Curious About Culture: Refocus your lens on culture to cultivate cross cultural understanding

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Whether you are on a journey of self-reflection or wish to influence others, this definitive guide to cross-cultural engagement will help you to understand your own cultural narrative and better connect with people of other cultural backgrounds. Curious about Culture invites readers on a journey of introspection to discover the multitude of cultural influences that shape their view of the world. Culture is not geographically bound. It is about more than just where you were born and where you live. Gender, generation and language, among other factors, all contribute to your cultural lens and how well you can connect with others. Improving cross-cultural engagement starts with understanding yourself. You will uncover your own cultural drivers that will help you cultivate meaningful cross-cultural conversations. We all have multiple facets to our identities and some of them are likely to be stigmatised. The author encourages readers to be curious and dive beyond the apparent cues when engaging across cultures, highlighting the pitfalls of drawing upon assumptions and defaulting to stereotypes. Anecdotes from the leading cultural intelligence specialist, Gaiti Rabbani s rich personal and professional experiences along with research-based insights, create a relatable, insightful and thought-provoking read. Whether you are on a journey of self-reflection or wish to influence others, this book will help you to understand your own cultural narrative and better connect with people of other cultural backgrounds. Curious about Culture is a practical reference for the enterprising and curious professional.

GAITI RABBANI epitomises cultural diversity. Of British-Asian heritage, she has travelled extensively over 25 years, living and working in diverse cultures across three continents - from South Africa to Lebanon and the US to Japan. Her experiences have given her a rich appreciation of cultures, philosophies and people. Gaiti is passionate about cultivating self-awareness to enable individuals and organisations to harness cultural and cognitive diversity. She is a Certified Cultural Intelligence Advanced Professional with the CQ Centre and a Certified Results Based Coach. She is also the founder and managing director of Rabbani Collective, a business that custom designs training programs to address organisational pain points. When she's not immersed with her clients, Gaiti can be found in close embrace with new and exciting cultures across the globe, expressing her passion for Argentine tango. Her blog thetangoquotient.com journals her personal cross-cultural experiences. Gaiti now lives in Sydney with her Hong Kong-raised, Sri Lankan born partner.

'Gaiti Rabbani is an excellent writer. She moves seamlessly between theoretical concepts, her own personal experiences, and practical application. That's hard to pull off. As a living example of Curious about Culture, Gaiti shares her own rich experiences alongside research-based principles for how we can all use the power of curiosity and cultural intelligence to improve the ways we live and work together.' David Livermore, PhD, President of the Cultural Intelligence Center