Chiefson Nwaiwu

Chiefson Nwaiwu

I just want to be myself

Location Nigeria

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    Video review of Week 3

    Thank you! This was useful for me

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    Planning your next steps

    HAVE A VISIBLY WORKING PLAN AND WORK ON IT

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    Evaluating your strengths and challenges

    Active observation and asking questions is my strength.
    Adapting communication style is my challenge.

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    Intercultural communication in practice

    Catherine is people oriented while Kapoor is time oriented. however, kapoor was attentive and Catherine share her views very well .

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    Task 7 – Analysing your challenging situation

    being more concise helped with my communication style.

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    Culturally sensitive interaction techniques

    Asking for peoples opinion , with soft words. Maria's use of words was top notch

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    Analysing a challenging situation

    Maria not considering other options and not informing Gwan of the Teleconference which got him upset

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    Listening to understand

    prompt attention by looking at the person directly

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    Strategies for successful meetings

    formal grounds helped me a lot , knowing meeting agenda can help you communicate properly.

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    Task 6 - Analysing the dynamics of your group

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    - Movement Building
    - Yes we are multilingual
    - Temporary
    - Local
    - Culture influences the team
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    - Local place
    - Face to face/ Virtual
    - The team is part of a National Movement so the impact depends upon what happens at the national level.

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    Culture and group dynamics part 2

    Case 3 .. the fear of Hierarchy
    Case 2 . Time managment

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    Culture and group dynamics part 1

    Time factor has been a major issue for me amongst my team, trust issues comes in when there are no transparency whilst working on a project.communication gap is also a problem as the means at which others communicate differs.

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    Different reactions in different groups

    well thoughtful thought from the video. team work can not be overemphasized on how it helps achieve a production workplace.
    I ensure that i study behavioral pattern of the new place and people to able to adapt properly... Yes sometime i can make different choices to be able to work effectively.

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    Week 3 Overview

    cool!

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    Evaluating differences in style and planning how to adapt

    more clear and concise communication with Min Li and Claire

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    Recognising others’ communication styles

    Lin is time oriented while Alex is people Orientated

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    Understanding your style

    my preferred style is people.. people are my priority

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    Building your intercultural competence

    @SwatantraNandanwar... i am talking on a context not generally ..we cannot accept people that kill people

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    Identifying your style

    @KathleenVaughan can you elaborate more. who's person style ?

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    Identifying your style

    Action 15
    Content 17
    People 19
    Time 15......

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    How do you prefer to communicate?

    I communicate direct and indirect depending on who and in what scenario. The Japanese proverb is emphatic for me as one word can mean a lot.

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    Responding with CQ

    they had huge communication gaps

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    First impressions

    Claire appears very friendly, Min Li was not very comfortable with Claire kind of receptions with regards to sitting on the desk and wanted to get her views and inputs on the issues with vendor on her first meeting with her.

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    Building your intercultural competence

    Accepting people the way they are!

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    What is CQ?

    adapting to new cultural environment can be achieved when someone is very knowledgeable of that culture.

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    The Platinum Rule for intercultural interactions

    understudying the other person is key and makes the platinum rule works effectively

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    Week 2 Overview

    I'd like to be treated fairly with an open mind.

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    Developing an intercultural mindset

    @HectorH Noted. its an oversight

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    Video review of Week 1

    This course is in depth

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    Task 3 – Use the LENS tool to analyse your intercultural situation

    intercultural Mindset is a tool every global communicator should posses. Liana's situations at some point looks critical because she was following instructions from her manager which may not allow her involve others in the task

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    Developing an intercultural mindset

    LEN will be adopted by me moving forward

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    Appreciating differences

    Razel Jones, Wounds quote!
    Our diversity is the beauty of living.~ we need to embrace diversity and our diference~

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    Analyse a critical incident

    Team building and appropriate communication would have help Liana achieved success in a timely manner.

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    Challenging unconscious bias

    i was denied for an opportunity to attend a Youth Summit in Malmo by Sweden Embassy in Nigeria after paying for my conference fees inclusive of my hotel accommodation. reason where given for the visa refusal i felt bad with these bias reasons and i quote " 1. security situation in my country Nigeria is uncertain and there is an ongoing economic crisis in...

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    Bias busters

    Having a co-occupants. First, he was not friendly, later became friendly, secondly having one that is friendly and later became unfriendly. this has taught me that we don't need to judgmental until you take inputs of people.

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    Examining unconscious bias

    I make friends quickly with people who's ideologies conforms with mine. i have preference in building relationship with like minds. However, i notice that people with contrary opinion might have something unique that i appreciate. so been Affinity Bias can be positive or negative.

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    Managing our perceptions and those of others

    I never saw stereotype in this perspective as illustrated in the last video. i can be accused of stereotyping! However, this course has change the narrative for me to see things differently and to unlearn every stereotype. diversity needs to be appreciated and stereotyping needs to stop.

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    When preferences collide

    @HectorH Hello Hector. Yes I'm from Nigeria.. and this is really preventing me from delivering professionally and keeping to deadlines is my greatest strength however, I'd try the strategy of sharing a cup of tea and biscuit with him, this got me laughing though.

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    When preferences collide

    Hello Hector. Yes I'm from Nigeria.. and this is really preventing me from delivering professionally and keeping to deadlines is my greatest strength however, I'd try the strategy of sharing a cup of tea and biscuit with him, this got me laughing though....

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    How do values impact behaviour?

    keeping an open mind helps me to know someones values and how to interact with the person, in so doing learn from them.

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    Identifying your values

    Respect, Responsibility, self discipline and dedication to others. I'm more cautious of this values as the day progress , as they guide me to every cause of mine.

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    When preferences collide

    I had an experience dealing with a senior co-worker who will not get work done during working hours! he preference working at his own pace and this has not been helpful and i don't know how to deal with it.

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    Culture and identity

    @HermioneBerry Yes! through my youth age group

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    Task 2 – Understanding the preferences of others

    similarity is not identity! you any be similar but with a different identity and culture

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    What are your preferences?

    Job! my Job has a lot to do with my preferences. while i can be flexible while dealing with family and friends

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    The benefits of intercultural competence at the workplace

    communication is hallmark of an effective organization. intercultural competence can make an organization to achieve more.

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    Task 1 – Map your cultural identity

    Job, Advocacy, my group and my church

    I speak English and my local dialect.
    Technology- i am very much incline in the use of technology.
    Media influences: i fellow up news in the international scene and i watch foreign movies.
    Religion: i have not read about other religion apart from Christianity

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    Influences on cultural identity

    Growing up in Nigeria with less interaction with the global world has really affected my perspective on some foreign cultures. However, with the internet and and research work my idea on foreign cultures has improved.

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    Culture and identity

    My church influences me a lot.living in a religious background helped influenced my belief in God... nothing has changed this overtime

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    How do you describe culture?

    behavioral pattern, beliefs and values

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    Facebook Live

    sounds great! waiting

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    Seven tips for your FutureLearn course

    Good tip! i like the code of conduct of number two .. its show that our communication should be global. I'm global

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    Your learning log

    Thank you for sharing the learning log. This will help monitor my learning process.