by Clint | May 30, 2008 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Intercultural communication, Key Questions, Religion
Shouts with a call: “Stop lying” Response (by the crowd): “Dalai Lama” What are some human tendencies in responding to conflict? While walking this morning along the streets of Oxford (to a conference I am presenting at this weekend), I saw a group of people gathering...
by Clint | Apr 18, 2008 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Intercultural communication, Religion
Today I heard Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi speak about the laws and policies in the US, in her own country (Iran), and around the world – and the ways in which they contribute to peace and human rights or promote war. The stark differences in views...
by Clint | Jan 31, 2008 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Key Lessons, Key Questions, Technologies for Intercultural Communication
Paul Rusesabagina spoke on Tuesday at BYU. I liked how he titled his presentation: “Hotel Rwanda: A story yet to be told” – because the story is not over yet, and each of us can be a small part of making it a better story than it otherwise would be....
by Clint | Jan 25, 2008 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Intercultural communication, International business
The ambassador to the United States for the European Union (“His Excellency” John Bruton, former prime minister of Ireland), gave a Kennedy Center lecture at BYU yesterday. He shared a lot of interesting information about the EU, how it functions,...
by Clint | Dec 11, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Just something cool
I just got back from one of the best road trips I think I have ever been on! At the end of some of the days I think we hurt from laughing too much. I also learned a lot! Being around so many people from different countries, one of the most interesting things for me...
by Clint | Dec 6, 2007 | Attempt at Funny, Cross-cultural perspectives
As today (December 6th) is a national holiday in Finland (celebrating 90 years of independence!), I thought it would be fun to point out one way in which I have acquired a new form of, well…I guess you could say “liberation” while living here in...
