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Week 2 Discussion Board
Watch the TED Talk --
Learn a new culture
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given by Julien S.
Bourrelle; bestselling author and Canadian rocket scientist who lived in a variety of
cultures. He believes that the opportunity to increase the competitiveness of businesses and
to create a better functioning multicultural society by helping people to communicate
better across culture exists.
Reflecting on the TED Talk, write a three to five paragraph highlighting the summary of
the talk, provide insight about cultural struggles in organizations, and recommendation for
how professionals can address cultural issues.
Reflecting on the TED Talk, the overall conversation of the TED Talk was that people
have different cultures. The speaker went into the differences in the cultures he experienced.
These cultural changes could also be applied to an organization in many ways. One of the
cultural challenges that I noticed was the changes in culture. For most people, people's actions
that have to do with their personal space is very much a cultural ritual. These rituals are very
familiar behaviors. It can sometimes be difficult for people to step out of their personal space to
invade someone else's personal space to give a cultural greeting. For many people understanding other cultures can be something that brings them out of
their comfort zones. What many people can see as something they believe to be weird or
different; most time is just something that is of a different culture. It can be uncomfortable for
many, but you can open up to understand what other people's familiar looks like once you set
aside your normal views. What may be customary to you may be strange and different to others,
as the speaker displayed in his speech when he spoke about walking into a café and saying
"Hola!" to the store owner. Then everyone replaying back, "Hola!" But when he returned to his
homeland and began saying "HeiHei!" everyone looked at him strangely because of how he was
greeting everyone.
We can learn from this talk and apply it to organizations to be respectful of people's
differences. Not everyone you will work with or encounter in the office will have the same
cultural views as you do. One must change the lenses of their view on everything to see from
other people's perspectives. There will be many times that you may work from another firm that
is rich in cultural rituals of their originating country, and if you are going to do business with
them, you would have to learn those cultural rituals to show a sign of respect to them. Not doing
so could result in deals going south. Being mindful of other people's cultures will help to have a
cohesive working environment and, in the end, will be better for everyone.
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