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David Donaldson
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The key to cross-cultural competence is not what you think!
Quite simply, the key is curiosity. It might have killed the cat, but it is the single and simplest key to effective cross-cultural...
David Donaldson
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4 ways Cross-cultural Communication becomes mis-Communication (2023)
Ways of speaking that come naturally to those educated and who grew up in one culture actually prevent effective communication when...
David Donaldson
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The best fishing days ever!
Best Fishing days…30 years apart My parents operated a camp for kids in the wilds of Northern Ontario. For the first 18 years of my life,...
David Donaldson
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The importance of a lime green horse with purple ears
A fond memory I have is sitting with, first my children then grandchildren with a simple box of Crayolas and dot-to-dot colouring pages....
David Donaldson
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The Power of Negative Evaluations
I got a bad review! Crap! I was brilliant...so I thought. But no, their overall evaluation was quite negative. I was ready to quit, ready...
David Donaldson
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Squirm, I Started to Squirm.
Earlier this week I was involved in a zoominar sponsored by Leadership Niagara: A Conversation about improving Diversity and Inclusion at...
David Donaldson
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Learning to Listen...
I sat in the virtual audience of a great panel discussion yesterday. During the keynote presentations, and the Q & A that followed, I...
David Donaldson
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It Makes a Difference
The following video explores very briefly the implications of CQ on business interactions. Culture Matters. Intelligent Cross Cultural...
David Donaldson
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D & I Policies and Cultural Competency Training: No Longer Enough!
I had a conversation with a VP of a significant company recently about what I do and what Across Cultural Consulting offers. Her quick...
David Donaldson
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Virtually All Things will Change, Except our Assumptions
Last week I had a conversation with an entrepreneur who just launched a business with international associates and work. I was excited...
David Donaldson
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"Too Many Books!" …Impossible
Books. Then, again, more books “You have too many books!” my friend said as he was helping us move. “That’s impossible!” I thought, but...
David Donaldson
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The Cure Worse than the Disease?
I don't mean to be flippant by that title; the current "disease" crisis is real, serious and deadly. But I have been watching what has...
David Donaldson
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Nothing is Normal
My older siblings sang, "...and the times they are a changin'." My kids sang, "It's the end of the world as we know it." Yep! As I study...
David Donaldson
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A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing!
The proverb “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing” has been around – according to Wikipedia which might be the best place to get “a...
David Donaldson
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The Universe Next Door
...is the title of a book I read at least 35 years ago that may have ignited in me a quest to understand culture; to understand the...
David Donaldson
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Culture matters...But it Doesn't Have to "Matter"
I can't document this picture, but found it a while ago. (I'd love to apply credit to it, so if someone can document it, I'll add...
David Donaldson
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Yep, We all Need Cultural Intelligence!
Two news items crossed my desk yesterday. In different ways, both highlighted the need for more of us to take seriously culture and that...
David Donaldson
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A Cultural Parable: The Monkey and the Fish
When I began training a short-term mission team, a friend gave me this parable. I don't know where he got it from, but it changed the way...
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