And the answer is …… Do First Nations people look you in the eye? More cultural lessons for training & development
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development
Two weeks ago I launched a contest based on a comment I hear fairly frequently when I’m doing cultural intelligence, diversity and/or access and inclusion training. And that comment is ‘First Nations people don’t look you in the eye.’ Besides being a generalization, it’s way more complicated. I learned another way of saying ‘yes’ and […]
Tags: cross cultural communications, cross culture communication, culture, first nations, intercultural, inuit, pelly bay
Do First Nations people look you in the eye? More cultural lessons for training & development
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development
Hot post title, no? Has it got you all up in arms? Good. Hang on, keep reading (there’s a contest with a cool prize to come)… A couple of my recent posts have been on cultural issues to consider when doing training and development. You can see them at the bottom of this post. I […]
Tags: communication, communication continuum, first nations, intercultural, inuit, life lenses, perspective
Training & development cultural lessons from Sioux Lookout
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development
Watching out for too-near hippos at night and too-curious monkeys by day, I’ve been fortunate to do my training work all over the globe. From -72 Celsius/-96 Fahrenheit to +44 Celsius/111 Fahrenheit I’ve run the gamut of intriguing work places and spaces. Recently I found myself in a tiny plane, hop skip and a jumping […]
Tags: culture, first nations, sioux lookout
A sneak peak of the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Social Responsibility
I was lucky enough to take part in the dress rehearsal of the 21st Vancouver Winter Olympic Opening Ceremonies. The same ceremonies that will be viewed by some 3 billion (with a b) eyeballs later today. I spent most of the time with tears coursing down my face. If you were there and if you […]
Tags: canadian, first nations, hallelujah, KD Lang, leap of faith, learning, olympics, opening ceremonies, pride, snowboard, vancouver, winter olympics
Operation secret (Vancouver) Valentine
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Travel
In response to Kelly Diel’s Operation Secret Valentine, here’s my not so secret Valentine. As the world turns its gaze upon Vancouver to feast on the 21st Winter Olympics, and as the season for pink cupcakes draws near, I thought I’d share my love affair with my home town Vancouver. From the mountains encased by […]
Tags: chinese new year, cupcakes, diwali, downtown eastside, first nations, kelly diel, valentines, vancouver, Vancouver folk music festival, winter olympics