E003_How to improve your safety culture through intercultural intelligence-part 3

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We are living and working in an interculturally complex world. Often, challenges arise when we make assumptions that we all work, make decisions, communicate, share information, and comply with a common set of standards and norms. That is the aim, but we are dealing with human beings, and we are like the colours of the rainbow, multifaceted and complex.

Today, we continue the conversation with the final episode in our three-part series on how to improve your safety culture through intercultural intelligence. 

In the last episode, we explored how formal and informal decisions are made.  Who is more responsible for accuracy in understanding (and non-verbal communication), how status may impact how we respond in social settings, and how we respond in a cultural way that makes sense, to the other person. It is not easy, but it is certainly worthwhile. Now, let's continue the conversation with the next hot potato question.

The questions that we are exploring in this episode are

• Are people willing to take risks to achieve personal goals, or do they prefer to do things the way they have always been done?
• Do people anticipate potential crises and plan for possible solutions or protection, survival? 
• Are people concerned about doing things ‘on time’, or is the schedule organised loosely around situations, circumstances or matters of convenience? 
• What are some of the felt needs of the people that their worldview does not adequately address for them? 

Our aim is that these questions and our conversations will trigger some thoughts and ideas in you. It's about taking a step back and stepping into somebody else's shoes just for a moment and saying, What are our differences? And how can those differences make us more the same?

Over to you and some thoughts to ponder.

The questions that we've been exploring over the past three episodes are taken from the realm of intercultural intelligence and our programme, Bridging Cultures for Safety. 

When we are dealing with humans, we need to consider:

• How do we learn? 
• How do we get a better understanding of ourselves? And the people around us?
• How do we lead better? 
• How do we have conversations that matter? 

So the more we can learn about the above and our differences, the better our chance of having a true safety culture.

Thanks for listening!

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This episode was produced under Safety Collaborations Limited and now continues as part of Karin Ovari Limited. While we are not currently releasing new episodes, the entire library remains active, and the topics covered are just as relevant today as when they were first recorded.

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