Maartje Goodeve, Nascence Coaching, BC, Canada
“The emphasis on values and ‘lenses’ or interpretations is smack-on and invaluable insight for every personal and business relationship. The website and packages are easy to navigate, information is easy to find, and the visuals are supportive and integral to the product.”
People to People International (PTPI) Global Youth Forum Leader
“Thanks to Cultural Detective the students understand that their values are unique and that their actions reflect their values. I think they also understood that every person has a different set of values that motivate their actions.”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“Learners were able to engage with the Critical Incidents deeply, perceptively, and energetically. We were able to pull out and analyze many ‘clues’ from the incidents, while having a lot of fun doing so!”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“The other discovery came when I was working with another trainer on my team whose focus was on our new client company’s marketing strategy and how it evolved over many years in Australia. When he shared his extensive research on that strategy, it was immediately clear that the Australian core values I was covering were at the heart of our client’s branding. Based on that finding, we were able to weave our courses together into a powerful and cohesive curriculum.”
Staff, one of the world’s largest companies in their industry
“It taught me that when you are communicating across cultures, you need to give time for people to grasp what is being talked about, and time for everyone to establish a common structure of understanding about cultural backgrounds and assumptions.”
Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“Clearly, Cultural Detective was a natural fit for us—a fact that was driven home when I attended the FOLE sessions and saw a great example of how the training could be delivered online (something I very much appreciated, since most all of our training will be virtual by next year!). The FOLE sessions put all the pieces of the puzzle together for me and gave me plenty of ideas for conducting the training in a fun and engaging way.”
Business Director, large multinational corporation
“One of the most valuable learnings has to be the ease with which miscommunication happens. To stand back and assess a situation and the ability to consider other needs/wants will help me in the future.”
Nadine LeGros, Language & Communication Instructor, The University of Western Ontario
“Using Cultural Detective is a wonderful way to inform ourselves of cultural tendencies and to try to anticipate how our behaviour and messages might be perceived or misperceived by members of other cultures.”
Senior Diversity Consultant, global energy company with employees in over 100 countries
“From my perspective, the simplicity of the tool is what makes it so useful.”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“To ensure that the lessons learned in the classroom stick and continue to grow, our coaching team (who participated in both beta sessions and live training) are now making connections back to the Cultural Detective method, concepts, and terminology as they guide learners through the initial relationship-building process with our customers. And the anecdotal evidence of the overwhelming effectiveness of this coaching is pouring in already.”
Maartje Goodeve, Nascence Coaching, BC, Canada
“The emphasis on values and ‘lenses’ or interpretations is smack-on and invaluable insight for every personal and business relationship. The website and packages are easy to navigate, information is easy to find, and the visuals are supportive and integral to the product.”
People to People International (PTPI) Global Youth Forum Leader
“Thanks to Cultural Detective the students understand that their values are unique and that their actions reflect their values. I think they also understood that every person has a different set of values that motivate their actions.”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“Learners were able to engage with the Critical Incidents deeply, perceptively, and energetically. We were able to pull out and analyze many ‘clues’ from the incidents, while having a lot of fun doing so!”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“The other discovery came when I was working with another trainer on my team whose focus was on our new client company’s marketing strategy and how it evolved over many years in Australia. When he shared his extensive research on that strategy, it was immediately clear that the Australian core values I was covering were at the heart of our client’s branding. Based on that finding, we were able to weave our courses together into a powerful and cohesive curriculum.”
Staff, one of the world’s largest companies in their industry
“It taught me that when you are communicating across cultures, you need to give time for people to grasp what is being talked about, and time for everyone to establish a common structure of understanding about cultural backgrounds and assumptions.”
Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“Clearly, Cultural Detective was a natural fit for us—a fact that was driven home when I attended the FOLE sessions and saw a great example of how the training could be delivered online (something I very much appreciated, since most all of our training will be virtual by next year!). The FOLE sessions put all the pieces of the puzzle together for me and gave me plenty of ideas for conducting the training in a fun and engaging way.”
Business Director, large multinational corporation
“One of the most valuable learnings has to be the ease with which miscommunication happens. To stand back and assess a situation and the ability to consider other needs/wants will help me in the future.”
Nadine LeGros, Language & Communication Instructor, The University of Western Ontario
“Using Cultural Detective is a wonderful way to inform ourselves of cultural tendencies and to try to anticipate how our behaviour and messages might be perceived or misperceived by members of other cultures.”
Senior Diversity Consultant, global energy company with employees in over 100 countries
“From my perspective, the simplicity of the tool is what makes it so useful.”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“To ensure that the lessons learned in the classroom stick and continue to grow, our coaching team (who participated in both beta sessions and live training) are now making connections back to the Cultural Detective method, concepts, and terminology as they guide learners through the initial relationship-building process with our customers. And the anecdotal evidence of the overwhelming effectiveness of this coaching is pouring in already.”