The Shift

This week Trisha sits down (IN PERSON! - sorry for the sound quality) with Tim Barrett the head of Saint Andrews Institute of Learning in Noosa, Australia to discuss how he's helping students recognise those moments of Shift and expanding their knowledge of cultural intelligence. They discussed techniques teachers use to help students develop empathy and to think differently in the learning proces...

In this episode, Trisha speaks with Greg Dearsly, an Occupational Health and Safety Consultant AND a certified Cultural Intelligence Facilitator. Greg lives and works in Aotearoa New Zealand. They speak about the impact of culture on safety at work and the need for Health and Safety Professionals to have a strong people focus and high cultural intelligence. Greg shares sobering statistics abo...

In this episode Trisha interviews Tanya Crossman . Tanya is the Director of Research and International Education at TCK Training, and also offers intercultural consulting and coaching services. She has lived in four countries, and has nearly two decades of experience working with Third Culture Kids and international families. They discuss TCKs -Third Culture Kids -and their experience of livi...

This week's episode is one with giveaways so listen to learn how you can win! Now that's a Shift! 😃

In this episode, Trisha practices the reflection that so many of our guests have spoken about. Reviewing the past three episodes and finding the repeated themes and outstanding ideas and highlighting them will enable us all to adopt these strategies and use them to help others. Despite real differences in their expertise and their experiences, there are similar lessons we can learn from these past...

In this episode, Trisha speaks with Grace Boker Mungkaje a Forensic Auditor from Papua New Guinea. Grace speaks about growing up as a Third Culture Kid (TCK) in the USA, returning to PNG and making cultural shifts as she was selected for opportunities and scholarships around the world. Her awareness of the need for cultural shifts began young as she was told not to climb the trees in her village i...

Trisha speaks with Sarah Black, a global communications consultant, trainer and podcaster with over thirty years of communications experience - who has also recently completed her CQ Facilitator training. Sarah brings a Northern Irish perspective to Shifts, mixed with influences from Norway, the USA and the UK - all places where she has lived and worked for some years. We talk about how good Commu...

In this episode, Trisha speaks with Dr Mark Williams, a neuroscientist with over 25 years of experience conducting behavioural and brain imaging research focusing on our social skills.  What makes us form in-groups and out-groups? How can we shift out of those biases? Mark's knowledge, ability to put complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand language, and optimism and hope for us as people...

In this episode, Trisha is practising what each of her guests has suggested in different ways. She reflects on the learning so far, drawing threads from David Livermore's Episode 4 CQ Strategy Where Shifts Happen and taking those threads through Mariette Rups-Donnelley's Episode 5 An Actor's Perspective and then again seeing those threads show up in Cath's Episode 6 Can the Body Help us Shift? Des...

In this episode, Trisha speaks with Cath Brew, a global LGBTQ+ consultant and coach who also works as a shamanic practitioner to help people become more aware of pain points in their lives. They speak about shifts she has made and how she helps people to become aware of their emotional state through becoming more aware of their physical sensations. Is this another technique that we can use to help...

In this episode, Trisha speaks with Mariette Rups Donnelly. Mariette is a 'triple threat' actor, singer and dancer who now works as a presentation coach helping clients in the corporate world to increase their presence and make their presentations more effective. As an actor, she had to constantly make shifts into the mindsets of different characters. As a coach of actors, she needed to help other...

If you haven't listened to Part 1 with David you may like to check it out. In this episode David and Trisha discuss how we can increase CQ Strategy by gaining metacognitive awareness. They discuss some ways of doing that touching on reflection and journaling. They talk about unhelpful dogmas and instead trying to find a way to reflect that suits you and your styles.  Cultural interpreter...

This is a holiday reflection episode. Trisha takes us through some patterns that can be seen between David Livermore's episode and the introductory episode where Trisha shares her own story of shift. Listen in to pick up some critical learning to increase your cultural intelligence

In this episode, Trisha interviews David Livermore , a true expert in the field of cultural intelligence (CQ). They discuss cultural intelligence - what it is and how it relates to the Shift. On the way, they talk about Dave's experiences of a culture he loves and a moment of shift he has experienced. You can follow or connect with Dave on LinkedIn here , or explore his website here . You can find...

In this episode, Trisha discusses Moments of Shift and why they are important for developing Cultural Intelligence (CQ). She describes an example in her life when she experienced a mental shift. Part of her mental shift was an awareness of her cultural value of individualism and how that value and her practices related to that value might appear selfish to someone from a collective culture. You ca...

In this teaser episode, Trisha introduces the idea of mental 'shifts', those moments when our perception changes and we are able to see things differently. This podcast series will discuss cultural metacognition - a key part of Cultural Intelligence - how we can increase it and help others in that process.