{"id":5337,"date":"2025-01-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=5337"},"modified":"2024-12-29T17:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T16:00:28","slug":"101-culture-hacks-americans-lisa-la-valle-absolutely-intercultural-302","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=5337","title":{"rendered":"101 Culture Hacks +++ Americans +++ Lisa La Valle +++ Absolutely Intercultural 302 +++"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5337-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_302.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_302.mp3\">http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_302.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DMPDSV2X\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5341\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5341\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-cover-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-cover-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-cover-664x1024.png 664w, https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-cover-768x1184.png 768w, https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/book-cover.png 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 85vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>Picture the scene: You and your companion have stopped at a cafe, chosen a table and drawn up your chairs. Why did you do this? In this show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalistagal.com\/\">Lisa La Valle<\/a> will explain cafe culture as part of her culture hacks for Americans.<br \/>Welcome to 2025 and show 302 of Absolutely Intercultural which takes a closer look at the new book by Lisa La Valle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DMPDSV2X\">101 \u200aCulture Hacks for Americans living abroad (and other digital nomads): One unwritten rule at a time.<\/a> <br \/>My name\u2019s Anne Fox and this show is coming to you from Denmark. Back in 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=3862\">we spoke to Lisa La Valle<\/a> in her role as an intercultural trainer and in this show we are going to learn more about the book Lisa is writing billed as a primer for Americans venturing outside their borders. Why did she write it?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll explore one or two of the hacks in the taster version of the book that is already available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DMPDSV2X\">Amazon<\/a>. For example, did you ever think about what happens in cafes and restaurants?<\/p>\n<p>And finally we\u2019ll find out more about how much Lisa relies on the cultural frameworks which we hear so much about, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hofstede%27s_cultural_dimensions_theory\">Hofstede<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.argonautonline.com\/cultureconnector\/\">Culture Connector<\/a>, compared to Lisa\u2019s own observations on, for example, the effect of space on how loudly you speak.<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely hacked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s go absolutely hacked and find out why Lisa, an American now living in Italy, \u00a0started writing 101 \u200aCulture Hacks for Americans living abroad<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely caf\u00e9 culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next I wanted to explore one or two of the examples from the taster version that is available right now on Amazon so let\u2019s go absolutely cafe culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>absolutely frameworked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lisa La Valle has used the Culture Connector framework in her work as an intercultural facilitator so I wondered whether she\u2019d used that or any of the other popular frameworks, many of which we have talked about on this podcast in the past, as part of her 101 Culture hacks book so let\u2019s go absolutely frameworked.<\/p>\n<p>It was very interesting to hear how Lisa makes use of the various cultural frameworks in such a pragmatic way. It sometimes seems as though these frameworks are presented as THE way to look at cultural differences, Hofstede\u2019s dimensions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rule-Makers-Breakers-Tight-Cultures\/dp\/1501152939\">tight and loose cultures<\/a>, the Four Cs and so on whereas Lisa draws on several of these frameworks as appropriate.\u00a0 The taster version of Lisa\u2019s book is available on Amazon now and the full version will be coming out later this spring.\u00a0What about you? Have you made some useful observations about cultural hacks relating to your own culture? We\u2019d love to hear them.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and if you have a story to tell then don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch or leave a comment. We are also on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/podcast-absolutely-intercultural\/id137617215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple podcasts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/49zQXFu6lFFoJLbaC3NaX7?si=d019446aa7fb457d\">Spotify<\/a> where you can give us a rating.<\/p>\n<p>Our next show will be coming to you from Laurent Borgmann in Germany on 7th February.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The host of this show is: <a href=\"https:\/\/annefox.eu\/\">Anne Fox<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/poddownico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/podcast\/absolutely_intercultural_show_295.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podfeedico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/absolutely-intercultural\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Podcast-Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/podaboico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/podcast-absolutely-intercultural\/id137617215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture the scene: You and your companion have stopped at a cafe, chosen a table and drawn up your chairs. Why did you do this? In this show Lisa La Valle will explain cafe culture as part of her culture hacks for Americans.Welcome to 2025 and show 302 of Absolutely Intercultural which takes a closer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=5337\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;101 Culture Hacks +++ Americans +++ Lisa La Valle +++ Absolutely Intercultural 302 +++&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1614,21,1615,226,1616,5,315,6,997,73,252],"class_list":["post-5337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-101-culture-hacks","tag-absolutely-intercultural","tag-americans","tag-anne-fox","tag-cafe-culture","tag-culture","tag-dr-elmar-laurent-borgmann","tag-intercultural","tag-podcast","tag-rheinahrcampus","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5344,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5337\/revisions\/5344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}