Inclusion Paradox Sighting: Chinese Artist Living in Germany Captures East – West Worldview Differences
Posted on September 17, 2009
Artist Yang Liu, who is Chinese and lives in Germany, captures through illustration the first two of the three steps of being crossculturally competent: self awareness of one’s own culture and awareness of others’ cultures. Look at how she calls out worldview differences between West (blue) and East (red) so that we can, paradoxically, have inclusion. If we internalize that these differences are real and that they affect nearly everything we do, then we can move to Step 3 which is to manage the differences.
Anger
Definition of Beauty
Me
Contacts
Elderly in day to day life
Handling of Problems
In the restaurant
Moods and Weather
Opinion
Party
Yang Lui
Punctuality
Queue when Waiting
Sundays on the Road
The Boss
The Child
Three meals a day
Transportation
Travelling
Way of life
What’s Trendy
Illustrations designed by Yang Liu
Andrés Tapia is President of Diversity Best Practices, the preeminent diversity and inclusion thinktank and consultancy. In this role, he helps companies create first-in-class diversity strategies and develop innovative solutions for culture change. Previously he served as Hewitt’s Chief Diversity Officer and Emerging Workforce Solutions Leader.
As a published writer and prominent speaker, Andrés offers thought-provoking views about diversity’s impact around the world. He is the author of The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity. Find his bio here.
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I agree most of them and would like to add one:
“FACE”!
This is the core of Chinese culture.