How to Promote Cultural Awareness in Global Virtual Teams?
The best way to promote cultural awareness is to create a safe environment for mutual sharing.
The best way to promote cultural awareness is to create a safe environment for mutual sharing.
Learning a new language can be challenging. Is it worth learning the language to know a culture?
The 25th of April has a special place in the hearts of all Portuguese.
Leadership is in the eyes of the beholder. How can leaders in Asia elevate to become global leaders?
Making friends and building relationships with people from different cultures is challenging enough. How do you do this online?
Whether you recognise a person by their race (or not) has advantages and disadvantages. Knowing this can help you better tailor your diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Everyone covers. People cover to tone down a disfavoured identity to fit into the mainstream. What do you cover?
Equity and equality have been used interchangeably, so much so that it can get confusing. But are they the same?
You were passing by and noticed a stranger being harassed. What do you do? The choice to intervene defines whether you are an active or passive bystander.
Generalisations and stereotypes may seem very similar—but are they? It is important to define them, especially when meeting someone from a different culture.
Both the Cultural Onion and the Iceberg model have been used to describe and understand various cultural groups. Which do you prefer?
Life can be a battle, or a dance. Which will you choose?
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"The presence of difference" is one of the many definitions of diversity. In other words, a group of things or people with variation.
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The word "culture" is difficult to grasp and challenging to define. Culture has become the umbrella term for everything related to human social life.
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With increasing problems at all levels of society, the world needs more leaders, from all walks of life, and not rely on the powerful few.
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Knowing the difference between stereotype, prejudice and discrimination can help you determine the kind of support you can offer to those facing these issues.
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The Cultural Iceberg is one of many mental models to interpret cultures. Mental models help us understand the world we live in and interpret human behaviour.
Letters
Inclusion doesn't need to be complicated. It only needs a small act with big kindness.
Letters
New year. New website. New newsletter!
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My reflections on the major themes in 2023.
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I'm thrilled and excited to be elected as a Board Member of Refugee Action for Change (ReAct), a refugee-led group that advocates for refugee rights in Malaysia.
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The welcoming of 1st year PhD students of CIS, Iscte-Iul of 2023/2024!
Media
Ling Ling interviews Ziauddin Samadi about his journey from Afghanistan to Portugal and his struggles in adapting to his new home.
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Migration is a big deal. For some, it is an opportunity for personal growth. For the forcibly displaced, it is a big challenge.