Trust in Japanese Culture
In this episode, Seiji Nakano speaks with Kawatani Takashi about trust in Japanese culture. Listen to learn about how building trust in Japan differs from the rest of the world, […]
Effective International Influencing – PART 2
This is part 2 of effective international conversation with Bob Dignen and Richard Lowe. Listen for insights on the challenges of influencing, common mistake, resistance to influencing, as well as […]
Effective International Influencing – PART 1
In this episode, Seiji & Gabriela are speaking with Bob Dignen (Director of York Associates) and Richard Lowe (Managing Director of WorldWork). They are addressing the topic of effective international […]
Building Trust in Multicultural and Virtual Teams
One of the most essential characteristics of a well-functioning team is trust. However, trust is challenging to build and sustain, especially when working virtually, in a remote and multicultural team. […]
Intercultural Training – Unravelling the Challenges and Solutions
If the future of work is global then is the path to success through developing intercultural competence? Listen to Seiji & Gabriela speaking with their special guest, Michelle Bradley – […]
A Day in Life of an Intercultural Learning Designer
Here is an interesting story of Seiji & Gabriela, who at some point realised that they can combine their passion for learning & development with their backgrounds in the intercultural […]
Living Across Cultures: Eurolatinocanadian Perspectives
This episode’s guest speaker has had an extraordinary life. Meet Pavle Luger. He was born in the former Yugoslavia, now Croatia, in a very Austro-Hungarian family tradition but later immigrated […]
Change of Language, Change of Personality?
The Czech proverb does say, “Learn a new language and get a new soul”. So, do you feel like a different person when you speak a foreign language? Many bilinguals […]
On the integration of ‘the locals’ towards ‘minority’ groups’ cultures
Research tells us that in every society, minority group members (e.g., immigrants) can integrate towards majority group members or locals’ culture (e.g. White UK nationals). New work has demonstrated that […]
Rethinking intercultural communication from the perspective of language
Have you ever considered exploring how intercultural communication can be rethought from the perspective of language? Listen to Seiji & Gabriela chatting with Dr Doris Dippold from the University of […]