CQ WORLDWIDE

04/16/2024

Exploring CQ Pre-Order announcement! 🥳

03/10/2023

Feb 15- April 15 Exploring CQ 🇨🇦

Filmmaker, photographer and musician Wilbur Sargunaraj provided an entertaining and energetic opening to the “Exploring CQ” exhibit, on now at the Humboldt and District Museum. The exhibit is a revealing and thought provoking look at the cultural mixes Sargunaraj has encountered in his travels w...

06/22/2022

Words can take on different meanings depending on where we live! CQ knowledge can then help us decide if it’s ok to wave rainbow flags in the Arab cluster! Happy Pride Month! 🌈

10/18/2021

In this episode of CQ Chats we talk about why the world is connecting with the Korean series Squid Game. Our guest is the director of the Geon Orphanage in Seoul Mr John Chae 🇰🇷

With Squid Game taking over the world, Wilbur digs deeper into South Korea with his guest John Chae. In this episode of CQ Chats they have conversations abo...

08/12/2021

CQ WORLDWIDE Consulting is gearing up for the fall offering our reconcili-ACTION event for schools and businesses. Cultural Intelligence facilitator Wilbur Sargunaraj will be co-presenting and facilitating workshops with Indigenous artist and educator Randi Lynn Nanemahoo-Candline. People get to hear different settler and indigenous perspectives and see reconciliation in action! Our goal is to build bridges using Cultural Intelligence and create spaces where Canadian settlers and First Nations can come together in the true spirit of forgiveness. If you are part of an academic institution or business do get in touch with us. We are booking live ‘in person’ events in Canada for October through December and can present virtually as well! ✊🏿

CQ IN CANADA RECONCILI-ACTION EVENTS True reconciliation will only take place when we confront our bias and begin transforming our hearts. ReconciliACTION begins when we start listening to each other, learning from one another and entering into the world of our perceived ‘other’. In light of rec...

07/19/2021

In this podcast episode of CQ Chats we learn about Norway’s love of the outdoors and it’s love of Helgefylla or “Weekend Binge Drinking”! 🍺 Our guest is communications professional from Oslo Mr. Pål Unanue-Zahl. Listen, Learn and increase your Cultural Intelligence! 🇳🇴 https://wilbursargunaraj.podbean.com/e/cq-chats-slowing-down-in-norway-sakte-tv-and-helgefylla/

In this episode of CQ Chats we increase our Cultural Intelligence with communications professional Pal Unanue Zahl from Oslo. We unpack the words Helgefylla and learn about slowing down through Friluftsliv and Sakte TV (Slow TV). Increase your CQ with W...

06/19/2021

CQ KNOWLEDGE LESSON: The goal of the Indian Act in Canada was Assimilation. 🇨🇦 In 1884 the Indian Act was amended to ban ceremonies like the POTLACH. Popular with the Coast Salish peoples the Potlach means "TO GIVE". A Potlach upholds legal tradition, redistribution of wealth, refinement of oral history and affirmation of boundaries. Since these events reject the western value of private property, ownership and individualism, Potlaches were deemed as a major barrier to assimilation. After the Potlaches were banned the Coast Salish people continued to hold them in secret but if caught they were faced with imprisonment and their ceremonial items such as masks or totem poles could be sold or confiscated. Canada wanted to erase any sense of cultural identity held by the First Nations and it found many ways to do this including one we all know and have heard in the news....RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS. 📸 Canon PowerShot A75 3.2 MP Vancouver, BC. ca 2009

06/03/2021

Welcome to another podcast episode of CQ Chats! Increase your Cultural Intelligence and learn about the Dutch concept of NIKSEN and GEZELLIGHEID. Featuring therapist and consultant Jeroen Smit from Drenthe, Netherlands.

In this episode of CQ chats we are talking about the Dutch concept of Niksen and the art of doing nothing! Joining us is Jeroen Smit a therapist and consultant based in Drenthe, Holland. CQ Chats is a virtual journey around the world to meet new friends a...

05/29/2021

PROXEMICS: How personal space is maintained in a culture: While Japan is a collectivist culture which places emphasis on the importance of the group, the people value their 'Pasonaru Supasu'! Maintaining privacy in Japan is a first class skill and the Japanese can create their personal space in the most crowded places like the Tokyo Metro during rush hour. Contrast with close-contact countries like Argentina in the Latin American Cluster where people need the least amount of personal space! (30 inches according to research!) Understanding these differences between cultures can increase your CQ Knowledge and will help you be effective in your cross cultural interactions at home or abroad! 🇯🇵 🇦🇷 ——Wilbur Sargunaraj is excited to begin working on his new Cultural Intelligence book! He will be explaining the 10 Cultural Values and the 10 Cultural Clusters and how we can use CQ to build bridges across cultures and enter in to the world of our perceived ‘other’. Stay tuned! 📚)

04/06/2021

New CQ Chats Episode ✈️

A special conversation on gender equality with Captain Ivana Alvares-Marshall from Malawi. Captain Ivana is the governor of the African Section Ninety Nines...

01/16/2021

Join us on Sunday for episode 5 of CQ Chats! 🇫🇮

12/07/2020

CQ World Wide Consulting presents Episode 4. Join us as we take a virtual journey to rural Netherlands and learn about the concept of NIKSEN from consultant and therapist Mr. Jeroen Smit. 🇳🇱 Jeroen Smit

In episode 4 of CQ Chats we are talking about the Dutch concept of NIKSEN and the art of doing nothing! Joining us is Jeroen Smit a therapist and consultant...