"Weaving strength from differences"

A cross-cultural consulting and training firm dedicated to promoting the opportunities presented by the diversity of our global and multicultural society. We design and facilitate organizational, community and team processes; develop programs and materials; train trainers; and publish tools and materials to aid in leveraging differences.

We are proud to announce our award as "Top Diversity Business" for 2003 and 2004! Nipporica's principal has been active in the intercultural field since 1979, has worked with people from over 70 nations, and has been certified as an Advanced Intercultural Trainer by SIETAR International (International Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research).

More than 70 acclaimed intercultural experts from 35 countries have collaborated to author Cultural Detective™, a series of dynamic, situation- and values-based training tools that encourages participants to develop intercultural competence in themselves and their organizations. Bob Kohls calls it a "BENCHMARK in the intercultural field," and Royal Dutch Shell calls it "the most popular element of the intercultural programs we deliver globally." Check it out!
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A practical book full of stories and reproducible activities grounded in theory for leveraging differences at work, in communities, or at home. Click on the cover to read more. Pre-publication endorsements from managers at CIGNA, Intel, and Texas Instruments, and educators at Arizona State, University of Minnesota, and the Intercultural Communications Institute.

Shinrai: Trusting Relationships with Japanese Colleagues, an audio CD and booklet. You can order this and our other products right from this website using your credit card! Just click here or on the Products button above.

Be sure to click on the "resources" button, here or above, to link to pages of FREE NIPPORICA DOWNLOADS, including training materials and book reviews. Also, news contains articles and intercultural business tidbits.

Please connect me toIntercultural Insights, a discussion and resource-sharing group on intercultural business, consulting and training topics! Over 400 international members. Let's get learning from and with one another!

We at Nipporica Associates offer our heartfelt sympathy to all of those affected by terrorism. It is our sincere hope that some good can come from the awful destruction and the killing of people by terrorism. Click here for a page of ideas on how you might respond.

  Look over a list of tips for working effectively with intercultural groups. This list was generated by experienced interculturalists who are members of the on-line group Intercultural Insights, in celebration of the group's first anniversary.

Please explore our site and send us your feedback and ideas!

 

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