improving connections
bridging divides
transforming conflicts
Learn with leading global faculty in 2023 at the
10-15 July 2023 | Groningen, Netherlands
4-5 October 2023 | Doha, Qatar
10-15 July 2023 | Groningen, Netherlands
REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL 23 JUNE
WHAT WE DO
The Institute for Developing Across Differences (IDD) offers programs, training and peer connection opportunities so that you can better help the individuals and organizations you work with to transform Differences into more effective ways of communicating, working, and prospering together.
Unique Programming
like our After Hours: Around the Table with the Experts series where you’ll meet up for deep conversations with renowned Differences experts to grow your own practice as a Differences specialist.
Training and Growth Opportunities
in the form of multiday Learning Labs & Community Weeks. Join us in Qatar from 4-5 October 2023 and The Netherlands from 7-13 July 2024.
Exceptional In-Person Learnin
Expert programming helps you tackle real-world issues
Join intercultural communication-meets-neuroscience expert Dr. Mai Nguyen in our small-by-design After Hours with the Experts program to learn more about how the brain works and how to make the brain work for you – and for those you work with – to manage cultural differences in a way that focuses on synergies instead of fear and conflict.
Monday, 24 April 2023 @ 12-2pm GMT
*ADDITIONAL 2023 EXPERT & SESSION INFO AVAILABLE HERE*
Expert programming helps you tackle real-world issues
Mai Nguyen
The Brain and Fear-Free Cross-Cultural Management
Join intercultural communication-meets-neuroscience expert Dr. Mai Nguyen in our small-by-design After Hours with the Experts program to learn more about how the brain works and how to make the brain work for you – and for those you work with – to manage cultural differences in a way that focuses on synergies instead of fear and conflict.
Monday, 24 April 2023 @ 12-2pm GMT
*ADDITIONAL 2023 EXPERT & SESSION INFO AVAILABLE HERE*
Mai Nguyen
The Brain and Fear-Free Cross-Cultural Management
Expert programming helps you tackle real-world issues
Join intercultural communication-meets-neuroscience expert Dr. Mai Nguyen in our small-by-design After Hours with the Experts program to learn more about how the brain works and how to make the brain work for you – and for those you work with – to manage cultural differences in a way that focuses on synergies instead of fear and conflict.
Monday, 24 April 2023 @ 12-2pm GMT
*ADDITIONAL 2023 EXPERT & SESSION INFO AVAILABLE HERE*
It’s never too early to plan for our 3rd Annual European Developing Across Differences (DAD) Learning Lab & Community Week — an advanced in-person professional development opportunity for experienced peers — that will take place 7-13 July 2024 in The Netherlands.
News and Updates
- SAVE THE DATES! It’s never too early to plan for our 3rd Annual European Developing Across Differences (DAD) Learning Lab & Community Week — an advanced in-person professional development opportunity for experienced peers — that will take place 7-13 July 2024 in The Netherlands.
- Meet our latest profiled IDD Global Peer Elif Durgal, PhD, intercultural psychologist, trainer and coach.
In-person learning this October…
Did you miss the IDD in The Netherlands this July? Then join any of our four great 1-day classes designed to help you hone your expertise at a pilot edition of the Middle Eastern “mini” DAD from 4-5 October 2023 in Doha. Sign up to be the first to enroll — and learn about this unique partnership with the Intercultural Communication & Collaboration Forum in Qatar’s Education City. *Registration opens August 1st.*
(Re)connect with experienced peers
Join our next IDD Global Community of Practice sessions to connect with experienced peers on Thursday, 27 July from 5-6PM CEST/11-noon EDT/8-9AM PDT. We’ll discuss Global Learning & Global Citizenship: Are they truly global?, sharing our own experiences as practitioners and scholars with this topic.
A seminal new book for educators
“Can you fit a square into a circle?” asks IDD Partner Nadine Binder in a new academic chapter she and IDD faculty member Jana Hollá have co-authored. Exploring how to “leverag[e] experiential learning to enhance relational capacity building,” their work is part of a new book from Springer Publishing — and in which several IDD faculty are also contributors.
