CLIC: Inter-Communication: Collaboration across borders and cultures New
“Global mindset,” “cultural intelligence,” “intercultural competence” … no matter how you want to call the skills that are necessary to successfully interact with people who might not see the world like you due to culture, geography, background, age or other factors, they are paramount in the industry.
Engineers need to be experts in their field (hard technical skills) but without the ability to influence, negotiate, build trust, lead, communicate ideas to different audiences (soft skills, also referred to as power skills in a recent report), projects have a much smaller chance of succeeding. When in an intercultural setting, have you ever struggled with your peers’ style of communication, wondered why some people seem to use more formal language, be more direct than others or perhaps less flexible with time than you are accustomed to? Culture plays a big part in how we communicate and enhancing communication is so much more than choosing to speak the same language.
In addition, remote learning mode brings further complications to the equation. The challenges of video conferencing such as the ‘zoom fatigue,’ the caveats of written communication (emails or text messages), or practicalities of working together across different time zones, add some extra pressure on the already vulnerable intercultural communication.
Eligibility: CUED undergraduate and graduate students who are currently enrolled on a language course with CLIC.
Number of sessions: 1
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 26 Jan 2022 09:00 - 12:00 | 09:00 - 12:00 | CLIC online teaching | Kasia Lanucha |
10 students from each institution will take part in an interactive session in which you will have opportunities to reflect and learn further about the following topics:
- What and why can go wrong in international collaboration
- What is culture and how it goes far beyond nationality
- What are culture dimensions including group vs. personal preferences
- What is intercultural competence and how to become immediately more effective in intercultural communication
- What is good practice for successful remote collaboration
On-line, interactive workshop. To participate in this workshop you must have your webcam switched on.
3 hour online workshop. Cambridge: 09.00-12.00 GMT, Hong Kong: 17.00-20.00 HKT
Once
- CLIC: Inter-Communication: The Melting Pot Mystery: Navigating International Cambridge
- CLIC: Inter-Communication: Soft Skills
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