A Guest Post by Mohammad Huzefa Kahn, edited by Angela Weinberger Navigating diverse cultures, time zones, and corporate dynamics can be challenging, especially in environments where your voice might not be the loudest in the (virtual) room. For many professionals, the shift to remote and hybrid work has been both an opportunity and an obstacle. On one hand, research suggests that virtual formats can promote greater participant diversity by minimizing barriers to attendance, offering increased accessibility and programming flexibility compared to in-person settings, and a genuine opening for those who have historically been sidelined in physical meeting rooms.  On the other hand, longstanding structural inequalities don’t simply disappear because the room is now on a screen. Studies on video conferencing […]

Born and raised in a vibrant Iranian city, Khosro developed an early passion for Persian literature, language, and the power of the written word. This fascination with communication led him to pursue a B.A. in English Language and Literature in Mashhad, serving as a gateway to understanding global cultures. His professional career began in the corporate fast lane, spending four years as a Merchandiser for tech giants Samsung and Huawei. Immersed in Korean and Chinese corporate cultures, Khosro became fascinated by how cultural nuances drive consumer behavior. This curiosity propelled him to France, where he earned a Master’s in Intercultural Management (ICM) at the University of Burgundy in Dijon. There, he mastered advanced research methodologies in ethnography and market analysis. […]

Katia Vlachos is the Founder of Uncaged® — a framework and a movement for accomplished women breaking out of golden cages that don’t fit who they truly are, so that they can boldly and unapologetically create their next chapter, and a life that finally feels their own. She is the bestselling author of Uncaged: A Good Girl’s Journey to Reinvention, a memoir about how conditioning shapes our life choices and what it takes to rise above it and create the life you never thought was possible. Before this new era, Katia was a defense policy analyst with a master’s from the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD from the RAND Graduate School. She has spent 30 years as an expat and […]

From Information to Transformation: What I Learned from Flavia Augusta de Almeida’s Master Class A guest post by Teofana Kupenova I recently attended the Global People Club Master Class, Captivating Your Audience with the Transformation Roadmap, facilitated by English communication coach Flavia Augusta de Almeida from FAA Coaching. I arrived expecting to learn presentation techniques. Instead, I left with a completely different perspective on communication itself. The central idea of the workshop, based on Phil Waknell’s Transformation Roadmap, was simple yet powerful: Communication is not about information. It is about transformation. Here are the five lessons that stayed with me. 1 – Start with Your Audience Like many professionals, I often begin by asking: Flavia challenged us to reverse that […]

A famous Swiss supermarket had an incident where an employee in the sales area wanted to wear a head scarf, but they did not allow her to do that, so she resigned. Unfortunately, this happens to a company that promotes being open and living diversity, equity, and inclusion. I don’t see a s*** storm happening, and it seems that in Switzerland, this is acceptable, and I’m afraid I have to disagree.  In Switzerland, the land of Zwingli and Calvin, the majority religious group is Roman Catholic, with approximately 37% of the Swiss population. The reformed Evangelical community makes up 25%. 5% of the Swiss population is Muslim, mainly from the Balkans and Turkey. Around 30% of the population have no religious […]