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Throughout time, human beings in every culture have had to deal with the ageless questions of living and dying, of change, relationship, survival, success, and meaning. Each culture has recorded its own collection of wisdom that is interestingly similar to other cultures.
This is wisdom that is tried and true, and continually works throughout time.
What has resulted is a rich universal, cross-cultural wisdom that touches on the truth about human nature and the common themes of life and work. For the first time in history, we have the largest direct access to this body of universal cross-cultural wisdom. This wisdom is available to us often through proverbs, ancient teachings, anthropologists, art, symbols, poetry, and mythology. For example, anthropologist Angeles Arrien, PhD, found that a majority of the indigenous cultures agree that life would be very simple if we: |
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| Arrien calls this the Four Fold Way™ -- four key cross-cultural principles for “walking the mystical path with practical feet.” These cross cultural principles are practical and apply directly to leadership, communication, team building, health care, conflict resolution, problem solving, creativity, and
sustainable change. Her work and these principles are currently being used in medical, corporate and academic settings. This is just one example of how people and organizations around the world are realizing the inherent power of bringing cross-cultural wisdom into contemporary organizations. At a time when non-stop change is creating instability, uncertainty and weak-heartedness, our cross cultural roots provide a reliable source of practical wisdom and stability for our organizations. |
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