Articles by Neal Goodman

What a hopeful sign from Pope Francis this week in his interview with Jesuit magazines. For the first time in a long time there is an expression of inclusiveness that has been missing from the Catholic hierarchy. Francis is making overtures to the po...

Fifty years ago on Aug. 28, the day of the March on Washington, was also the day that I began my work in the field of intercultural relations. Like the March on Washington, my work that day was not focused on bringing together cultures from around th...

The last two weeks have been rich with emotional issues, killings between Shias and Sunnis (during Ramadan), research demonstrating that a biased response on Harvard’s  Implicit Association Test may have no bearing on how we act, and the verdict from...

This second blog will explain what cultural competence is and provide a couple of glaring examples of its lack. Cultural competence is knowing how to adapt to the diverse rules of the game, in life and business around the world, for personal and prof...

Welcome to Diversity Executive magazine’s Cultural Competency blog, where we will provide cutting-edge ideas, strategies and practices that will enhance your ability to transform your organization to a culturally competent one. As a community, we wil...