility skills furtherBetter outcomes for participants & more fulfillment for yourself
No matter where you are it will create better outcomes for participants & more fulfillment for yourself