Peter Franklin on Mindfulness and Effective Language
Deborah Swallow | September 21st, 2009 in : General, other interesting stuff
With a wealth of quotes and references from other notable interculturalists, Peter Franklin’s session on ‘Mindfulness: what it has to do with language use in effective international teams’ was ‘education on tap’ and introduced us to many concepts and models that endeavour to explain what makes effective communication in international teams.
Explaining that the concept of Mindfulness was adopted from the one introduced by Ellen Langer in 1989, Peter then discussed global competencies as discussed by Kuhlman and Stahl (1998). The main message of the presentation was about how you should consciously create understanding within global teams and that the building of meaning needs to happen on the same ‘construction site’. Other concepts introduced are examined in the book, The Mindful Manager, that Peter co-authored with Jeremy Comfort.
Tags: communication, mindfulness, Peter franklin, Teams, the mindful manager
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