Theresa Sigillito Hollema explains her origins of her work as an interculturalist and her recent focus on building capacity for virtual teamworking. Video chapters 0.00 Intro and hello to Theresa Sigillito Hollema Theresa’s journey into intercultural work 6.08 Dating advice from an interculturalist How to find a Dutch husband 9.15 Rock star intercu…

Barbara StClaire Ostwald talks about her role in accreditation of coaches and her evolution into new areas of support for people crossing cultures. 0.00 Welcome What cultural baggage has Barbara St.Claire-Ostwald been carrying? 7.31 IFIs What is an IFI and what was the entry point of Barbara into the intercultural field? 10.01 Culturenomics An inte…

Martha Aynalem explains her origins of her work as an Ethiopia-based interculturalist Video chapters 0.00 Welcome A power cut that caused a new connection 03.47 A journey into intercultural work An intervention by a friend led to a new direction. A global mindset built in Addis Ababa. 9.32 Keeping local roots as an interculturalist A consultancy th…

Florence Chabert d’Hieres explains the origins of her work as an interculturalist and her passion for making intercultural ideas fun and accessible Audio chapters 0.00 Welcome Being an interculturalist in Dubai. Raising Third Culture Kids. Including children in intercultural training. Florence’s journey into intercultural world. 9.35 The Burger Mod…

Recorded at the end of 2021, the creative duo behind the Cultural Detective tell its story. 0.00 Introductions Dianne and Greg’s early life and work. And a nutshell intro to Cultural Detective. 11.49 Cultural Detective at the end of 2021 How Cultural Detective went online. 14.30 Milestones The big moments when Cultural Detective took a step forward…

0.00 Intro to a record-breaking podcast More resources from this episode than any other episode so far. Visit the episode webpage. 3.02 Gaby’s professional origins Latest learning via Glasgow’s Digital Institute. The books, organisations and experiences through which she became an interculturalist. 5.33 Mentoring programme for interculturalists Boo…

The creative duo behind the new Intercultural Pendulum model tell the story friendship, collaboration between research and practice, and the formation of the new model. 0.00 Intro How much do you know about the DMIS, the IDC and the IDI? Hello to Kris and Sundae 2.23 What is the Intercultural Pendulum? Kris’s personal story. From early exposure to …

Viviana Premazzi explains her origins of her work as an interculturalist and the current programme for the development of leadership skills in women 0.00 Welcome Say hello to Dr Viviana Premazzi 2.38 A programme for women Is there a discussion about women-only spaces happening in the Mediterranean region? 5.05 Viviana’s journey into intercultural w…

Sundae Bean tells the story of her intercultural career and the intercultural coaching approach she recommends Chapters 0.00 Intro and Sundae’s story Her life and move into intercultural work, with no shortcuts arising out of family or institutional connections. 5.18 Current interests A self-described nerdy social scientist has come up with a new w…

Tamara Makoni reveals how she is creating a new intercultural training business. 0.00 Intro Hello to Tamara and the seeds of a business idea 03.12 The journey into the intercultural field Interest in culture has deep roots in childhood and the skills for running a business come from a diverse career in multiple fields. Working with intercultural th…

Nannette Ripmeester reviews how culture impacts recruitment and what recruiters fishing in the global talent pool can do to make their hiring processes more culturally inclusive. 0.00 Intro Hello to our guest 2.10 What is happening in recruitment? The stop and start of the recruiting in the pandemic. New post-pandemic interview questions. Where do …

Elaine Teo is an interculturalist who has integrated mindfulness into her coaching and training practice. Listen if you want to experience how she models a mindful moment deployed as part of a corporate training programme. 0.00 Intro and Elaine’s story Elaine’s story and how she started with Mindfulness. About the over-concentration on the intellec…

Fiona Price tells the story of her work with international names: a highly intercultural specialism yet highly unusual in the intercultural field 0.00 Intro Getting Fiona’s name right. 3.08 Fiona's story How did Fiona develop her unusual specialism? A smash hit idea. 5.53 First impressions How much do first impressions matter? What is the role of n…

Grazia Ghellini shares stories from her work as a professor of intercultural ethics 0.00 Intro and Grazia Ghellini’s story Her multicultural life and multiple roles. On being an intercultural game maker. 12.16 What is business ethics? What business ethics tackles and how it connects with intercultural themes 14.09 Ethics in a real, diverse world So…

Guy Bondonneau shares stories from his paid and unpaid work as an interculturalist mediator and treasurer 0.00 Intro Why SIETAR matters to so many interculturalists. This episode's Culture Count. 2.15 Guy Bondonneau’s story His life and work. Naming an intercultural business. ESSEC mediator qualification. 12.40 Volunteering in general Why volunteer…

In this episode interculturalist Miroslava Hristova shares insights into her digital transformation projects and other change programmes. Culture is often a factor, so we hear how she raises awareness and develops intercultural competence for her clients. 3.48 Miroslava Hristova’s story Her life and work. Bulgaria, Morocco and France. Discovering p…

In this episode, interculturalist Hana Bui gives some personal and cultural context for her work in Myanmar and we hear how writing and publishing her first book led her onto the best seller list in her category on Amazon. 3.42 Hana's story Origins, work, publishing 5.29 The opening of Myanmar What it was like to end six decades of isolation. 7.46 …

In this special bi-lingual episode, interculturalist Margarita Celedón looks at our field from a Latin perspective. We switch to Spanish at 55 minutes, hosted by Francisco Queriuga, President of the Latin American Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Full episode details at https://www.interculturaltoolbox.org/episodes/what-is-intercultural-in-spanish 4.4…

Agnès Domercq shares her experience of working on Olympics preparation as an interculturalist 3.12 Agnès’ Story How Agnès entered the intercultural profession while working for a Japanese company, some Olympic experiences and her current work. 8.35 The behind-the-scenes landscape of the Olympics About the IOC, the IPC, the Host City and the way the…

We talked about shooting images, using image banks, cliché, legal issues, a training case, Brenda's life in culture and photography and of course we hear what Brenda is adding to the toolbox. 1.28 When it was shocking to see an intercultural image Benetton became the norm 3.25 Brenda's story Her multicultural origins. Explaining cultures from an ea…

Samkelo Blom tells his story and the inspiration for his current business: Nomatu Consulting where he focuses on diversity, inclusion and belonging by coaching teams and leaders out of offices in Cape Town, Joburg and KZN. 3.53 Samkelo's story His work in the past, his current company, his projects all over Africa and beyond. 5.40 A global D&I thin…

We talked about generational divides and how they emerge differently in different cultures. Through Saurabh's own story setting up a training academy with an emphasis on crossing cultures, we hear his observations on the kind of approaches that work well among younger training participants, and some universal principles for connecting across cultur…

What myths about France need to be rethought? Is economic life in France bureaucractic and slow? When people start behaving in a new way, is it a change in the culture or just current events? In the warm-up for this show, Kathryn shared some tips on understanding the French, so we've included her recommendations in the episode details, including li…