Working Across Cultures: The Positive Impacts of Diverse Workplace?

?In the modern workplace landscape, diversity and inclusion is so much more than a buzzword – companies need to live and breathe these values to truly weave it into the company DNA. These characteristics are not only a powerful driver for innovation that goes beyond inclusivity for all, it’s also a unifying force that helps overcome common challenges when working across cultures such as time zone differences, varying work styles, language barriers and more. By embracing these differences, a diverse workplace offers the opportunity to build bridges across cultures while fostering collaboration, unique perspectives, and agile problem-solving.?

At Acorn Strategy, we pride ourselves on our highly diverse workplace that prioritises inclusion and equal opportunities. With offices in Australia, the UAE, and Indonesia, our Acorners come from a myriad of different backgrounds. For us, diversity allows us to broaden our horizons and in return, offer many different perspectives and approaches that make the work we deliver one of its kind.??

With these things in mind, it’s plain to see that diversity and inclusivity are inseparable from our core values, and we’re all the better for it. There are countless??

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Bringing Positive Impact??

From a business perspective, inclusive workplaces are six times more innovative and twice as likely to meet or surpass financial goals. When diversity reaches a certain level, it amplifies the level of well-being and engagement among employees as well, and this creates a butterfly effect that positively affects business results. Meanwhile, from a psychological standpoint, a diverse workplace encourages cooperation, collaboration, curiosity, and boldness to speak one’s mind, which are core components when it comes to building an empowering workplace. Other positive impacts of a diverse workplace include:?

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• Preventing tunnel vision?

A diverse workplace offers a wide range of varying capabilities and experiences, along with different cultural expertise. This way, there will never be a shortage of unique approaches and problem-solving abilities when a company expands their horizons and increase customer satisfaction on international basis.?

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• Higher adaptability?

Agility is key when it comes to navigating the industry, and a diverse pool of talent offers individual expertise and experiences in suggesting thoughts, which are effective when it comes to adapting to any customer or project demands one might encounter.??

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• Inspiring creativity and innovation?

With such a massive pool of varying skillset, companies with a diverse workforce is capable of providing an answer to any problems in service and as a result, able to meet the expectations of customers in new and unique ways.??

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• Opportunities for personal and professional growth?

Working with colleagues or clients from different cultures is an enriching experience that allows us to learn a lot from each other. A diverse workplace encourages work practice that prioritises harmony and collaboration, and when teams assembled consist of different ethnicities and backgrounds, there tends to be less conflict due to higher cultural tolerance and understanding, as well as heightened creative flair that complement one another.?

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Collaboration Beyond Borders?

At Acorn Strategy, we don’t let distance stop us from having a respectful, productive, and friendly camaraderie among colleagues. Whether our Acorners work from Melbourne, Jakarta, or Dubai – we approach each challenge (like the ever-common hurdle of time zone difference) with compassion and agility. Furthermore, each Acorner brings something different to the table, which only serves to sharpen our problem-solving skills along with top-notch creative talent.??

With collaboration being the cornerstone of our success, we foster an environment where supportiveness prevails and great ideas are amplified through diverse perspectives. With each project an opportunity to build bridges across cultures, we continue to deliver data-driven creative solutions to our clients and making mighty moves wherever we are across the globe.??

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