Masterclass on Cultural Intelligence & Innovation

An Intensive 10-day Training Course

Masterclass on
Cultural Intelligence & Innovation

Developing the Skills to Innovate, Communicate and Think Critically
in Culturally Diverse Environments

UPCOMING SESSIONS

Classroom sessions
DateVenueFee
02-13 Jun 2025London - UK$11,900RESERVE A SEAT
10-21 Nov 2025Dubai - UAE$11,900RESERVE A SEAT
23 Mar-03 Apr 2026Istanbul - Turkey$11,900RESERVE A SEAT

Training Course Overview

**Unlocking Success through Cultural Intelligence and Innovation**

Cultural Intelligence (CI) is the ability to relate to and work effectively across different cultures. The higher your CI, the more successful you will be in navigating the diverse and globalized world of today’s professional environment. This skill is essential across all fields, including leadership, engineering, finance, accounting, and marketing.

Innovation is recognized as the most crucial leadership competency in any industry. This Masterclass on Cultural Intelligence & Innovation training course is designed to help participants adopt a radical mindset, push boundaries for themselves and their organizations, and remain agile and adaptive in the face of changing conditions and outcomes.

This Masterclass on Cultural Intelligence & Innovation training course covers both Innovation and Cultural Intelligence (CI), offering invaluable skills and insights you can’t afford to miss.

MODULES

This training course is split into these modules:

MODULE I - Developing your Cultural Intelligence (CI) & Leading in a Global Organisation

MODULE II - Developing your Cultural Intelligence (CI) & Leading in a Global Organisation

MODULE III - Developing your Cultural Intelligence (CI) & Leading in a Global Organisation

MODULE IV - Creating a Culture of Innovation

MODULE V - Creating a Culture of Innovation

MODULE VI - Creating a Culture of Innovation

Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking these Modules back-to-back as a "number of weeks" training course.

Training Course Objectives

By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Describe the fundamentals of innovation
  • List the challenges and cultural appropriateness of innovation
  • Identify how to generate, develop, and communicate ideas
  • Demonstrate advanced skills in critical and creative thinking
  • Develop your ability in working and relating with people from different cultural backgrounds
  • Describe the meaning of each of the cultural value dimensions
  • List ways to minimise the barriers to cross-cultural communication

Designed for

This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:

  • All Managers, Supervisors, Team Leaders, and Section Heads
  • Senior Managers in multi-cultural organisations
  • Expatriates working on global assignments or those who manage expatriates
  • HR and Learning and Development professionals
  • Talent management professionals
  • HR Business Partners
  • People working in Nationalisation roles
  • Anyone working with or in multi-cultural teams
  • Anyone who is considering or working in a cross-cultural assignment

