The surprising shifts in American foreign policy under Trump aren't just political—they're deeply cultural. Marco Blankenburgh and Rana Nejem break new ground by applying KnowledgeWorks' Three Colors of Worldview framework to decode global politics, revealing patterns that traditional analysis misses entirely. Trump's leadership represents a seismic shift from America's traditional innocence-guilt orientation (centered on laws and being "right") to a power-fear approach

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Part 4 of 4 In the previous part, we discussed a few ways in which the 12 Dimensions of Culture play out in traffic. Have you ever been...

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In computer displays, millions of colors are created by mixing only three primary colors: Red, Green, and Blue. In a similar way, every...

Dive deeper into applications of the Three Colors of Worldview The Three Colors of Worldview is a simple but powerful discovery tool that...

ICI Coaching, Part 1 Unlocking motivation helps you create a Third Cultural Space in which a coaching relationship can thrive. There are...

It is difficult to establish trust with everyone in an inter-culturally complex workplace. In our increasingly global and...

The essence of the coaching journey is the establishment of a third cultural space Establish your third cultural space early in the...

Coaching and the remapping of motivation, Part 1 of 2 The prevalent ideas of motivation in executive coaching need some remapping, and...

How an Innocence-Guilt question led to dishonor in an Honor-Shame context From time to time, we share stories that illustrate lessons we...

A Power-Fear Story: working with corporate leaders to effect deep and lasting corporate change The 1940 book Anna and the King relates...

How approaches to financial matters differ according to worldview Applying international financial best practice may not produce the...

Three Colors of Worldview Series: How we see and use contracts is dependent on our Worldview How different Worldviews see contracts In...

Learning from our own experience, Part 2 of 3 As we explained in Part 1, having engaged the services of a terrific web development...

Learning from our own experience, Part 1 of 3 This story took place several years ago. We had just made the decision to build our brand...

Part 3 of 3 Series: Multicultural Team Benefits from In-House ICI Training It may surprise you to learn what these colleagues found out...

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