When Cultures Meet Workshop - October 3, 2025

In today's increasingly interconnected world, the ability to work effectively across differences is no longer a mere advantage but a critical necessity. Recognizing and valuing the diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of colleagues fosters creativity, innovation, and problem-solving. When individuals from different backgrounds collaborate, they bring unique insights and approaches to challenges, leading to more comprehensive and effective solutions. Furthermore, cultivating an inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and heard strengthens team morale, boosts employee engagement, and enhances overall organizational success.

The meeting of cultures comes in many forms including:

• When two organizations merge or create a joint venture 
• When the workplace population becomes increasingly diverse
• When an organization from one culture brings its operations to a different culture
• When two organizations, each with their own ways of doing things, need to interact more effectively to achieve a desired outcome

What happens when cultures meet?

This meeting of cultures inevitably disrupts the status quo.  Feelings and reactions are generated on all sides, some overt and some hidden, that regularly heighten interpersonal tensions and diminish overall organizational effectiveness. When Cultures Meet addresses the pitfalls and the productive possibilities when differing cultures come together.

Why is this workshop so effective?

• The workshop creates a safe learning experience for a charged topic. Participants have a powerful, visceral learning experience that enables them to safely experience “in group” and “out group” dynamics.
• Addresses real world issues. Participants recognize their own organizations in the events of the workshop. The insights and the concrete strategies for change are clear and immediately applicable.
• Energizes the organization. The workshop generates profound learning and a stimulus for personal change through its experiential and well-researched design.  The experience stimulates participants to help create a culture in which everyone can contribute their full talents and passions.
• Appeals to a variety of learning styles. The mix of techniques makes the workshop appeal to all learning types – whether you like theory, action, reflection or all three. People remember their experiences years later.
• Creates lasting solutions. The path to developing productive, innovative, and healthy organizations lies not in changing the players, but in helping people at all levels and in all positions, understand and navigate the systemic conditions they are in.