Facilitating Across Cultures: What Changes—and What Never Should

Talk to Your Meeting Doctors #54 — with Rachel Malek (Canada→Italy) & David Bishop (Ireland→France), hosted by Paul Nunesdea and Martin Duffy.

Cross-cultural facilitation isn't just "national culture + translation." As Rachel and David reminded us in this episode, it's a layered dance of language, professional subcultures, power dynamics, and human dignity. Below is a crisp recap you can share with clients and teams—and use as a checklist when you're the one at the front of the room.