Culture as a set of stories that we enter.

Jérôme Bruner

When we perceive culture as a set of stories we dive into, we immediately understand the importance and value of sharing stories in the intercultural communication. These stories enormously support mutual understanding both at the cognitive as well as the emotional level. Investing some time in exchanging stories about working habits, communication styles, decision making, giving and receiving feedback and expectations towards leadership and management in different cultures enable us to create a common ground to „read“ different cultural codes and act accordingly to newly co-created guidelines.

In the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world of the 21st century, intercultural competence is one of the crucial competencies. Reflecting your own cultural influences as well as gaining knowledge regarding other cultures are the first steps on the way to the rise of your intercultural awareness. For widening your intercultural sensitivity, you need more, though. With Intercultural Compass and me as your intercultural Coach, Trainer, and Facilitator you have the opportunity to set on a unique journey to the personal development, gaining intercultural competency and cultural intelligence fitting your requirements and wishes.

You can choose between Coaching, Intercultural Training, and Facilitation, and enhance multicultural team development and global leadership development with programs combining all the three forms of this intercultural guidance, tailored to your needs.  You may also work on your personal development with the narrative approach and discover the power of storytelling across cultures 

29/01/2019

February, 2019 Webinar on Storytelling for intercultural Trainers & Coaches

Save the date: February, 13th 2019 at 5:00 PM CET and join my webinar “How to apply Storytelling in intercultural trainings & coachings?” organized by SIETAR Italia What is storytelling and how can I apply it in my intercultural programs? What is story sharing about and why is the narrative approach […]
28/01/2019

learning battle cards

How to incorporate Design Thinking into the Training design? Thanks to a well-designed learning journey the participants of intercultural and storytelling programs are empowered to try out new perspectives, be creative and gain many new insights. Very often they are encouraged to practice out of box thinking and therefore see their […]
28/01/2019

cultural detective

Cultural Detective is a collaborative project by dozens of specialists around the world, all committed to provide an effective, practical process for developing intercultural competence. It is skill-based as users learn: to understand themselves as cultural beings (subjective culture). to anticipate others’ possible motivations for specific behaviors (cultural empathy), to bridge cultural differences, […]
28/01/2019

diversophy

As an intercultural trainer and facilitator I am convinced of the power of gamification as games provide a safe space to experiment and are activating participants’ knowledge, emotional involvement and curiosity. Hence, people try out new ideas and learn from one another. Additionally, they develop their emotional intelligence and can […]
26/01/2019

What if we introduced more beauty to our life stories?

Inspirations from the BEAUTY Exhibition by Sagmeister & Walsh at the MAK in Vienna Entering the exhibition feels like diving into a secret magic space. Tiny drops of water, forming a transparent “fog screen” are stroking my skin when I cross the space between the profanum of the streets of […]
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