INTERCULTURAL TRAINING

If you are not limited by work and life to your home village or local suburb, but have the chance to travel to Berlin, Bengaluru or Bahrain, then it makes sense to explore other cultures and learn how to deal with them.
 
What is culture? Culture does not only mean attending a classical art performance, watching a film or visiting exhibitions. Culture is the backbone to communication, behaviour and judgement.
 
Intercultural competence can help you understand the German obsession with trains being on time, why the Japanese go to karaoke bars after work and why Russian business deals have to be accompanied by vodka. Going beyond culture shock and stereotypes, intercultural training explores an important paradox: Although we are connected to the rest of the world 24/7 by English, Easyjet and emoticons our foreign next-door neighbour often remains a mystery.
 
The classic cultural barriers created by religion, languages and national borders are disintegrating. Mono-cultural islands are becoming history or are artificially construed. Worldwide migration, country-hopping for business and daily travel through cyberspace have become a regular feature of urban life. The key to a  successful personal and professional existence amid all this transculturality is intercultural competence.
 
Our courses aim to make participants aware of the subtle expressions of cultures and help them act confidently and appropriately in intercultural situations.