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• 0 Introduction

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• Language, dress code, food, traffic rules and how people greet each other are examples of:

  The outer layer of a culture. 
  Often it is such a challenge to work effectively with other cultures because only the surface or outer layer of a culture is visable.

• When does cultural misunderstanding/miscommunication often occur?

  When deeper non-visible cultural core values clash between people from different cultures.

• What is harder to change?1 The deeper more concealed aspects 2 The observable aspects from the outer layers

  1 The deeper more concealed aspects

• Which 2 things are disrespectful in this picture?

  1 The difference in seating heights
  2 Only the Israeli flag is on the table

• When starts our cultural identity?

  When we are still in our mothers womb.

• What is the outcome of the mouse and the face exercise?

  It shows how programming is achieved in a matter of seconds.
  It demonstrates how context influences the way an individual or even a group interprets a picture.
  Our programmed mind defines how we perceive and give meaning to the world around us.
  (Hand gestures can mean something completely different in different countries.)

• 1 Rules and needs

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• Were the reactions shown by Jasmina and Abdi observable behaviour?

  No.
  They were behaviours expressed from core values linked to hwo we operate culturally and what we expect from others.
  In short: Here lie the "rules" known to us but invisible to those outside our culture.

• What are the four interlinked quadrants of the Core Quadrant Model? (A tool which aids understanding of the challenging behaviours caused by culturally diviserse rules and needs.)

  Core quality 
  --> too much of a good thing
  Pitfall
  --> positive opposite 
  Challenge
  --> too much of a good  thing
  Allergy       
  --> negative opposite
  Core quality

• What is a core quality?

  Our strengths - the traits that represent the most healthy and integrated aspects of our personality.
  This quadrant is always defined in positive, observable, behavioural terms.

• Make a Core Quadrant Model yourself

  Example: