The 21st of May is the United Nations World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. This year at EPAM, we celebrated with a cultural festival and a cultural awareness week.

We sat down and talked about cultural diversity at EPAM with one of the festival's organizers and speakers, Krystsina Katouskaya. She shared how to be effective in a multicultural business environment, what steps can help us adapt to a new culture, and her hands-on experience and advice for relocation.

Timestamps:

· (00:00) – Intro, ‘This or that’ game

· (03:00) – Cross cultural basis and business communication

· (04:35) – Challenges of the cross-cultural business communications

· (05:45) – Cross-cultural paradigms

· (07:30) – Ways to improve cross-cultural communication within the remote team

· (09:05) – What helps in adaption to a new culture after relocation?

· (15:20) – Common mistakes in multicultural communication

· (16:45) – Kristina’s personal experience of relocation to Europe

· (19:30) – 6 steps of adaptation to a new culture

· (22:20) – Building cross-cultural team

· (23:45) – Giving and receiving feedback in cross-cultural business communications

· (25:15) – EPAM’s business culture: how to adjust fast if you are a newcomer

· (26:45) – Celebrating cultural diversity at EPAM: cultural awareness week

· (28:00) – Outro