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OBJECTIVE:
Demonstrate cross-cultural competency.
RESPONSE:
One of the most surprising experiences I had was in LDRS 670 - Leadership and Personal Development, where the Intercultural Development Inventory® assessment (IDI) labeled me as culturally “minimizing”. Darn right, I was surprised. Was I overestimating my level of intercultural competence? I grew up in a household that valued diversity of ideas, races, and cultures. I raised my children the same way. Could there be some validity to this assertion that I am not as accepting and adapting as I think? Perhaps. Maybe there is something to the idea that we are steeped in our monocultures even when we intentionally venture out into the global interculture. We bring our biases, our lenses, and our experiences with us. Some of this is a survival instinct, and sometimes we do this for comfort. For the whole thing, click here: IDI Reflection. Don’t miss my argument where I apply Nelson Mandela’s reference to “ubuntu” to counter the “minimizing” assertion.
The task was to assemble a team for a huge data center migration. We had four clients on our old system in data center A. We needed to move them all to data center B with minimum disruption and minimum risk. This project spanned six technological disciplines; systems, data storage, database, cyber security, standards compliance, and application support. In my Work Team Design for LDRS 306 - Leadership and Team Dynamics, I discuss the team structure, how we organized, operated, and communicated. This was a highly skilled group of resources spanning multiple organizations and reporting structures.
In this integrative journal, Bicknell - Integrative Journal 3 from LDRS 450 - Advanced Leadership Behaviors, I focus on two different scenarios. The first is an experience from Scouting, that is being an adult leader in the Boy Scouts. The second relates to a problem that I faced in business. Both have good examples of conflict and negotiation.
In one of my favorite courses, LDRS 640 - Principles of Civic Leadership, we read John Lewis’ “Walking with the Wind”. In addition to taking the reader on an amazing journey of the civil rights movement, John Lewis increased my cross-cultural awareness just by allowing me a glimpse into his struggle, challenges, and triumphs. My collection of reflections from the course: Reflection 1, Reflection 2, and Reflection 3.
1. IDI Reflection – FINAL.docx
2. Work Team Design - 2019S_LDRS306_VC - Bicknell – Submitted.docx
3. Bicknell - Integrative Journal 3 - LDRS450VA.docx
4. Ernest Bicknell - Reflection 1 - John Lewis.docx
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