Creating Culture on Teams
Nov 1 and 2, 9 am to 5pm
Can your organization benefit from improved cohesion, productivity, and team dynamics?
Learn how Interculturally Agile professionals create the cultural space needed to boost team performance in their businesses, offices, and communities.
You are invited to attend our Intercultural Agility Summit and learn more about creating cultural spaces where all people on your team can flourish, belong, and work together effectively.
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 - 9:45 am
Break
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Chris O’Shaughnessey
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
10:15 am - 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Cultural Transformation: From the Family, to Business, to the World
Andrew Doust
Founder, Plenitude Partners
Andrew Doust works with high net worth families across the globe. Andrew began working with enterprise families in his home country of Australia almost 25 years ago. It was there that he discovered his passion to help families capitalise on opportunities and overcome the unique challenges of combining business and family life. He will share stories of cultivating intercultural agility in families and the impact of this transformation.
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Networking Lunch
12:15 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 - 2:15 pm
Break
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Successful DEIB Initiatives in Global Contexts
Linda Berlot
CEO, Berlot Group
Linda Berlot is a Human Development Specialist with over 20 years’ experience in the fields of Learning and Development and Strategic Culture Change. Linda's rich tapestry of experiences reveals how intercultural agility can transform team miscommunication into curiosity and mutual understanding, ultimately enhancing collaboration and effectiveness.
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Intercultural Agility Panel Discussion with Marco, Chris, Andrew, Matt, Linda
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks: How can YOU become Interculturally Agile?
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Marco Blankenburgh
International Director, KnowledgeWorkx
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, Team Coach
Linda is a human development specialist with more than 20 years’ experience in the fields of learning and development and strategic culture change and focuses on team dynamics to create alignment in organisations.
Chris O'Shaughnessey
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.
Co-Founder and CEO of NPCA, a Past President of ICF Dubai chapter
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.