How to Trick Yourself into Doing Something

There are 100 reasons to stay under the covers today. It’s gray outside (at least in Chicago). There’s a pandemic. Aggressive political rhetoric spews everywhere. Horrid world events. How can anything you do make a difference?   That’s just the time to act.   I was thinking about this as I planned for the November…

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What’s So Funny?

Things are funny when they resonate with our values, and values are connected to culture. So what’s funny is drastically different from culture to culture. Or is it? We go deeper insight when Jessica Mitolo joined Intercultural Spark on October 7. As a faculty member at The Second City Training Center, Jessica teaches improvisation and…

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Global Women Leaders with Lindsay Greenspan

Lindsey Grossman is a “Product and People Leader,” having led partnership initiatives for the likes of Netflix, Intuit and others around the globe. She’s also one of the nicest, funniest and most authentic people I know. Hear how being a tech savvy global citizen permeates her life and propels her personal and professional success.  …

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New and Different is Here to Stay

Not only were we not back in person at houses of worship by Easter, we didn’t even make Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, that took place on Monday. Many, including me, were worried about a lack of a sense of community and how to pass the day without going to synagogue. On Yom…

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Capture Your Dreams and Align Your Vision

Each year Professor Narketta Sparkman-Key leads students on a service-learning trip to Montego Bay Jamaica to spend time with pregnant teenagers at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation, an outreach program for adolescent mothers. The students, many whom have never been on an airplane, learn quickly about the challenges of travel and cultural differences. “We’re…

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