2013

Culturally savvy marketing strategy permits Japanese women to open their mouths wide
5 free and easy virtual collaboration tools
Kolam as a metaphor for Indian culture
2 upcoming Facilitator Certification Workshops: Mazatlán, México and Atlanta, Georgia USA
Open letter to homeoOffice senior management
Tres historias cortas del negocio internacional
Interview on intercultural ability, frogs, birds, ponds, camel humps and underwear
Huge response to "Names Across Cultures" blog post

World Epidemic of Domestic Violence and India's "Abused Goddesses"
Need a 30% increase in customer satisfaction? Developmental Intercultural Competence
What Do You Really Intend?
Dr. Carlos Cortés on Multicultural Identity
Has someone ever changed your name? Names Across Cultures
Desarrollando Competencias Interculturales, un ciclo de tres webinars
We Have to Teach in Context!
Does language affect our health and wealth? New Study

Six powerful ways to build cross-cultural effectiveness
The best-kept secret of successful teams
Collide-o-culture or Kaleid-o-culture?
Letter from a business school dean
Dos herramientas en español para mejor comunicación: resumen de las principales diferencias culturales, y video sobre el valor de las habilidades interculturales en el trabajo
6-second videos on crossing cultures
Advertisements as catalysts for crossing cultures, by Joe Lurie
The Funk Model of Personal Development
UNESCO's Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity

New study by the British Council, Booz Allen Hamilton and IPSOS reveals the necessity for intercultural skills in the workplace. Also a video in English and Spanish.
Selected intercultural assessment tools and profiles
Free-of-charge webinars on intercultural skills
The Global Gender Intelligence Assessment and Cultural Detective Women and Men, written by Donna Stringer
Film Review: Machuca, from Chile
"Signs" of Cross-cultural Difference: Lydia Callis
Reshaping Cultural Identity Discourse: Using social media to rebrand culture
Healing the Wounds of History, a project by Armand Volkas

Cultural Detective African American now available!
Success Is All in How We Gauge It: An expatriate CEO story.
Third in George Simons' series on core intercultural theory and definitions
One year anniversary of the CD blog
"If a Face is Ugly Don't Blame the Mirror": As they say in Russia by Tatyana Fertelmeyster
Some Cultural Detective training and coaching activities
Oldie but Goodies: Comprehensive expatriate support system
Between Expectation and Reality Lies Suffering: Global teams by Vicki Flier Hudson

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