CRAFTING FRESH CULTURE

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Meeting at:

3055 NE Columbia Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55418

Tuesdays, 6-8pm
February 4 , 11, 18

Join us for a 3-week course full of fascinating conversation, awesome new friends, and delicious craft beer!

Things we’ll be talking about:

  • What forms the culture we live in?

  • What is power and how does it work?

  • What does it mean to “honor“ someone?

  • What’s the difference between “right” and “good”?

  • How do you solve misunderstandings across cultures?

  • What does it take to create a space where we all belong?

Event & Registration Details

  • This is a 3-week course.

  • We will meet on Tuesdays: February 4 , 11, & 18.

  • Registration for the course is $90, limited to 32 participants.

  • All proceeds will be donated to charity.
    (Participants will choose one together!)

  • Includes one free 56 Brewing beverage per session.

  • Young Man Hawaiian Japanese Fusion Food Truck available

  • Discussions will be facilitated by Cultivate Founder, Ming-Jinn Tong.

  • We will end with a Wrap Party on February 25

Let’s Celebrate!

The best part of Intercultural Agility is sharing it with others; invite your friends and family to meet the cohort!

Tuesday, February 25 at 6pm

  • One free 56 Brewing Beverage for Participants

  • Free Glizzies from Yia Vang for all
    (a Vinai Staff Meal Favorite)

What is Intercultural Agility?

Intercultural Agility is a practice that helps you effectively engage with people from anywhere in the world––or even just around town.

But with hundreds of cultures all around us, how can this be possible?

We tend to think of culture as a set of norms that differ from one nation to another. It feels daunting, even impossible, to memorize lists of Do’s and Don’ts for each different culture we encounter.

What if, instead, we could peer below the surface of culture to understand how behaviors are created & interpreted in any culture around the world––and make that understanding an instinct? 

That instinct is what we call Intercultural Agility.

What are the core ideas of Intercultural Agility?

  • We have only two eyes––and they both look away from ourselves. This makes it easy to see others, but nearly impossible to see ourselves. What we miss is far greater than what we see––and what we see, we often misinterpret.

    Perception Management offers real tools that reveal to us the lenses we didn’t know were wearing, then helps us relearn how to perceive the world all around us.

  • What categories would you choose to describe culture? Language and religion? Food and clothing? Music and art?

    While these categories are important, they are only the surface expressions of culture, not culture itself.

    The Three Colors of Worldview and 12 Dimensions of Culture work together to reveal the invisible foundations and workings of every culture––beginning with your own.

  • A final, fundamental question is this: Where does culture come from, and who gets to make it?

    The answer is startling: We are all constantly creating culture. Not a moment goes by when culture is not reinforced, challenged, augmented, or destroyed.

    Equipped with new tools to effectively navigate culture, the power and priority of IA is to intentionally create healthy culture everywhere we go.

Coming Soon!