The Multicultural Mind - new book by SFU Beedie author!

Hey, I just noticed a new book in our collection by one of our illustrious international business profs: Dave Thomas!  Congrats to Dave on the publication of "The multicultural mind : unleashing the hidden force for innovation in your organization."

Note that we have both print and online copies of this book... SFU researchers can read it anywhere, anytime!

From the publisher:

Organizations need innovation, and there is a powerful source right under their noses. Scholar and consultant David C. Thomas says the same forces of globalization that have created today’s superheated competitive environment have also provided a potential hidden advantage: the multiculturals in your midst.

Thomas cites extensive research and examples showing that multiculturals—people who have deep experience in more than one culture—have developed skills and abilities that organizations can leverage in the service of innovation. They have a broader worldview. Having to integrate different cultural values has forced them to develop more complex ways of thinking and makes them better able to see new patterns and connections. Their heightened empathy, the result of learning to adapt to sometimes wildly different locations, customs, and beliefs, helps them build support for their ideas and work effectively on the teams that implement those ideas.

Want more books like this one? Try searching our library catalogue for Diversity in the workplace.  And click here for more books by Dave Thomas.

-- MarkB
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Mark Bodnar
Business & Economics Librarian
mbodnar@sfu.ca

P.S.: Image source: Berrett-Koehler (Publishers) - https://www.bkconnection.com/books/title/the-multicultural-mind