Cathy Parker

Superdiversity Institute for Law, Policy and Business

The Superdiversity Institute for Law, Policy and Business is a multidisciplinary centre specialising in analysing the law, policy and business implications of New Zealand's superdiversity. The vision for the Centre is to enable Government, business and NGOs to maximise the benefits of the ‘diversity dividend' arising from New Zealand's transition to a superdiverse society through: Research and analysis of key superdiversity trends and challenges and how they affect particular aspects of New Zealand's law, policy and business; Analysis of the changing strategic context for Government, business and NGOs as a result of key superdiversity trends; Advising Government, business and NGOs about changes to law, policy or strategy to adapt to a superdiverse environment, as well as developing recommendations for how law, policy and strategy should change; and Providing support to Government, business and NGOs as they transition to a superdiverse strategic context. The Superdiversity Centre also provides training in cultural intelligence. Cultural intelligence can be understood as the capability to relate and work effectively across cultures, and is a vital skill in the modern world. Cultural intelligence training helps businesses, organisations and individuals understand cultural intelligence and how to succeed in an increasingly superdiverse global world. Cultural training can vary from one-on-one coaching for key leaders or change champions, through to group workshops, audits and the development of strategic roadmaps to develop a culturally intelligent organisation.