X-Culture Stories

The 2022 X-Culture Global Symposium Post-event reflections   . The first in-person X-Culture student gathering since the 2019 San Antonio and 2019 Calgary symposia. Then two years of online events.   . Online offers many advantages, but in-person gatherings are so much better. A whole different level of engagement, relationship forging, learning, and fun.   […]

THE 2019 X-CULTURE GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM IN CALGARY: REFLECTIONS   As I am flying to the 2019 X-Culture Global Symposium in San Antonio, I cannot keep putting off writing up my reflections on the last big event in Calgary. Starting tomorrow, my head will be filled with the information about this next event and I won’t […]

A video summary of a Master’s thesis that used X-Culture data. I am very happy that X-Culture data have now been used in half a dozen doctoral dissertation and master’s thesis research projects (6 successful defenses so far). Two students at the Southern Denmark University,  Valeriia Gorina and Sophie Bastholt explored “The Impact of Cultural […]

After 15 months of testing and trying, it seems like X-Culture Kids is gaining momentum. We tested the program with a few dozen kids in 2018-1 and 2018-2, determined that it works, the kids are learning A LOT about other cultures, business, and even simple things like how to properly write an email or schedule […]

X-Culture is an experiential learning program for international business. About 10,000 university students from 160 universities in 40 countries on 6 continents take part in X-Culture every semester. First, the students receive training that covers the basics of international business, cross-cultural communication, leadership, teamwork, online collaboration tools, and business writing. Then, working in international teams, […]

X-Culture is not a for-profit business or a company in a traditional sense. X-Culture is a community of hundreds of professors around the world who work together to provide their students with an opportunity to learn international business through experience. Every professor who joins the X-Culture community helps us run the project. Some professors help […]

ANY STARTUP FOUNDERS/MANAGERS HERE?       One of X-Culture’s partners, an Italian business accelerator/incubator Innovits runs an annual idea competition with the purpose of selecting and nurturing the highest potential projects. They have two programs: Gymnasium Academy   The acceleration program is called Gymnasium lasts about 5 months. Meetings are scheduled every 2 weeks with […]

Research network workshop on “The concept of cultural archetypes – A way of measuring culture and improving our understanding of cultural differences?” University of North Carolina, USA, August 15 – 17, 2018 Mid of August 2018 the members of the research network met with various researcher from Australia and the U.S. for a workshop on […]

PREPARE TO BE AMAZED. X-CULTURE KIDS PRESENTATIONS. As you may know, this semester we tested if kids ages 9-14 can participate in X-Culture, if they are capable of and would benefit from completing a business consulting projects in global virtual teams. 99 kids completed the project. They worked in teams of about 5, each person from […]

X-Culture Kids: Reflections after the Global Symposium in Italy Here is what we know after testing X-Culture Kids for 9 months. [gm album=46] So, after years of parents asking to enroll their kids in X-Culture, I gave in and allowed 100 kids take part in the project alongside the university students last spring. It went […]