This book would not have been possible without the foundation work on values by many of our colleagues and predecessors, for which we are enormously grateful. We particularly want to acknowledge the principals of Executive Diversity Services, Inc. in Seattle, Washington (Andy Reynolds, Elmer Dixon, and Linda Taylor), who have developed many of these activities over the past two decades. Faculty at The Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication in Portland, Oregon, have contributed substantially to our thinking and skills as trainers and educators, and the rich resources of books offered by Intercultural Press have been our foundation. We also thank the editorial and production team at Intercultural Press for their expertise and careful editing. We owe our enthusiasm for, and confidence in, an experiential learning approach to Sivasailam Thiagarajan, “Thiagi,” to whom we are grateful. Thiagi is a master of the experiential approach, and he always encourages his students to find their own answers to the question.
We hope this book is useful to you. Please modify the activities to meet the needs of your audience—as we have through the years.
The authors have made every effort to cite and acknowledge all those from whom research, lecture material, or activities have been adapted.