Our AG Intercultural Management 道場 DOJO meets online at the level of the Japanese-German Business Association (DJW) since 2021. With practitioners we discuss intercultural competence building in order to create intercultural synergy. Sharing intercultural experiences we wish to heighten the awareness for better management practices in bilingual workplaces. Following topics will be addressed throughout our manager training:
- Awareness of cognitive processes in intercultural management
- Recognizing and reconciling cultural differences
- Creating cultural synergy and innovation
- Networking for mutual trust
We encourage participants also to think critical about various cross-cultural management issues and international management ethics. How to building trustful relationships with business partners from other cultures we like to discuss. Favoring a constructive intercultural management approach we like to train participants in our AG Intercultural Management 道場 Dojo to bridge Japanese and German culture as successful boundary spanner.
Forthcoming Events
AG Intercultural Management 道場 is conducted usually online but sometimes also at Ritsumeikan OIC on the spot. A registration at DJW Event Homepage is possible. The next 道場 Dojo session discusses following topic: Building shared values across cultures—is it a realistic goal or just a beautiful ideal?
In the reality of Japanese German business, we often strive for common ground. Yet, even when we speak the same language, we often operate under fundamentally different conceptual frameworks. In our upcoming Intercultural Management 道場 (Dojo), we will dive into the practical friction points and exchange our views on: Where do “shared values” succeed—and where is the breaking point? What happens when the same words hide completely different assumptions? How can individuals create workable alignment in high-stakes business situations? Our invited speaker is Ms. Rumi Hasegawa (Intercultural Expert Rumi Hasegawa)
Date: June 25, 2026; Time: 12:00–13:00 CET (Germany) | 19:00–20:00 JST (Japan)
Online via Microsoft Teams; Link [AG Intercultural Management 道場]
Participation is welcome in German, Japanese, or English! We are looking forward to exchanging views with you.
Previous events
It is planed that you can watch presentations and learn about the outcomes of our events in future. Presentation and study material will be made available at this homepage under the rubric webinars after login in with your password received from our ManGeo administration.
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Trust, 19. March 2021
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Trust, 16. April 2021
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Trust, 21. May 2021
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Trust, 18. June 2021
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Trust meeting,16. July 2021
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Synergy meeting, 17. Sept. 2021
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Synergy meeting, 13. Oct. 2021
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Synergy, 17. Nov. 2021
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Synergy, 15. Dec. 2021
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Synergy, 15. Jan. 2022
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Innovation, 27. April 2022
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Innovation, 15. July 2022
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Competence, 1. Dec. 2022
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Competence, 11. Jan. 2023
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Competence, 2. Feb. 2023
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Competence, 13. March 2023
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Management, 20. April 2023
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Management, 7. June 2023
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Management, 12. Oct. 2023
- DJW Working Group – Intercultural Management, 6. March 2024
- DJW Working Group – Cultural sensitivity, 10. April 2024
- DJW Working Group – Positive Communication, 13. June 2024
- DJW Working Group – Resilience & Work Life Balance, 5. Aug. 2024
- DJW Working Group – Workshop on Intercultural Negotiation, 1. Nov. 2024
- DJW Working Group – Change management from within, 10. Dec.2024
- DJW Working Group – Guest speaker: Dr. Christoph Rohloff: “Intercultural Management”: Insights from Intercultural Mergers, 11.03.2025
- Working Group – Guest speaker: Prof. Dr. Sierk Horn: Do we need Interculturally Competent Leaders in Japanese-German Business? 13.05.2025
- Working Group – Guest speaker: Eric LOW: Insights from Intercultural Mergers – Building Mutual Trust and Achieving Results in an Inter-cultural Team, 08.10. 2025
- Working Group “Intercultural Management”: Networking and Feedback, 18.12. 2025
- Working Group (AG) “Intercultural Management” 道場: Collaboration between Japanese and European technical teams, 09.04.2026
