This week we spend some time talking with Janes Fowles who works in the Dairy Sector in Mid Canterbury.
As a result of her research as part of the Kellogg's Leadership Programme Jane has developed a greater understanding of what it means to be culturally intelligent. It was great to hear Jane talk about what she learnt about cultural intelligence during her studies. Her willingness to listen to some of the stories and perspectives from the Filipino workers involved in the company she works for has led to the creation of a trusting relationship where migrant perspectives were able to be shared.
Many of the comments she made really showed a depth of understanding not only of particular cultural values held by various cultures, but also, in this case, how those values show up in the Filipino culture and how someone not from that culture might learn to just be curious about those values and what response might be appropriate.
Jane covered off on cultural values such as collectivism and power distance and described really well how those values actually show up for people in a workplace setting, how many workers in your organisations are there who might not be able to refuse dangerous work because of their preference for high power distance.
So its time to sit back and take in another dose of the Culturally Intelligent Safety Professional
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-fowles-b954491b/
https://ruralleaders.co.nz/know-better-do-better/
