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Coffee with MG: Diversity in a Third Culture Life

Coffee with MG: Diversity in a Third Culture Life

What is it like living in a country which is distinctly different from that of your parents? How diverse is this kind of living? In theoretical parlance, the individuals who live through this diversity are called third culture kids (TCK) or third culture individuals (TCI). They live in a different environment during a significant part of their child development years. They are typically exposed to a greater volume and variety of cultural influences than those who grow up in one cultural setting. The first culture of such individuals refers to the culture of the country from which their parents originated, the second culture refers to the culture in which the family currently resides, and the third culture refers to the distinct culture these individuals develop, which is generally a fusion of these cultures, -  and at times third culture individuals share no connection to the first two cultures.
Coffee with MG and David Livermore

Coffee with MG and David Livermore

Meet my charming, affable guest of the month- the founder of the Cultural Intelligence Center in East Lansing, Michigan, and a visiting research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He consults with global organizations around the world, including the Harvard Business School, Google, Coca-Cola, the US Department of Defense, BMW, Qatar Airways, the United Nations, and dozens more.