In-person learning this October...
Did you miss the IDD in The Netherlands this July? Then join any of our four great 1-day classes designed to help you hone your expertise at a pilot edition of the Middle Eastern “mini” DAD from 4-5 October 2023 in Doha. Sign up to be the first to enroll — and learn about this unique partnership with the Intercultural Communication & Collaboration Forum in Qatar’s Education City. *Registration opens August 1st.*
(Re)connect with experienced peers
Join our next IDD Global Community of Practice sessions to connect with experienced peers on Thursday, 27 July from 5-6PM CEST/11-noon EDT/8-9AM PDT. We’ll discuss Global Learning & Global Citizenship: Are they truly global?, sharing our own experiences as practitioners and scholars with this topic.
New publication features Nadine Binder and IDD faculty
“Can you fit a square into a circle?” asks IDD Partner Nadine Binder in a new academic chapter she and IDD faculty member Jana Hollá have co-authored. Exploring how to “leverag[e] experiential learning to enhance relational capacity building,” their work is part of a new book from Springer Publishing — and in which several IDD faculty are also contributors.
OUR APPROACH
To embrace Differences requires a Different approach.
Intersecting focus areas
Complex and interconnected real-world challenges need holistic solutions. To meet these, our focus is anchored in four interconnected content pillars:
• intercultural communication,
• diversity, equity and inclusion,
• global competence,
• global learning/active global citizenship education.
We explore the intersections between these areas to advance the field and help you bring about more sustainable solutions that work.
Truly international reach
Today more than ever, local issues are global issues are local issues. To live our values and be more effective, we need to challenge our assumptions, and learn from and work with one another around the world. The IDD aims for representation and a presence in every region in order to offer truly Different perspectives.
Accessible, inclusive, inspirational community
We provide connection and support in addition to deep learning for practitioners, academics and all other Differences Specialists. The IDD is open to all in the field—and welcomes those new to it—with opportunities tailored to your experience level.
World-class faculty
We convene best-in-class faculty—both practitioners and scholars, established experts and emerging stars alike— from around the world. IDD experts are recognized by their peers as outstanding leaders in the greater Differences field.
Redefining state of the art
Our experiential learning-meets-praxis approach means we explore tried and true, evidence-based approaches and experiment to develop new solutions that respond to emerging opportunities and challenges.
OUR APPROACH
To embrace Differences requires a Different approach.
Intersectional focus
Complex and interconnected real-world challenges need holistic solutions. To meet these, our focus is anchored in four interconnected content pillars:
• intercultural communication,
• diversity, equity and inclusion,
• global competence,
• global learning/active global citizenship education.
We explore the intersections between these areas to advance the field and help you bring about more sustainable solutions that work.
Truly international reach
Today more than ever, local issues are global issues are local issues. To live our values and be more effective, we need to challenge our assumptions, and learn from and work with one another around the world. The IDD aims for representation and a presence in every region in order to offer truly Different perspectives.
Accessible, inclusive, inspirational community
We provide connection and support in addition to deep learning for practitioners, academics and all other Differences Specialists. The IDD is open to all in the field—and welcomes those new to it—with opportunities tailored to your experience level.
World-class faculty
We convene best-in-class faculty—both practitioners and scholars, established experts and emerging stars alike— from around the world. IDD experts are recognized by their peers as outstanding leaders in the greater Differences field.
Redefining state of the art
Our experiential learning-meets-praxis approach means we explore tried and true, evidence-based approaches and experiment to develop new solutions that respond to emerging opportunities and challenges.
DIFFERENCES COMMUNITY
We are for multipliers.
We are practitioners and researchers who help individuals and organizations (in classrooms, companies, governments, communities and elsewhere) better recognize, appreciate and use Differences as a way of communicating, working and thriving together.
We are trainers, educators, consultants, coaches, researchers, facilitators, faculty, international program managers, diversity leaders, HR staff, administrators and professional development experts.
If you help others connect, the IDD is for you.
improving connections
bridging divides
transforming conflicts
Did you miss us for the 19-25 June 2022 event? Join us in 2023 for
-
professional development and training,
-
active experimentation, &
-
community-building
with top experts and your experienced peers.
