Education
How far does knowing a foreign language go in shaping your career? Can young professionals use foreign language as an advantage when exploring opportunities abroad? How can entrepreneurs leverage the power of language and culture while expanding to a different country? We explore foreign language, and culture along with finding opportunities and expanding and exploring as professionals and entrepreneurs in a different country. Our guest, Disha Shah, is a veteran in the Indo-German business community. She is the Director India of FrankfurtRheinMain GmbH, the investment promotion and marketing arm of the German Metropolitan region Frankfurt-Rhein-Main. In her role, she drives the overall strategy, investor-relations and image-marketing activities of the city of Frankfurt in India and therefore has an in-depth understanding of the key drivers, business opportunities, areas of collaboration and intercultural challenges in Indo-German businesses and professions. Hear her talk about: 3:00- An Indian pushed to learn German to ensure smooth transition into the country 5:00- Levels of knowing a foreign language directly proportional to opportunities in the country 7:00- Beginning to learn a foreign language & constant practice 8:30- Language to build trust and familiarity with people; pop culture and cinema 9.30- Why learning a language helped an Indian explore her own culture better; relevance of the mother tongue 12.00- Soaking in the vibe and culture of a different place through knowing language 13.30- Setting up an organization from scratch in building identity through language 15.45- What if you want to set up business or expand in a foreign country 18.30- Exploring job opportunities in a foreign country- what you need to have and know 21.00- Gender, Empowerment, Bias and the Foreign Language 23.15- practicing a language in fun ways 25.00- The top 2 foreign languages wrt opportunities 26.15- Reading between the lines and the challenge with a foreign language Original Music by Joseph Mc Dade Drop us a note on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter @voice_of_achievers Or write in directly to editor@voiceofachievers.com We’re listening to you. Don’t forget to follow us on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple, Google, JioSaavn, Gaana or wherever you’re listening to us! You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For partnerships/queries send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.