In the same way that we study math throughout our formal schooling – arithmetic in grade school, geometry in junior high school, and
advanced mathematics at the college-level, a quintessential life skill for this millennium and beyond is intercultural competence - the
capacity for navigating negotiating and adapting to cultural difference. We study math to understand how to pay bills and taxes, how
to buy goods and services, how to drive safely, etc., skills that we begin learning as soon as we start school. As adults, it is also
necessary to communicate effectively with our bosses, our neighbors, our in-laws, and with people we encounter every day who hold
the keys to what we need: physicians, realtors, bankers, pharmacists, mechanics, lawyers, psychologists, waiters, judges, our
children’s teachers, and the police. For these relationships to be effective, we need to be taught, from day one, age-appropriate skills
to develop our intercultural competence.
Tamu Al-Islam holds global experience leading diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and inclusive organizational change. Leaning on a deep background in interpersonal relations and visioning, her specialties include intercultural fluency development and conflict resolution. Tamu utilizes facilitation practices grounded in authenticity, openness, and intercultural humility. Tamu was recently appointed as faculty of Future Leaders of the World’s inaugural Master Leader Program (FLOW), based in South Africa. Prior, she was the Executive Director of Inclusion and Equity and Equal Employment Opportunity Officer for New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) in the UAE and has held several senior roles at NYUAD and New York University during her 25-year tenure, Tamu holds an MA in educational leadership and is a certified diversity and inclusion professional by the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). She currently resides in Atlanta.
Tamu Al-Islam holds global experience leading diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and inclusive organizational change. Leaning on a deep background in interpersonal relations and visioning, her specialties include intercultural fluency development and conflict resolution. Tamu utilizes facilitation practices grounded in authenticity, openness, and intercultural humility. Tamu was recently appointed as faculty of Future Leaders of the World’s inaugural Master Leader Program (FLOW), based in South Africa. Prior, she was the Executive Director of Inclusion and Equity and Equal Employment Opportunity Officer for New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) in the UAE and has held several senior roles at NYUAD and New York University during her 25-year tenure, Tamu holds an MA in educational leadership and is a certified diversity and inclusion professional by the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). She currently resides in Atlanta. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