The Course Outline

Module 1: Developing your Cultural Intelligence (CI) & Leading in a Global Organisation
Day One: Understanding Culture & Globalisation
  • Where culture comes from and why it matters
  • Understanding Globalisation
  • Your own cultural map
  • The seven levels of culture (National, Workplace, Gender, Age, Regional, Religious, Occupation)
  • The Hofstede five cultural value dimensions
Day Two: Communicating Across Cultures
  • Why communication differences and barriers occur
  • How to remove barriers to communication
  • Stereotypes and stereotyping explored
  • Non-verbal communication (body-language) and culture
  • Workplace culture and the impact on organisational communication
Day Three: Cross-Cultural Negotiation
  • The basics of negotiation
  • Cultural differences in negotiation
  • Overestimating and underestimating cultural differences in negotiation
  • Negotiation traps to avoid
  • Developing your cross-cultural negotiation skills
Day Four: Managing Expatriate Workers and Inclusion
  • International assignments and global career development
  • Why international assignments fail
  • Culture shock and global working
  • The business case for diversity and inclusion
  • Establishing a Nationalisation Programme
Day Five: Developing a Global Mindset
  • Innovation and culture
  • Developing a global mindset
  • How to improve your CI
  • Managing in multi-national organisations
  • Personal Action Planning
Module 2: Developing your Cultural Intelligence (CI) & Leading in a Global Organisation
Day Six: Understanding Culture & Globalisation
  • Where culture comes from and why it matters
  • Understanding Globalisation
  • Your own cultural map
  • The seven levels of culture (National, Workplace, Gender, Age, Regional, Religious, Occupation)
  • The Hofstede five cultural value dimensions
Day Seven: Communicating Across Cultures
  • Why communication differences and barriers occur
  • How to remove barriers to communication
  • Stereotypes and stereotyping explored
  • Non-verbal communication (body-language) and culture
  • Workplace culture and the impact on organisational communication
Day Eight: Cross-Cultural Negotiation
  • The basics of negotiation
  • Cultural differences in negotiation
  • Overestimating and underestimating cultural differences in negotiation
  • Negotiation traps to avoid
  • Developing your cross-cultural negotiation skills
Day Nine: Managing Expatriate Workers and Inclusion
  • International assignments and global career development
  • Why international assignments fail
  • Culture shock and global working
  • The business case for diversity and inclusion
  • Establishing a Nationalisation Programme
Day Ten: Developing a Global Mindset
  • Innovation and culture
  • Developing a global mindset
  • How to improve your CI
  • Managing in multi-national organisations
  • Personal Action Planning
Module 3: Developing your Cultural Intelligence (CI) & Leading in a Global Organisation
Understanding Culture & Globalisation
  • Where culture comes from and why it matters
  • Understanding Globalisation
  • Your own cultural map
  • The seven levels of culture (National, Workplace, Gender, Age, Regional, Religious, Occupation)
  • The Hofstede five cultural value dimensions
Communicating Across Cultures
  • Why communication differences and barriers occur
  • How to remove barriers to communication
  • Stereotypes and stereotyping explored
  • Non-verbal communication (body-language) and culture
  • Workplace culture and the impact on organisational communication
Cross-Cultural Negotiation
  • The basics of negotiation
  • Cultural differences in negotiation
  • Overestimating and underestimating cultural differences in negotiation
  • Negotiation traps to avoid
  • Developing your cross-cultural negotiation skills
Managing Expatriate Workers and Inclusion
  • International assignments and global career development
  • Why international assignments fail
  • Culture shock and global working
  • The business case for diversity and inclusion
  • Establishing a Nationalisation Programme
Developing a Global Mindset
  • Innovation and culture
  • Developing a global mindset
  • How to improve your CI
  • Managing in multi-national organisations
  • Personal Action Planning
Module 4: Creating a Culture of Innovation
The Practice of Innovation
  • What is innovation and where does it come from
  • Becoming innovative
  • Ideas for innovation
  • The importance of the Business Model for value creation
  • Developing your Business Model Canvas
Disruptive Innovation
  • Introduction to Disruptive Innovation (DI)
  • Disruptive Technology or Disruptive Innovation
  • Examples of great disruption across multiple industries
  • Evaluate your ability to be disruptive
  • Enablers and constraints for DI
Benchmarking for Innovation
  • Principles of benchmarking for innovation
  • Different methods of benchmarking and how they relate to each other
  • How to identify potential benchmarking projects
  • An overview of the benchmarking process
  • Running a Successful Benchmarking Project
Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Understanding the power of creativity
  • Your brain and ideas
  • Communication skills for Ideation
  • Core critical thinking skills
  • Argument mapping
Culture and Innovation
  • Understanding the levels of culture
  • Cultural barriers
  • What we know about culture and innovation
  • Creating a workplace culture that supports innovation
  • Personal action planning
Module 5: Module 5: Creating a Culture of Innovation
The Practice of Innovation
  • What is innovation and where does it come from
  • Becoming innovative
  • Ideas for innovation
  • The importance of the Business Model for value creation
  • Developing your Business Model Canvas
Disruptive Innovation
  • Introduction to Disruptive Innovation (DI)
  • Disruptive Technology or Disruptive Innovation
  • Examples of great disruption across multiple industries
  • Evaluate your ability to be disruptive
  • Enablers and constraints for DI
Benchmarking for Innovation
  • Principles of benchmarking for innovation
  • Different methods of benchmarking and how they relate to each other
  • How to identify potential benchmarking projects
  • An overview of the benchmarking process
  • Running a Successful Benchmarking Project
Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Understanding the power of creativity
  • Your brain and ideas
  • Communication skills for Ideation
  • Core critical thinking skills
  • Argument mapping
Culture and Innovation
  • Understanding the levels of culture
  • Cultural barriers
  • What we know about culture and innovation
  • Creating a workplace culture that supports innovation
  • Personal action planning
Module 6: Module 6: Creating a Culture of Innovation
The Practice of Innovation
  • What is innovation and where does it come from
  • Becoming innovative
  • Ideas for innovation
  • The importance of the Business Model for value creation
  • Developing your Business Model Canvas
Disruptive Innovation
  • Introduction to Disruptive Innovation (DI)
  • Disruptive Technology or Disruptive Innovation
  • Examples of great disruption across multiple industries
  • Evaluate your ability to be disruptive
  • Enablers and constraints for DI
Benchmarking for Innovation
  • Principles of benchmarking for innovation
  • Different methods of benchmarking and how they relate to each other
  • How to identify potential benchmarking projects
  • An overview of the benchmarking process
  • Running a Successful Benchmarking Project
Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Understanding the power of creativity
  • Your brain and ideas
  • Communication skills for Ideation
  • Core critical thinking skills
  • Argument mapping
Culture and Innovation
  • Understanding the levels of culture
  • Cultural barriers
  • What we know about culture and innovation
  • Creating a workplace culture that supports innovation
  • Personal action planning

The Certificate

  • Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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