WHAT WE DO
The Institute for Developing Across Differences (IDD) offers programs, training and peer connection opportunities so that you can better help the individuals and organizations you work with to transform Differences into more effective ways of communicating, working, and prospering together.
Unique Programming
like the After Hours: Around the Table with the Experts series where you’ll meet up for deep conversations with renowned Differences experts to grow your own practice as a multiplier and Differences specialist.
Training and Growth Opportunities
in the form of week-long Learning Labs & Community Weeks. Join us in Doha from 4-5 October 2023 and The Netherlands from 7-13 July 2024.
Join Us
Top Experts.
Timely Topics.
Real Conversations.
Global peers.
NEXT EXPERT:
MAI NGUYEN
Learn about the expert
NEWS AND UPDATES
Learn with leading global faculty in 2023 at the
- Save the Dates! Our 3rd Annual European Developing Across Differences (DAD) Learning Labs & Community Week — an advanced in-person professional development opportunity for experienced peers — will take place 7-13 July 2024 in The Netherlands.
- Meet our latest profiled IDD Global Peer Elif Durgal, PhD, intercultural psychologist, trainer and coach.
In-person learning this October...
Did you miss the IDD in The Netherlands this July? Then join any of our four great 1-day classes designed to help you hone your expertise at a pilot edition of the Middle Eastern “mini” DAD from 4-5 October 2023 in Doha. Sign up to be the first to enroll — and learn about this unique partnership with the Intercultural Communication & Collaboration Forum in Qatar’s Education City. *Registration opens August 1st.*
(Re)connect with experienced peers
Join our next IDD Global Community of Practice sessions to connect with experienced peers on Thursday, 27 July from 5-6PM CEST/11-noon EDT/8-9AM PDT. We’ll discuss Global Learning & Global Citizenship: Are they truly global?, sharing our own experiences as practitioners and scholars with this topic.
New publication features Nadine Binder and IDD faculty
“Can you fit a square into a circle?” asks IDD Partner Nadine Binder in a new academic chapter she and IDD faculty member Jana Hollá have co-authored. Exploring how to “leverag[e] experiential learning to enhance relational capacity building,” their work is part of a new book from Springer Publishing — and in which several IDD faculty are also contributors.
Did you miss us for the 19-25 June 2022 event? Join us in 2023 for
-
professional development and training,
-
active experimentation, &
-
community-building
with top experts and your experienced peers.
OUR APPROACH
To embrace Differences requires a Different approach.
Intersecting focus areas
Complex and interconnected real-world challenges need holistic solutions. To meet these, our focus is anchored in four interconnected content pillars:
• intercultural communication,
• diversity, equity and inclusion,
• global competence,
• global learning/active global citizenship education.
We explore the intersections between these areas to advance the field and help you bring about more sustainable solutions that work.
Truly international reach
Today more than ever, local issues are global issues are local issues. To live our values and be more effective, we need to challenge our assumptions, and learn from and work with one another around the world. The IDD aims for representation and a presence in every region in order to offer truly Different perspectives.
Accessible, inclusive, inspirational community
We provide connection and support in addition to deep learning for practitioners, academics and all other Differences Specialists. The IDD is open to all in the field—and welcomes those new to it—with opportunities tailored to your experience level.
World-class faculty
We convene best-in-class faculty—both practitioners and scholars, established experts and emerging stars alike— from around the world. IDD experts are recognized by their peers as outstanding leaders in the greater Differences field.
Redefining state of the art
Our experiential learning-meets-praxis approach means we explore tried and true, evidence-based approaches and experiment to develop new solutions that respond to emerging opportunities and challenges.
DIFFERENCES COMMUNITY
We are multipliers.
We are the practitioners and researchers who help individuals and organizations (in classrooms, companies, governments, communities and elsewhere) better recognize, appreciate and use Differences as a way of communicating, working and thriving together. We are trainers, educators, consultants, coaches, researchers, facilitators, faculty, international program managers, diversity leaders, HR staff, learning administrators, professional development experts — and more.If you help others connect, the IDD is for you.
