As part of a workshop it is common practice to do an exercise that not only helps people to get to know each other, but also to create awareness of identity formation, values, norms and rituals, and the power of culture. In this exercise, participants in a workshop...
Part of workshops is often for people to get to know each other better and learn about the many different parts of each other’s identity. And most of all, learn that identity is more than one’s ethnicity or nationality. Learning goals To increase awareness of...
With my 91-year-old father-in-law, former engineer at the European Space Agency ESA and always up for a conversation about the universe, we fantasised about Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin spending a week together on the International Space Station ISS. In orbit above...
Being knowledgeable about local, global and intercultural issues is one of the prime dimensions of being globally competent. One of the biggest social issues in the hotel industry is human trafficking. Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to...
75% of the Dutch citizens has experienced some form of anxiety due to increased polarisation. Almost 1.5 million Dutch people say that the contact with colleagues, family or friends was reduced or even terminated by differences of opinion on societal issues. We...
Ankie Hoefnagels, PhD, Research Center Global Minds @ Work, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Ankie Hoefnagels, Chair Global Minds at Work, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences