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BI Update – What we’ve been up to lately…
It’s been a while – our silence has been caused by the busiest two months ever in the history of BI. A good thing, but we are looking forward to a little time to digest the experiences of the last few...
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Good reading and listening on diversity, globalisation and Asia
It’s so important that we are constantly challenging ourselves in this space that we work. The BI team are voracious readers and listeners and we frequently share favourites. The conversations that...
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Hosting events for HE Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister of Thailand
What a week! As National President of the Australia Thailand Business Council, I was involved in many of the events regarding the visit of HE Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand. It all...
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Building Workforce Capability for the Asian Century – Is knowledge what counts?
Last week I really enjoyed attending and presenting at the Asian Studies Conference of Australia. Click here to see my powerpoint presentation summary ‘Is knowledge what really counts? Exploring ‘Asia...
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Getting Diversity Right – It’s not just about the numbers
So often, the focus of ‘getting diversity right’ is about the numbers. Yet, we often forget that it’s not just the numbers which matter – it’s the interaction, collaboration and capacity to engage and...
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The Australia in the Asian Century Whitepaper
The team at Beasley Intercultural welcome the release of the government’s ‘Australia in the Asian Century Whitepaper’. If ever there was any doubt about the business case for a greater focus on Asia,...
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What’s wrong with the world? Can you see it in this clip?
Watch the clip and see if you can work out what’s wrong with the world… Recently, while searching for video for our new website, this clip was the best we could find. I thought I’d found what we’d...
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Balancing the Global and the Local – the ‘What’ and the ‘How’
Balancing the need for consistency of process globally with the need to adapt to and respect local culture is a common challenge in global workplaces. However, this is not as simple as an either/or...
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Stakeholder engagement – How to make it work!
The challenge to find out what’s really going on and what people really think Enabling stakeholder feedback and two-way information flows can be challenging. However, intercultural communication skills...
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Don’t Go Back to Where you Came From
Thoughts and reflections on Tim Southphommasane’s book, by BI Consultant Ramona Singh In “Don’t Go Back to Where You Came From”, Tim Soutphommasane builds a convincing case for the success of...
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BI Update and the Program all Australians should watch
I hope your intercultural endeavours are going well. What an interesting time in terms of working in intercultural capability development and inclusion. The Q&A Indonesia program from Jakarta...
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The Diversity Dividend – Getting with the Program!
Productivity and ‘high performance’ are key buzzwords in today’s economy. Businesses and organisations must extract the optimal output from limited resources and achieve more for less. We also have...
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Holiday Reading – What’s good and worth tracking down
‘Indonesia, etc.: Exploring the improbable nation’ by Elizabeth Pisani. Pisani was a correspondent in Indonesia in the late 1980’s, returned a decade later as a medical researcher, and for a third time...
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Who has the right to talk about me?!
Paraphrasing or seeking to explain someone else’s culture is a risky enterprise. In this article ’14 Aussie Phrases we should all be using’ an American website initially does quite well. I found it...
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Cultural Capability and Inclusion: How do you make it work?
Diversity and inclusion strategies in many organisations have a very strong gender focus. Many of our clients are currently broadening this approach to also involve cultural capability. As a starting...
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Leading for Change – Let’s get started!
It was a delight to attend the ‘Leading for Change: Blueprint for cultural diversity and inclusive leadership’ report launch today at Westpac Barangaroo and catch up with so many friends and...
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Leading for Inclusion
It seems an opportune time to reflect on what leading for inclusion actually looks like. Inclusive leaders involve everyone, not only the people like them, the people they feel comfortable with, or the...
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Top 5 issues we see when ‘Going Global’– Board and Executive Level Risks
We work with clients at what we like to call the ‘pointy end’ of change – businesses which are ‘Going Global’. This isn’t easy, it may involve mergers and acquisitions, working with very powerful Asian...
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‘Inclusive Leadership’ Program 2016 Alumni
In 2016, participants from Australia and 15 countries across Europe, Asia and South America participated in the Beasley Intercultural Inclusive Leadership program. Many of our global participants...
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