Workshops that inspire
In today's digital era, we are continuously exposed to countless news articles, opinions, and ideas, leading us to believe that we have access to a more diverse and comprehensive range of perspectives than ever before. Yet, as social media platforms have become our primary source of information, we find ourselves increasingly confined within echo chambers that tailor our experiences to align with our existing beliefs and preferences. This phenomenon, fueled by powerful algorithms, poses a significant threat to our ability to think critically and maintain objectivity.
How do we break free from this phenomenon? Sharon Gai, someone who has lived in many parts of the world, will share with us her experiences of facing discrimination at a young age and the Culture Fluid mindset she eventually built up. She uses this whenever she is met with people who disagrees with each other. She urges people to become more comfortable with the uncomfortable and find a new way to agree to disagree.
Culture Fluid workshops are here to be that point of unification for your employees, where they can have a space to connect with one another, show up as their authentic selves and break the walls of just being formal coworkers. Our workshops are a process of self-discovery, where your team is going to uncover a hidden part of themselves.
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What is Culture Fluid?
60 min session
Our world is increasingly becoming more and more polarized because of the way social media algorithms are constructed. They are wired to queue videos that they know we will double tap on to keep our attention. This is creating a generation that is becoming less and less resilient in opposing points of views and fuels the division we already have in the world. How do we break free from this phenomenon?
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So there is EQ and IQ, but ever heard of CQ? CQ stands for cultural intelligence and is the ability for someone to navigate different cultures, whether at work, at home or generally in society. If you’ve moved countries, been an expat, been on an exchange, learned a new language or just travelled abroad, most likely you’ve been met with some sort of cultural shake-up. Being culture fluid enables us to traverse between cultures more easily by being more empathetic to those from another culture, a skill that is more and more needed in an increasingly globalized world. In this 60 minute workshop, Sharon will take the audience through her journey of growing up as an immigrant, and then returning to her birth country to work for the largest local internet company. She shares stories of work place micro aggressions she has experienced in both places and what she did in each instance. Open discussions will follow where participants can also share their stories and the group is given the chance to assess what are the best courses of action to take in the future. She ends the presentation by showcasing how she answers the question of – where are you from.
Workshop Takeaways:
1. Learn how to be the bridge in a team with different cultures
2. Cultural intelligence and its importance in the workplace
3. How to take advantage of diverse cultures in teams
How to build resilience in chaos
60 min session
Ever been in a situation where you feel like the world seems to be plotting against you? You’ve lost control? And feel rising anxiety? What seemed like one thing wrong might end up seeming like everything’s wrong. Learn how to adjust your mindset in this hour long workshop on How to Build Resilience in Chaos.
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We love the days where we wear PJs as work outfits. We also miss the days of the bustling office. How is the new persisted way of work affecting our workforce, productivity and our relationship with our coworkers? In the future, more jobs will be outsourced to either cities with cheaper labor or sometimes to other countries. Companies will need to learn to function with more distributed teams. Before, there were happy hours and in person team bonding activities to keep up employee engagement. In the WFH and hybrid age, how can remote teams still feel connected with their colleagues? How can satellite offices in other time zones stay connected and sustain motivation? In this 60 minute workshop, Sharon showcases knowledge management frameworks from organizational behavior that answer how best to manage WFH and hybrid environments as leaders, managers and employees. This workshop will teach HR practitioners, company owners and employees how to stay connected in an increasing WFH or hybrid environment.
Workshop Takeaways:
1. How to create the same sense of “togetherness” as an in-person team as leaders and managers
2. Knowledge management frameworks for distributed teams – what is the best communication mechanism, text, email, call, in person and for what situations
3. Fun activities team leaders can initiate for distributed teams
60 min session
Attention is the most important resource in this economy. And running a remote team has become harder than ever. Without the water cooler conversations and the in-office parties that would gel a community together, it’s becoming harder and harder to keep employees engaged. How do we make them care again?
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In Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book, Antifragile, he spoke of three mythological creatures. The Roman myth of Damocles describes a fragile situation: a single horse hair suspends a sword over Damocles' head - shocks will have catastrophic results. The legend of the Phoenix describes a mythical bird that rises from the ashes after its destruction. The phoenix is robust because it returns to its original state after a shock. Finally, the myth of the Hydra describes a multi-headed serpent with a special power: each time a head is cut off, two grow back in its place. The Hydra is antifragile because shocks make it stronger. Ever been in a situation where you feel like the world seems to be plotting against you? You’ve lost control? And feel rising anxiety? What seemed like one thing wrong might end up seeming like everything’s wrong. Learn how to adjust your mindset in this hour long workshop on How to Build Resilience in Chaos. Learn the difference between internal and external locus of control and recognize which situations are ones that we can influence, and which ones we can’t. Resilience is the ability to withstand, recover, and bounce back in the midst of stress, chaos, and ever-changing situations. Being resilient is especially important in today's VUCA world. VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. where everyone is worn down, uncertain about the future, reactive, and short tempered. The good news is that resiliency is a skill that can be learned and improved with practice. In fact, to be an effective leader today, this is an essential skill for career success. This workshop is filled with specific, practical frameworks and tools to boost your mental toughness when facing fast-paced, difficult, ever-changing, and ambiguous situations.
Workshop Takeaways:
1. Tools used to cope with ongoing stress so it doesn't affect your personal life or health
2. How to keep yourself and your team motivated for the long road of change initiatives and shifting priorities
3. Know how instead of fearing change, learn how to embrace change
Working with globally distributed teams
What People Are Saying…
“Creating space for all to feel belonging is the most impactful thing I can do individually. As a culture-fluid individual, I resonated strongly with the session. The takeaway was that culture-fluid individuals have a lot of great perspectives, adaptable strength, and are efficient problem solvers in creative spaces.”
— Betterment
“Sharon spoke at our company's Asian Pacific Islander ERG-sponsored panel, where they shared their personal and professional experiences. She was able to share some vulnerable and yet relatable stories our ERGs can relate to. We got great feedback from our employees and looking forward to doing another panel event in the future.”
— StackOverflow
“Best session from the whole conference so far! Thank you for taking the time to show us your amazing presentation!”
Very knowledgeable and engaging speaker.”
— Digital Summit
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