E003 Intercultural Competence with Jo Bloxham

From an early age Jo had a desire to explore and travel. Having lived and worked in many different places, it is no wonder Jo made the transition from geography teacher to intercultural trainer. In this episode she shares how her journey has impacted the work she does now. We dive into the relationship between intercultural competence and equality, diversity and inclusion and explore how we can all become more culturally competent, even if, as Jo says, “I’ll be dead before I am perfectly and culturally competent.”

KEY TAKEAWAY

“I've grown up in a white skin so I have to appreciate that if I'd grown up in a different colour skin, my experiences would have been very different. I can try to learn about it, but I won't know. You can't just do to people what you want done to you. That's not enough, you have to do what works for them.”

ABOUT JO

Jo Bloxham is the founder of Kynfolk and has over 20 years’ experience as an intercultural trainer. Jo was born and raised in the UK but has worked and trained in many different countries around the world: China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Uganda, India and Thailand. She works extensively in the UK university sector, with both students and staff, and has also worked for a wide range of clients from Warner Brothers to the Premier League.

CONNECT WITH JO

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jobloxham/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kynfolkjo

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kynfolkjo/

Kynfolk website: https://kynfolk.com/

ABOUT THE HOST – MEL LOIZOU

Mel is a Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Podcast Host & Mum. Specialising in leadership and change management in the Higher Education sector, Mel uses her Fish Climb Trees philosophy to help individuals, teams and organisations, shift from that place of believing they can’t, to one where they know they absolutely can.

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