Jul152022

How to Build a Global, Cross-cultural Consultancy

Intercultural Spark

How can you make your business thrive — in your local area AND across the globe? This week’s guest, Gabor Holch, can tell you all about it as a successful business owner who has traveled to over 30 countries for executive assignments and intercultural leadership coaching. Founder of Campanile Management Consulting, Gabor is an expert in all things intercultural with decades of experience working internationally, consulting for hundreds of clients across the globe. We’ll be learning what are the foundations for building your own global consultancy and gain tips to make the business successful!

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Jul12022

Is Project Management Software Worth It for Smaller Small Businesses?

Intercultural Spark

I don’t know about you, but I get prospected by new software platforms that promise to automate my business and let me work less and do more. Yay for that! But they are often a proprietary dashboard that’s cumbersome and complicated and feel like sending an ambulance to solve a paper cut. Technologist Thierry Hubert (who created one of the first web-based workflow/project management systems for Lotus back in the day) joins to talk about what’s out there, what might scale for super small businesses (that’s team…not teams), and if or how they might help your microbusiness.

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Jun242022

Celebrate Your Best Age!

Intercultural Spark

Lorraine Ladish is a digital creator and the Founder and CEO of Viva Fifty! a bilingual community that celebrates being 50+. She is the published bilingual (Spanish-English) author of 18 books. She has cracked the secret of monetizing the Internet, building community, and says “my best days aren’t behind me and neither are yours!”

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Jun172022

It’s Never Too Late

Intercultural Spark

A husband at 47, a baby at 49 and her own business just shy of her 51st birthday, Cindy Kienzle, Founder and Chief Baking Officer at Hungry Monkey Baking Company says it’s never too late to build the life you want!

As seen on talkshop.live, featuring the delicious banana bread, triple chocolate brownies and other products loved by THE Howie Mandel! (So delicious, I gained 5 pounds just planning this show!)

Hear how she does it, the tech and systems she uses and how she gives back.

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Jun102022

Talking Culture: Bias, Blinders and Rules

Intercultural Spark

Alan Headbloom is an award-winning language coach and interculturalist. He works online and in-person with foreign-born professionals in hospitals, colleges, and industry, helping them acculturate to American English and American ways. His tutorials and lessons work for US Americans, too! (Says the person who learned about US football and hand-shaking protocol in the US…from him!) Alan talks regularly about the importance of welcoming immigrants and the “insidious presence of ethnocentrism in our lives.”

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Jun32022

Trust Your Gut

Intercultural Spark

David Manilow is a lifelong Chicagoan and committed foodie who is a strong believer in trusting your instincts in business. He has produced sports, travel and food-related television programs for ABC, HBO, ESPN, CNBC and PBS. In 2001, he created the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning restaurant review program Check, Please! in Chicago and spin-offs in eight other markets.David’s newest venture is a weekly food and drink podcast with Crain’s Chicago Business, “The Dining Table.”

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May202022

Portraits and Stories: Business, Personal and Creativity

Intercultural Spark

When you are a creative professional, is there such a thing as a separation between “business” and “professional”? Boston-based photographer Liz Linder shares how she captures stories through portraits and how her work in the shadows draws people in. Liz uses images to tell stories that matter. She’s captured iconic personalities such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, Carly Simon and Quincy Jones.

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May132022

Re-Thinking Interculturalism

Intercultural Spark

SIETAR is the Society of Intercultural Educators, Trainers, and Researchers and this year’s conference is in Malta! Broadcasting Live from the conference. This year’s theme asks: “Does interculturalism need to be replaced, reformed, or reshaped to match the challenges (deterioration of the environment, rising racism, and rise of global populism) this world faces?

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