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Ecotonos: A Simulation for Collaborating Across Cultures

A powerful and extremely adaptable simulation, Ecotonos breaks the usual stereotypes and barriers. Participants improve their skills and strategies for multicultural collaboration and teamwork. Ecotonos can be used multiple times with the same people by selecting a new problem and different variables, with each replay offering new and different cross-cultural perspectives. Eight to fifty (or even a thousand) participants form three groups and create their own cultures. Participants begin to work in their monocultural groups, then mix groups to continue the task multiculturally. The simulation and debriefing require a minimum of two hours. The debriefing includes the highly effective method of process mapping. Ecotonos comes with an instruction manual, cultural name tags, 30 sets of rule cards, three prewritten case studies and three team tasks. For US$295, the new FIFTH EDITION comes in a small, hard plastic case for easier transport, and includes:  debrief instructions to complete the simulation in two hours; explanation of the intercultural theory inherent in the simulation; full instructions for using the various handouts on intercultural collaboration; expanded sections on adapting Ecotonos to a variety of cultures and situations. Authored by Dianne Hofner Saphiere. Read a research study showing Ecotonos' effectiveness in developing cultural intelligence (CQ). See a review of Ecotonos. Click here for customer comments. To order click This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.to send us an email. Please tell us where you would like the product shipped. We will get back to you with shipping options and complete pricing. If you prefer, you may contact us by telephone +1-913-901-0243.    

Communication Highwire: Leveraging the Power of Diverse Communication Styles

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "Beyond Valuing to LEVERAGING Diversity..." A practical book including 4 models, 37 stories, and 26 reproducible activities grounded in theory for using differences at work, in communities, or at home. Authored by Dianne Hofner Saphiere, Barbara Kappler Mikk, and Basma Ibrahim DeVries. Published by Nicholas Brealey. US$34.95. For inquiries please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone +1-913-901-0243 or click on the logo or title to order.

Shinrai: Building Trusting Relationships with Japanese Colleagues

Shinrai is a high quality audio CD and 24-page booklet that helps busy executives build lasting and fruitful business relationships in Japan, and with Japanese colleagues. The approach is a combination of cultural insights and relationship-building phrases. Learn Japanese common sense, which may be vastly different from that which you were raised. Develop comfort with several high-impact phrases in Japanese, not "standard" phrases, but phrases that truly show your sincerity and make a difference. Whether you travel to Japan on business, work via phone and email with Japanese, or live and work in Japan, this CD will improve your productivity and effectiveness in your day-to-day dealings. US$39.95, with volume discounts available. Read reviews of Shinrai. For inquiries please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone +1-913-901-0243.

Success Strategies

Success Strategies, a new book with chapters by Cultural Detective authors Dianne Hofner Saphiere and Kathleen Curran, as well as Warren Bennis, Brian Tracey, and Marjorie Blanchard, contains chapters on both intercultural business effectiveness and diversity. US$19.95. For inquiries please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone +1-913-901-0243.