{"id":28743,"date":"2022-09-07T21:52:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T04:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=28743"},"modified":"2022-09-07T21:52:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T04:52:18","slug":"relative-positioning-is-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/relative-positioning-is-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Relative Positioning is Key"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erin Meyer\u2019s The Culture Map bridges the disciplines of business and psychology to pave the way for clearer international communication. Using eight scales, countries are mapped on a continuum which then can be compared against one another using mapping \u2013 the importance being their relative positioning to one another.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> This visualization brings context to common communication challenges that can take place in every sector of industry, shedding insight as to how and why cultures vary in their interaction with others. A business professor by trade, Meyer has quickly become a leading expert in the field of international communication, working with top business executives from around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>I consider myself fortunate that the video we watched accompanying this week\u2019s reading was one I saw live many years ago at the Global Leadership Summit. Newly into a vocational role within international education, I was captivated by Meyers ease at navigating cultural challenges and complexities by using mapping. I have used this book and the scales with every intercultural course, team training, and student mobilization effort I have been part of since. Revisiting this work, the video, and Dr. Tremper\u2019s overview of the mapping system reminded me that I truly love the field of international education. I enjoy equipping and empowering students to engage in cultures different from their own, learn social norms that they are not familiar with, understand the importance of high- and low-context culture differences, and to continually be a student wherever they go.<\/p>\n<p>Meyer states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat\u2019s new is the requirement for twenty-first century leaders to be prepared to understand a wider, richer array of work styles than ever before and to be able to determine what aspects of an interaction are simply a result of personality and which are a result of differences in cultural perspectives.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While there are many lanes I could choose to travel down this week, I find myself sitting with a few questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Similarly to previous conversations about Winchester, does this new way of mapping further help me understand where I am headed?<\/li>\n<li>Had this knowledge base been available within the earlier church, would as many denominations have formed as we have today, or would there be fewer with greater understanding and appreciation for differing cultural perspectives and implications?<\/li>\n<li>How much depth and richness do I miss out on within scripture because I have not been taking cultural context into account? Or even thought to consider my relative position to the predominant cultures in biblical times and how that may impact my understanding and interpretation?<\/li>\n<li>Is the TRC model we dove into with Tutu last week largely effective because those participating were all within the same country and general positions on the scales?<\/li>\n<li>While we can be mapped based on our culture and country, how does our personality (Nettles) further impact our cultural communication competencies?<\/li>\n<li>Will we still recognize and reflect cultures as we know them today in Heaven?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With all of the complexities and challenges that can emerge from cross-cultural engagement whether in business, politics, religion, or education, I still hold fast to intercultural is the way of the Lord. I can only imagine the beauty that will overwhelm when we truly are able to understand and experience what every tribe, tongue, and nation really means.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> May we live today in light of that reality that is to come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Meyer, 22.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Ibid., 252.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Revelation 7:9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erin Meyer\u2019s The Culture Map bridges the disciplines of business and psychology to pave the way for clearer international communication. 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