Special thanks to Daniel Maycock, an IT Strategy Solution Architect for Slalom Consulting, for being the inspiration to the diagram above. The model represents the belief that as leaders increase their cultural competence, they also increase their ability to inspire technology adoption with a larger base of individuals. Inclusion Innovation represents the intersection of Diversity, Inclusion, Intercultural Competence and Social Media Technology. What do you think?

1. Inclusion Innovation
Intercultural Competence
Innovators
Accelerating Innovation
Early
Adopters
Early
Majority
© KACarter Group Adaption of
The Technology Adoption Lifecycle
(Joe M. Bohlen, George M. Beal and
Late Everett M. Rogers) and
Intercultural Competence Continuum
Majority (adapted from the Developmental
Model of Intercultural Sensitivity
originally proposed by Dr.
Milton Bennett)
Laggards
Denial Polarization Minimization Acceptance Adaptation
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