This month, we explore the intricate world of cultural differences, and also honor two significant observances: Immigrant Heritage Month and Pride Month. I share with you my favorite insights about understanding, appreciating, and navigating the invisible boundaries that shape our interactions across cultures.

This March, we honored women's contributions globally. In our recent discussion, we explored cultural intelligence and invisible identities with inspiring leaders. From Peilin's heritage journey to Sandhya's call for allyship, we embraced diversity in leadership. Looking forward, we're excited to tackle expatriation transition, networking across cultures, and supporting immigrant experiences.

Now, more than ever, our world is in need of DEI change agents who have cultivated a global mindset and can help foster a culture of belonging in the workplace.

As we all know well, we as women face unique challenges in the workplace, especially when we take into account our race, ethnicity, origin, and cultural traditions. Often, we have had to fit a preset mold when joining the workforce and have been tasked with learning to navigate cultural norms and workplace practices on our own.

This is the goal of my series on Cultural Prisms - to understand what external barriers, along with the barriers within ourselves, which we need to overcome in order to connect with others.

I invite you to join me in delving deeper into the discussion around cultural prisms as we explore the theme through the lens of business, leadership and work culture in China.

In keeping with the theme of Cultural Prisms, this month we take a deeper dive to explore how this theme applies to US leadership culture and work environments. As someone who has lived and worked in the US for more than 15 years, this is an area that is personally very intriguing.

This year's International Women's Day theme was Break the Bias (#breakthebias), a global commitment to call out bias, challenge perceptions, and forge a path for women's equality. This important campaign made me reflect on how culture influences gender roles and more specifically, how cultural prisms are inextricably linked to gender beliefs and practices. In celebrating Women's History Month and the incredible contributions women have made to our culture and society, we must also grow awareness around cultural prisms, to both welcome and dispute them.

These are unprecedented times. The Future of Work is undergoing a sizable shift. Over the last few years, our daily work lives have changed in significant ways - from a dramatic increase in remote working to virtual-first companies and ever-evolving technology. And tomorrow’s landscape will require businesses and organizations to be even more multicultural.