cultureXchange: Recent Episodes
Frauke Bender & Marie-Christine Dobro
Podcast on Living and Working Abroad, Expat Life, Culture, Identity and Belonging. Co-Hosts: Frauke Bender, Professor for International Management, Facilitator for Intercultural Learning, Book Author and Marie-Christine Dobro, fellow expat, lived & worked internationally, Brand Builder and Marketer, team up for an intercultural exchange on topics targeted around living internationally. They share their own experiences, provide latest research insights and talk with special guests about their unique pathways and life stories. With their cultureXchange Podcast, the duo takes you on a journey around the globe and leaves you with new perspectives, ideas, and learnings on what it takes to successfully navigate across borders and cultures.
A high number of stamps in your passport means that you are well-travelled, but it does not necessarily mean that you are intercultural competent. How to turn cross-cultural encounters into intercultural learning?
In today’s global era where people, goods, money, and information are flowing faster than ever across borders, we increasingly interact with people from another culture. Our societies, schools, and workplaces are highly diversified. The virtual environment even enhances this development.This brings opportunities for cultural enrichment, but it may also lead to miscommunication, tensions and missed opportunities not just in business but also in our personal lives.
There is definitely a need and a value of helping students to better navigate cultural differences and to empower them to be globally competent citizens. The discussion on how to equip them with the knowledge and skillsets needed for success in an increasingly interconnected world is absolutely necessary and important.
In their 'culture chat' Frauke and Marie-Christine welcome special guest Frank Tschan, Director of the International School in Düsseldorf, Germany, who shares his insights on how to bring the world into classrooms.
Developing intercultural proficiency is a life-long process that requires curiosity, courage and self-reflection. It is one that education can definitely shape.