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Here we reach the final week of the MOOC provided by Futurelearn/Commonpurpose, and looking ahead at this week, it appears that we'll be focusing on 'the other', including 'exoticism', reminding me of Edward Said's notions of 'Orientalism'. Stand up We need to recognise 'cultural intolerance': we all carry biases that reflect both positively and negatively to other communities - we may not be able to automatically remove it, but we can be aware of it,…

Onto week 3 out of 4 from the FutureLearn/CommonPurpose looking at 'cultural intelligence'. As someone who likes to meet new people all the time, likes to try new things, has travelled a lot, and focuses on digital culture ... finding it really interesting, even if I don't have time to engage with it on the deepest level! The need to experiment Finding our Core, and the values, behaviours, beliefs and habits within it must be done…

The first week of this four-week course focuses on 'Modern Leadership', offering an introduction to Cultural Intelligence, explore its evolution and relevance, and why it is integral to modern leadership, drawing upon a wide range of material developed by CommonPurpose.org. "Founded in 1989 as a not-for-profit social enterprise, Common Purpose now runs local programmes for leaders in cities across the world, and our global programmes bring together leaders from over 100 countries across six continents." Opening…