By: Nancy VanderRoest on February 2, 2019
Of the many missionary trips I have taken to Mexico, one truly stood out. Each year for nearly 10 years, I traveled with our Rotary group to Mexico to help in an orphanage there that was started by a fellow Rotarian and run by an amazing group of nuns. Ongoing crisis situations faced us throughout…
By: Mary Mims on February 1, 2019
Many years ago, while working my own business, I supplemented my income by becoming a substitute teacher. My favorite group to work with were the elementary age children, especially those from grades 1 to 3. At one of the schools I substituted at, there was a young first grade boy from Haiti who spoke no…
By: Kyle Chalko on February 1, 2019
Two things happened this week that made the Culture Map by Erin Meyer be particularly interesting ot me. First, I chose to listen to this book from Audible and Erin Meyer’s cultural sensitivity and awareness was easy to pick up on. My favorite part was that anytime Meyer wrote an example of something that would…
By: Digby Wilkinson on February 1, 2019
Funniest Book I’ve Read, The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures.[1] Humour comes in many forms, but the best experience of it is unexpected. This week I will unpack my experience of Cultural Mapping through the stories of two Americans, a group of Asians and the tragic tale…
By: Jean Ollis on February 1, 2019
I’ve got to admit, after struggling to connect with last week’s theology based book examining evangelicalism, I was pretty excited to dig into Erin Meyer’s book, The Culture Map. And it did not disappoint…Meyer’s book is relevant, pragmatic, and based on years of study and experience. It is directly connected to global leadership and the…
By: Jason Turbeville on February 1, 2019
As I began to read The Culture Map by Erin Meyer I was thinking to myself, I wish I would have had this book years ago. As I was reading through the pitfalls of leadership within different cultures it brought back mission trips and outreach to refugees that probably could have been more effective. In her…
By: Shawn Hart on January 31, 2019
(I am going to apologize in advance of this post. To be blatantly honest, I have been working on our church auditorium remodel every day for the past two weeks, and though it is nearly finished, it has taken a toll on my reading. I have rushed through this week’s post, and have thus, not…
By: Harry Fritzenschaft on January 31, 2019
Erin Meyer’s The Culture Map is a much easier and much more relevant read related to my research area. While not especially an academic book, it speaks to how our global communities and individuals today try to get things done across cultures. While often utilizing business examples and challenges, I believe the concepts in this…
By: Karen Rouggly on January 31, 2019
During my time at Fuller Seminary, my favorite professor introduced me to David Livermore. David Livermore is a researcher, speaker, and author most known for his cultural intelligence quotient, or CQ as it’s commonly called.[1] Livermore, and the Cultural Intelligence Center, have developed four capabilities of cultural intelligence.[2] Those are, CQ Drive, CQ Knowledge, CQ…
By: Trisha Welstad on January 31, 2019
In two weeks, I will be speaking at a retreat for a multicultural congregation where I will be a minority. The theme for the weekend is “Caring for self and others in the way of Jesus.” As I discussed the content with the planning team, I mentioned Brené Brown’s content around shame and vulnerability. A…
By: Sean Dean on January 31, 2019
In the Swedish movie A Man Named Ove the main character, Ove, exemplifies everything we would normally associate with Nordic people. From living a sparse life to only driving Saabs everything about him says that he is in fact Swedish. When his new neighbor Parvaneh, who is Iranian, brings him food out of gratitude for…
By: Jake Dean-Hill on January 31, 2019
With the many real-life stories and experiences included, The Culture Map by Erin Meyer was an enjoyable read. I appreciated how the author took us into the various cultures and gave us a first-person view of what it would be like to lead there. I was drawn to the chapter entitled “How Much Respect Do…
By: Greg on January 31, 2019
Speaking the same language but not speaking from the same culture can sometimes be worse than speaking different languages. I remember when our family first landed in Beijing it was night time and the buildings were lit up with lights. Traveling back from the airport there was an excitement of being in a new country,…
By: Andrea Lathrop on January 31, 2019
Erin Meyer’s Culture Map offers great insights into the struggle and gifts of getting things done in a globalized context. She reminds us that not everyone thinks, acts, responds, and leads the same way we do. How helpful to understand better the ‘water’ I swim in and to see it plotted on a continuum alongside other…
By: Colleen Batchelder on January 31, 2019
Leadership is not the summation of self-reflection or internal comprehension, but the cause and effect of intersection within a culture, gender, generation, and personality. Therefore, in order for one to lead influentially, they must first place themselves under scrutiny. Erin Meyer, author, and professor at INSEAD invites her readers to enter into this paradox and…
By: Jenn Burnett on January 31, 2019
This post is lovingly dedicated to those who took the time to love me during my early cross cultural days. I am forever humbled and changed by your hospitality and friendship. There are so many posts I could write inspired by Erin Meyer’s The Culture Map. I could write about how when I read it…
By: Mark Petersen on January 31, 2019
As I write this blog post, I’m on vacation in the coastal town of Essaouira, Morocco, famous for its sardines, crescent beach, and UNESCO-protected fortified wall. Haunting calls to prayer wail out five times a day, and though it’s a beach town, I’ve seen more burkas than bikinis. This is not the first place you’d…
By: Jay Forseth on January 31, 2019
Put my big foot right in my mouth I did, and you all were there to witness it. We were de-briefing from our Sunday church worship attendance in Hong Kong. At the big Baptist church (the largest church in Hong Kong), I noticed the Pastor was working so very hard to teach the congregation. He…
By: Tammy Dunahoo on January 31, 2019
Several years ago, me and my husband visited London for the first time and were impressed by the efficiency we experienced on the tube system. It became our most enjoyable mode of transportation and felt quite proud of our ability to navigate the routes throughout our time in the city. We also quickly noticed that…
By: Mario Hood on January 31, 2019
The common thought is, we live a big world that has become small, through the progression of humanity on the tidal wave technology. Polanyi walks us through the history and progression towards a “free market” world that in turn connects humanity via the financial aspect.[1] Bebbington in his work, Evangelicalism in Modern Britain[2], shows not…
