Author: John Lombard

How would you like to be able to meet anyone, from any culture, and without any previous knowledge of their culture, without even knowing what country they are from, to be able to identify their cultural orientations? A kind of “universal culture translator”, that works with everyone you meet? Fact is, our modern world is…

Cultural diversity is becoming a more and more relevant issue, both in companies, and in society in general. Within many companies, especially the larger ones, it is quite common to have people from five, ten, or even more different cultural backgrounds, all working together. And certainly, our societies are becoming increasingly multicultural. But without also…

And how you can avoid them. Business is becoming more and more a culturally diverse playing field, and Cultural Diversity is becoming increasingly important. However, there are a number of misperceptions about exactly what Cultural Diversity is, particularly within the context of a company. Let’s take a look at five of the most common misperceptions:…

It’s much more than just dumping a bunch of different cultures together I’ve found in talking with a number of companies — even Diversity professionals — that there’s a fair bit of confusion as to terminology and definitions with regards to Cultural Diversity. Am just curious if others have found this, also? Here are two examples: 1) When talking…