Nitin Deckha – Center for Intercultural Dialogue

The culturally intelligent organization by Mercedes Naficy D’Angelo and Nitin Deckha, SIETAR Tri-State group, 22 June 2022, 11am-12pm EST.

The SIETAR Tri-State group (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) has organized another webinar, and CID followers are again invited to participate.

This session explores how to create an intentional culture of inclusion strategically. Addressing DEI is not about checking the box by simply offering training. While training is an important element in a DEI program, taking the pulse of an organization’s current culture, via a “Lived Experience Survey” and focus groups, offers valuable insight into the examining the dimensions of diversities in an organization, which can then be leveraged to enhance an organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. This involves identifying the strengths and weaknesses of an organization’s culture and subsequently designing programs to address those weaknesses, thereby providing a more effective DEI approach. Furthermore, when senior leadership better understand the complexity and range of their organization’s culture, they are more able to see the intersections of cultural identities and experiences and the importance of building equity and inclusion with intention and purpose. This culturally-intelligent strategic approach offers greater accountability and with more immediate results.

Mercedes Naficy D’Angelo has consulted with global HR for more than 20 years, designing customized solutions for supporting their talent management needs.

Nitin Deckha holds a PhD in Anthropology from Rice University (Houston, TX), a Master’s Certificate in Adult Training and Development from York University’s Schulich Executive Education Centre and is a Certified Training Development Professional (CTDP).

Embedding Intercultural Fluency Training in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Transformation by Nitin Deckha, SIETAR Tri-State group, January 27, 2021, 11 am EST.

The SIETAR Tri-State group has organized another webinar, and CID followers are invited to participate. The webinar learning objectives are:

Compare and contrast how intercultural fluency training objectives relate to those of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Distill how key intercultural concepts, such as ethnocentrism, cultural worldviews, conflict styles, communication styles, and others can intersect with diversity, equity and inclusion frameworks.
Assess how intercultural fluency can be better aligned with organizational equity and inclusion policies and frameworks.
Devise strategies to embed intercultural fluency training into workplace diversity, equity and inclusion transformation.