Business Director, large multinational corporation
“One of the most valuable learnings has to be the ease with which miscommunication happens. To stand back and assess a situation and the ability to consider other needs/wants will help me in the future.”
Nadine LeGros, Language & Communication Instructor, The University of Western Ontario
“Using Cultural Detective is a wonderful way to inform ourselves of cultural tendencies and to try to anticipate how our behaviour and messages might be perceived or misperceived by members of other cultures.”
Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification Attendee
“Having online materials provides greater opportunity to run remote and virtual training more effectively. The more tools in my toolbox also increases confidence and likelihood of being able to meet any clients’ needs.”
Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification Attendee
“Cultural Detective is the practical experiential tool that translates theory in to real learning.”
Holly Frohlick, Office of International Education-Study Abroad, Portland Community College
“I wanted to share that, after taking a few hours to explore CD Online, I am so excited and simply thrilled to finally have had a change to access the collective resources of Cultural Detective! I AM SOLD! I just want to express the excitement I am feeling at this very moment. Whoo Hoo!”
Joseph K Lunn, Project Portfolio Manager and Cross-Cultural Trainer Zurich North America
“While other cultural databases do an effective job of providing country overviews, CD Online offers unique and complementary capabilities. In addition to crisp, clear detailed summaries of each country’s cultural values, the nearly 400 cross-cultural incidents provided show users exactly what can go wrong when cultural understanding gaps exist. The tool follows-up by sharing the differences in cultural values that underlie each incident and offers concrete suggestions to build cultural bridges and avoid similar incidents.
CD Online is a great hands-on teaching tool that adds value to:
1) Employees beginning overseas assignments
2) Global project team members
3) Mergers and acquisition partners
4) Outsourcing engagements
Thanks for making this tool available to those who need it at a reasonable cost!”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“Finally, survey results have come in. We have achieved, for the first time in my 5 years of working on the Learning and Development team, a 100% satisfaction rating from our learners.
I have received kudos from my managers and the Vice President of Services for having chosen and successfully delivered the Cultural Detective training. But the kudos should really go to you and your company, Kris. Cultural Detective is a rock solid methodology.
Thanks again for all your help making this training possible. When we take our next step into the global market, we know who we will turn to for training solutions.”
People to People International (PTPI) Global Youth Forum Leader
“Cultural Detective helped the students learn not only how to understand others’ cultures but their own. Students demonstrated a tremendous amount of growth in just a couple days!”
Maartje Goodeve, Nascence Coaching, BC, Canada
“The Cultural Detective Online is a sound investment for my work as an intercultural and relocation coach. I will also suggest to my clients to get a subscription for themselves.”
Dr. Michael Vande Berg, former VP Academic Affairs, CIEE (Council on Int'l Educational Exchange)
”Cultural Detective is contributing very significantly to CIEE’s efforts to help students abroad understand core cultural concepts, and develop key intercultural perspectives and skills—and is doing all of this in cost-effective ways.”
Business Director, large multinational corporation
“One of the most valuable learnings has to be the ease with which miscommunication happens. To stand back and assess a situation and the ability to consider other needs/wants will help me in the future.”
Nadine LeGros, Language & Communication Instructor, The University of Western Ontario
“Using Cultural Detective is a wonderful way to inform ourselves of cultural tendencies and to try to anticipate how our behaviour and messages might be perceived or misperceived by members of other cultures.”
Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification Attendee
“Having online materials provides greater opportunity to run remote and virtual training more effectively. The more tools in my toolbox also increases confidence and likelihood of being able to meet any clients’ needs.”
Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification Attendee
“Cultural Detective is the practical experiential tool that translates theory in to real learning.”
Holly Frohlick, Office of International Education-Study Abroad, Portland Community College
“I wanted to share that, after taking a few hours to explore CD Online, I am so excited and simply thrilled to finally have had a change to access the collective resources of Cultural Detective! I AM SOLD! I just want to express the excitement I am feeling at this very moment. Whoo Hoo!”
Joseph K Lunn, Project Portfolio Manager and Cross-Cultural Trainer Zurich North America
“While other cultural databases do an effective job of providing country overviews, CD Online offers unique and complementary capabilities. In addition to crisp, clear detailed summaries of each country’s cultural values, the nearly 400 cross-cultural incidents provided show users exactly what can go wrong when cultural understanding gaps exist. The tool follows-up by sharing the differences in cultural values that underlie each incident and offers concrete suggestions to build cultural bridges and avoid similar incidents.
CD Online is a great hands-on teaching tool that adds value to:
1) Employees beginning overseas assignments
2) Global project team members
3) Mergers and acquisition partners
4) Outsourcing engagements
Thanks for making this tool available to those who need it at a reasonable cost!”
Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization
“Finally, survey results have come in. We have achieved, for the first time in my 5 years of working on the Learning and Development team, a 100% satisfaction rating from our learners.
I have received kudos from my managers and the Vice President of Services for having chosen and successfully delivered the Cultural Detective training. But the kudos should really go to you and your company, Kris. Cultural Detective is a rock solid methodology.
Thanks again for all your help making this training possible. When we take our next step into the global market, we know who we will turn to for training solutions.”
People to People International (PTPI) Global Youth Forum Leader
“Cultural Detective helped the students learn not only how to understand others’ cultures but their own. Students demonstrated a tremendous amount of growth in just a couple days!”
Maartje Goodeve, Nascence Coaching, BC, Canada
“The Cultural Detective Online is a sound investment for my work as an intercultural and relocation coach. I will also suggest to my clients to get a subscription for themselves.”
Dr. Michael Vande Berg, former VP Academic Affairs, CIEE (Council on Int'l Educational Exchange)
”Cultural Detective is contributing very significantly to CIEE’s efforts to help students abroad understand core cultural concepts, and develop key intercultural perspectives and skills—and is doing all of this in cost-effective ways.”