Creating Places to Belong
Nov 1 , 2 and 3 in Dubai
We are constantly creating culture, and most of the time we can’t see it. Everything we do creates culture: our clothing, facial expressions, actions, choices, responses, or lack thereof - it all shapes the culture around us.
If that’s true, then everyone in a community has some degree of power to create culture.
The question then becomes – what kind of culture will YOU create?
This year we will discover ways to consciously create culture: a culture that is thoughtfully informed by the Three Colors of Worldview and the Cultural Mapping Inventory. Creating culture in places that are familiar to us – our families, our relationships, our workplaces.
Summit Agenda
Note that the Summit Agenda is subject to change.
Marco Blankenburgh
International Director, KnowledgeWorkx
Summit Welcome
Welcome to the Intercultural Agility Summit! Beginning with the question, “What is culture?”, Marco Blankenburgh will share how teams around the world have collaborated with KnowledgeWorkx to discover, create and multiply cultures that are thoughtfully informed by the Three Colors of Worldview and the Cultural Mapping Inventory. Marco will share the creation story of our company and our assessments and how they can be used to navigate cultural chasms – both visible and invisible.
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Break
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Chris O’Shaughnessy
Author and Speaker
Moving beyond Tolerance
Chris O’Shaughnessy, a passionate speaker and author, will lead us in a transformative session that searches for what lies beyond tolerance to bring cross-cultural understanding and intercultural agility to our globalized workplaces.
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Cultural Transformation: From the Family, to Business, to the World
Andrew Doust
Founder, Plenitude Partners
Business owning families around the world have huge influence on their people, the communities they serve and the charitable work they often support. Their success or failure matters. In this session we will explore how families of wealth and business can build a strong culture and remain united for generations to come.
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Networking Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Coaching Leaders to Create Cultures of Belonging
Matt Trenchard
Co-Founder and CEO, NPCA
Leaders create team culture, and often they do so unconsciously. Matt Trenchard, an internationally credentialed Professional Certified Coach who works with both Multinational and Gulf Organizations, will discuss the ways he coaches leaders to CONSCIOUSLY create cultures that flourish.
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Successful DEIB Initiatives in Global Contexts
Linda Berlot
CEO, Berlot Group
Very often great DEIB initiatives are created in a particular context, with the best of intentions. When rolled out Globally across different cultures, these initiatives don’t work and often misfire. Linda's rich tapestry of experiences reveals how intercultural agility can transform team miscommunication into curiosity and mutual understanding, ultimately enhancing collaboration and effectiveness.
In this presentation you will learn:
• The importance of “Going Global and Thinking Local”
• Examples of great DEIB initiatives that have been unsuccessful
• Solutions ensuring that these great initiatives are successfully adapted and adopted across cultural contexts
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Intercultural Agility Panel Discussion with Marco, Chris, Andrew, Matt, Linda
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Closing Remarks: How can YOU become Interculturally Agile?
Marco Blankenburgh
International Director, KnowledgeWorkx
5:00 pm onwards
Featured Speakers
Marco Blankenburgh
International Director, KnowledgeWorkx
Marco is an expert in understanding the relationship building process among people and uses Inter-Cultural Intelligence to underpin his work in strategic consulting, change management, leadership development and executive coaching.
Founder, Plenitude Partners
Andrew is the founder of Plenitude Partners and has created one of a kind programs like KoreVenture. He works with high-net-worth families, helping create healthy family culture in order to ensure a positive impact in the world.
Linda Berlot
CEO, Berlot Group
Linda Berlot is an Entrepreneur, Executive and Certified Team Coach (PCC, ORSCC). She is the Founder and CEO of Berlot Group, an ICF accredited Coach Training organization licensed to deliver team coaching and the ORSC coach training programs to leaders and executive teams throughout the GCC.
Chris O'Shaughnessy
Author and Public Speaker
Christopher O’Shaughnessy is a passionate and versatile speaker, comedian, and author who uses a unique blend of story-telling, humor, and provocative insight to engage a wide array of people on topics associated with globalization and cross-cultural understanding. Chris is enlisted to speak by organizations large and small ranging from international schools and educational institutions to government agencies and businesses across the globe.
Biomedical Engineer, Innovator and Third Culture Kid
Jonathan is a former KnowledgeWorkx intern and was the first recipient of the ICI Teen Scholarship award. Today, Jonathan works as a biomedical engineer in the US, coupling his experiences as an immigrant and third-culture kid with his passion for science and engineering to define the intersection between human-centered design and biotechnology.
Co-Founder and CEO, NPCA
Matt is an internationally credentialed Professional Certified Coach of 10 years’ experience Matt works with both multinational and Gulf organizations to help their people grow in their self-knowledge and, in doing so, discover their intended greatness. He is the co-founder and a lead faculty for North Point Coaching Academy, and have in excess of 700 hours of coaching experience.
High Performing Intercultural Teams Certification Oct 31st, 2024
You are invited to participate for an intensive High Performing Intercultural Teams (HPIT) Facilitative Certification.
A HPIT Journey is designed to develop a team’s cultural agility and equips them with the skills to develop a powerful intercultural team charter.
When completing the HPIT Certification, you will learn how to facilitate a full HPIT journey.
Register for the Summit and Certifications
