Coping with Culture Shock
A few years ago, after delivering a mini-conference on culture shock, I was approached by a Frenchwoman who had attended ...
Learning to Surrender Across Cultures
Several years ago, in a workshop I was delivering in Bangalore, a participant who had recently returned to India after ...
Navigating Cultural Complexities in Fragile Environments
The past few weeks I have been designing a workshop targeted for staff who will be working in what are ...
Intercultural vs. International
As I was preparing to deliver a recent workshop on unconscious bias for an international school, my client mentioned that ...
Navigating Cultural Misunderstandings in Franco-American Alliances
With my home city of Washington DC abuzz last week with the first state visit of French President, Emmanuel Macron, ...
Cross-Cultural Lessons Learned from Climbing Kilimanjaro
This summer I had the opportunity to fulfill a dream I’ve had for many years—to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. ...