Vancouver Startup Week 2018

You want to maximize your business's potential, but one issue that is frequently overlooked is cultural differences -- managing teams with people from different cultural backgrounds, marketing to different cultural groups, dealing with clients from different cultural backgrounds, interacting with suppliers/partners in other countries, etc.  John Lombard offers critical insights that make understanding and adapting to other cultures far easier and more effective. Learn how to improve YOUR cultural intelligence, and open up a whole new world of possibilities for you, and for your business!

How can you use cultural intelligence (CQ) to build a diverse team and an inclusive workplace? Come join Ivana Lochhead and Ritva Nosov as they introduce you to what CQ is and examine what it looks like in our workplaces, specifically in the recruitment realm. If you are thinking about hiring global tech talent, or are already recruiting outside Canada, you will walk away from this session with a greater understanding of how cultural differences can play out in the recruitment process, and what you can do to exercise CQ when recruiting tech talent from abroad.

Companies invest a lot of money to stay competitive and to take care of their employees at this fast pace world; they spend enormous amount of money on employee training and growth, but they are not getting an acceptable return on their investment. Through an interactive presentation, we will illuminate some of the gaps and mismatches in employee engagement to give you some insights into what drives and motivates us.