[Salon 3] Decode Culture, Connect Better

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[Salon 3]Decode Culture, Connect Better

Why “common sense” is not always common across cultures

  • Guide
    GuideMike van der Vijver
  • Schedule
    Schedule Sep 29, 2026 (Tue)
    20:00-21:00
    (Asia/Taipei, GMT+8)
  • Language
    Language English
  • Location
    LocationOnline
  • Duration
    Duration 60 Minutes
  • Seats
    Seats 100
Enrollment Open Until Sep 22

NT$500

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Description

Have you ever left a meeting wondering:

  • Why did they react that way?  
  • Why was that decision so slow?  
  • Why did no one say what they really thought?  
  • Why did something that seemed obvious to me feel inappropriate to someone else?

In cross-cultural settings, misunderstandings are often not just about language. They happen because people often read the same situation through very different cultural lenses.

Salon 3: Decode Culture, Connect Better is a one-hour online conversation about what really happens when cultures meet.

Through real stories from international meetings and multinational organisations, we will explore how culture shapes interaction, expectations, and collaboration.

This is not a theory lecture.

It is a practical, story-based conversation for people who work across cultures and want to understand what is really going on beneath the surface.

This Salon is for you if you:

  • Work with international colleagues, clients, suppliers, or partners  
  • Have experienced confusing or awkward moments in cross-cultural settings  
  • Want to communicate and collaborate more effectively across cultures  
  • Are curious about how culture affects meetings, decisions, and teamwork  
  • Would like an introduction to the [S1] Across Cultures course  
  • Are interested in Meeting Design, Facilitation, Moderation, and human interaction

You are welcome to bring one cross-cultural story of your own to share. 

Those “Why did that happen?” moments are often the best place to begin.

About Your Guide

Mike van der Vijver

Mike van der Vijver is a leading meeting design and cross-cultural decision facilitation expert. Since 2000, he has worked as an intercultural management consultant, trainer, and coach, supporting individuals, teams, and organisations from diverse national and cultural backgrounds. His clients include international corporations, Fortune 500 companies, listed companies, public institutions, and organisations such as the municipalities of The Hague and Amsterdam, Europol, the European Patent Office, the Italian Ministry of the Interior, the European Central Bank, Qatar Bank, Volkswagen, Bayer, and convention bureaus in Spain and Dubai.

A key part of Mike’s intercultural work focuses on communication between Europe and the Islamic world. In Rome, he delivered a training programme for more than ten years at the Interagency Law Enforcement Academy of Advanced Studies, focusing on intercultural communication with the Islamic world. He has also served as a guest lecturer at universities in Italy on the same topic.

Before becoming a leading meeting designer and facilitation expert, Mike worked as an English and Italian conference interpreter in high-level international negotiations. This gave him first-hand experience in how culture shapes communication, interpretation, and decision-making. Today, he helps organisations build trust across differences and turn complex international conversations into shared understanding, alignment, and actionable decisions.

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