Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification Attendee
“Having online materials provides greater opportunity to run remote and virtual training more effectively. The more tools in my toolbox also increases confidence and likelihood of being able to meet any clients’ needs.”
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.”
Carolyn Rehn, Sr. Organizational Development and Learning Specialist, AFS-USA Intercultural Programs
“We have found Cultural Detective to be an important addition to our intercultural learning toolbox. The materials are accessible and relevant to our particular issues in international exchange and intercultural learning.”
Holly Frohlick, Office of International Education-Study Abroad, Portland Community College
“I wanted to share that, after taking a few hours to explore CD Online, I am so excited and simply thrilled to finally have had a change to access the collective resources of Cultural Detective! I AM SOLD! I just want to express the excitement I am feeling at this very moment. Whoo Hoo!”
Director, multinational consumer products organization
“The biggest impact was that it sped up my learning curve; it allowed me to become a part of the team more quickly. I was able to have an impact on the business sooner than if I hadn’t done the coaching.”
Turner White, Executive Professor of Management, Helzberg School of Management
“Cultural Detective is a beautiful illustration of the effect of the quality of cultural response in an executive's decision process. The interactive example was instructive and memorable—not a person in the room hadn't been in situations precisely like those we experienced in the practical exercise. Yet, we had in this case an opportunity to ‘unpack’ the experience and follow its likely conclusion. You fulfilled every expectation that I had for the seminar—my only regret is that we didn't have more time!”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“First, let me tell you again how excited we all are about how well the training went; my team is thoroughly convinced Cultural Detective is an excellent choice of cross-cultural communication methodology. The training we conducted is already proving to be very effective in helping our Customer Services team to engage with our new Australian customers.”
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.”
Joseph K Lunn, Project Portfolio Manager and Cross-Cultural Trainer Zurich North America
“While other cultural databases do an effective job of providing country overviews, CD Online offers unique and complementary capabilities. In addition to crisp, clear detailed summaries of each country’s cultural values, the nearly 400 cross-cultural incidents provided show users exactly what can go wrong when cultural understanding gaps exist. The tool follows-up by sharing the differences in cultural values that underlie each incident and offers concrete suggestions to build cultural bridges and avoid similar incidents.
CD Online is a great hands-on teaching tool that adds value to:
1) Employees beginning overseas assignments
2) Global project team members
3) Mergers and acquisition partners
4) Outsourcing engagements
Thanks for making this tool available to those who need it at a reasonable cost!”
People to People International (PTPI) Global Youth Forum Leader
“During Cultural Detective students worked as team members to understand more about who they are: the value of exploring other people's values and discovering ways of making valuable connections with others.”
Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification Attendee
“Having online materials provides greater opportunity to run remote and virtual training more effectively. The more tools in my toolbox also increases confidence and likelihood of being able to meet any clients’ needs.”
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.”
Carolyn Rehn, Sr. Organizational Development and Learning Specialist, AFS-USA Intercultural Programs
“We have found Cultural Detective to be an important addition to our intercultural learning toolbox. The materials are accessible and relevant to our particular issues in international exchange and intercultural learning.”
Holly Frohlick, Office of International Education-Study Abroad, Portland Community College
“I wanted to share that, after taking a few hours to explore CD Online, I am so excited and simply thrilled to finally have had a change to access the collective resources of Cultural Detective! I AM SOLD! I just want to express the excitement I am feeling at this very moment. Whoo Hoo!”
Director, multinational consumer products organization
“The biggest impact was that it sped up my learning curve; it allowed me to become a part of the team more quickly. I was able to have an impact on the business sooner than if I hadn’t done the coaching.”
Turner White, Executive Professor of Management, Helzberg School of Management
“Cultural Detective is a beautiful illustration of the effect of the quality of cultural response in an executive's decision process. The interactive example was instructive and memorable—not a person in the room hadn't been in situations precisely like those we experienced in the practical exercise. Yet, we had in this case an opportunity to ‘unpack’ the experience and follow its likely conclusion. You fulfilled every expectation that I had for the seminar—my only regret is that we didn't have more time!”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“First, let me tell you again how excited we all are about how well the training went; my team is thoroughly convinced Cultural Detective is an excellent choice of cross-cultural communication methodology. The training we conducted is already proving to be very effective in helping our Customer Services team to engage with our new Australian customers.”
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.”
Joseph K Lunn, Project Portfolio Manager and Cross-Cultural Trainer Zurich North America
“While other cultural databases do an effective job of providing country overviews, CD Online offers unique and complementary capabilities. In addition to crisp, clear detailed summaries of each country’s cultural values, the nearly 400 cross-cultural incidents provided show users exactly what can go wrong when cultural understanding gaps exist. The tool follows-up by sharing the differences in cultural values that underlie each incident and offers concrete suggestions to build cultural bridges and avoid similar incidents.
CD Online is a great hands-on teaching tool that adds value to:
1) Employees beginning overseas assignments
2) Global project team members
3) Mergers and acquisition partners
4) Outsourcing engagements
Thanks for making this tool available to those who need it at a reasonable cost!”
People to People International (PTPI) Global Youth Forum Leader
“During Cultural Detective students worked as team members to understand more about who they are: the value of exploring other people's values and discovering ways of making valuable connections with others.”