by cultural-admin | May 22, 2020 | Podcasts
Global Cktizens: Episode 51 How Travelling Opens each New Chapter in Your Life Tune into this Facebook Live conversation! Jamie Gelbtuch, Founder of Cultural Mixology, talks with Calvin Widjaja, Founder and Host of Global CKtizens on Episode 51 of his show. They chat...
by cultural-admin | May 7, 2020 | The Cultural Insider
Quechua, often referred to as Runasimi (“the people’s language”), was the language of the Inca Empire. Nowadays, there are approximately eight million people who still speak the language, which makes it the most commonly spoken native language in...
by cultural-admin | May 7, 2020 | Articles
Many cross-cultural trainings bought in the corporate world are the right solution to the wrong problem and yield low return on investment. When a multicultural team is not performing well, culture easily becomes the scapegoat. The team’s issues, however, are not...
by cultural-admin | Apr 27, 2020 | Podcasts
Tune into this Georgetown Virtual Power Lunch! Jamie Gelbtuch, Founder of Cultural Mixology, talks with Georgetown University’s Alumni Career Services about a unique career in cultural competency. ...
by cultural-admin | Apr 24, 2020 | Articles
Outsourcing is difficult to define – Wikipedia needs forty words, the Oxford English Dictionary takes twenty – and the actual experience is no less messy. Nowadays, a myriad of contractors, gig workers and third-party specialists move in and out of frame,...
by cultural-admin | Apr 9, 2020 | The Cultural Insider
Our Beginner’s Guide to Ramadan will help you understand more about the holy month that 1.6 billion Muslims around the world observe every year. In 2023, Ramadan starts on March 22nd and ends on April 21st. (You can check past or future dates here.) The exact...
by cultural-admin | Mar 16, 2020 | Articles
When a conference presenter looks out on a room of association professionals, he or she is likely to see a multicultural mix of people. In fact, today’s typical meeting or conference is a dramatically different place than it was just 10 or 15 years ago as the U.S....
by cultural-admin | Mar 9, 2020 | The Cultural Insider
Beliefs about luck (and misfortune) are intricately linked to culture. As a result, lucky and unlucky numbers around the world are too. Whether related to a culture’s history, language, or religion, numbers matter. Sometimes a number is a related to an ancient...
by cultural-admin | Feb 11, 2020 | Events
Despite the best intentions, most of us don’t consistently demonstrate inclusive behaviors. Life is getting harder and more complex, we are working across cultures and time zones, and we have to make decisions faster and with less information. In the brain’s quest for...
by cultural-admin | Feb 6, 2020 | The Cultural Insider
Rio de Janeiro, hot weather, Caipirinhas, drums, sparkly feather costumes… This is what often comes to mind when we think about Carnival. However, Carnival is also celebrated in other parts of the world in February. Cologne, Germany’s fourth biggest city, is home to...
