Culture is a challenge to teach. Unless you begin with the child and offer daily lessons support the learning objectives.

The above scenario works for the inter-generational transfer of the granular components of a shared culture: rituals, celebrations, problem-solving, explanatory frameworks and the countless multitudes of instruction sets critical for survival. No wonder organizations place a high priority on cultural competency. It's a valuable tool.

Yet - for all its inherent value, culture is still a mystery. Organizations tend to begin at a place that wants to make everyone "play nice in the sandbox", "unite for a common mission" or some such unrealistic goal, yet "checks the box".

The real challenge begins when we explore our natural inclination to segregate and differentiate. How can an organizational perspective reduce our natural tendencies? Our answer begins with a question: How does cotton become such different cloth around the world? Unique to the culture - same raw material?

Answer that question and we begin to understand how our perspectives can be applied in other scenarios for continued, unending learning. And that seems to be a wonderful reason to wake-up each day. That and sharing our lessons just like we share a meal - or better yet, while we share a meal!

We are asked often, "Who needs a coach?", "Why?" and "It's expensive." usually in that order. If you aren't convinced, we are not going to tip the balance.

But we can offer a quick video of someone who might....enjoy!