by Damien Lesca | Oct 23, 2020 | Education
Our institution has a multicultural program, designed to enhance and foster multicultural competencies among students. Students are selected for their high academic potential and their interest in international matters, global issues, and language learning. An...
by Gary Oddou | Sep 23, 2020 | Global Skills, Leadership
Every one of us lives with uncertainty. Some of it is self-induced, while other uncertainties come from elsewhere. COVID-19 is a wildly clear example of that. It is an extreme version of uncertainty that has turned many of our lives upside down in a myriad of ways...
by Gary Oddou | Apr 16, 2020 | Education, Global Skills
We are experiencing unprecedented conflict in the world, in our own countries, and within our own communities, and much of this conflict is due to gaps in our understanding of each other. Gaps that create unreasonable expectations and biased judgments. Individuals...
by Gary Oddou | Mar 19, 2020 | Global Skills
I want to start this by emphasizing the “talent” of being able to effectively manage our differences with others. Although this talent is not as visible as those we typically extoll–music, art, athletics and so on–the outcome of exercising...
by Gary Oddou | Jan 9, 2020 | Education
As human beings in a world of expectations within our family, social and work environments, we depend on clarity and predictability. We have clear expectations of driver behavior at red and green lights. Our and their lives depend on it. We go to work having clear...