PART 1

INTRODUCTION: THE BASICS OF CULTURAL AGILITY

For the past two decades, I’ve worked with leaders from many global organizations who, without hesitation, can easily identify the global stars among their workforce. Equally without hesitation, they lament the need for more such stars. Business leaders are concerned about a shortage of the human talent required to meet the demands of future global business needs, such as expanding through innovations in mature markets, competing in emerging markets, collaborating with cross-border supply chain partners, integrating offshored support systems, and the like. The platform, if you will, is on fire. There is no time to lose.