Culture SPIN Toolkit | Cross Culture Connec

Our Program

Cross-Culture Connections, provides you with survival skills you need to thrive in immersive travel. With our inspiring Culture SPIN toolkit, you will develop the skills to live like a local!

This easy 4-step approach is based on pattern processing and situational application. You will develop the ability to interface with new cultures and turn fears into confidence. Our time-tested methods are transformative - we give globetrotters the extra edge! Learn to:

Confidently navigate tricky situations
Show understanding and respect
Obtain cultural and situational intelligence
Shape and control your experience
Develop a mindset that will transform your trip!

Our workshops, seminars, Destination Weeks, and digital resources provide you with the skillset you need to flourish!

Culture SPIN
4-Step Toolbox

Step 1: Self

Where do you stand?
What do you know?
Me vs. them mentality
Where do you want to go from here?

Step 2: People

What has influenced the shaping of this culture?
How did they get here?
How have outside influences impacted culture?

Step 3: Immersion

How do culture and the arts reveal cultural clues?
What are norms, values, beliefs, customs, and behaviors?
- Macro-level
- Micro-level

Step 4: Now!

Carve out a space for yourself in your new surroundings
Develop cultural capital
Identify what you need to learn

Ready, set, go!

Put your new skillset to the test with guidance
Show your cultural intelligence
Embrace a new world view
Work it to win!