[ID:8775]This article guides you through the key components of the Culture Tree model.

The Culture Tree is a fantastic tool for helping students and young global professionals contextualize their cross-cultural experiences.

Entering a foreign culture is exciting and mysterious. Arriving abroad, you’re whisked away by the most visible elements of the culture: the food, the architecture and every other sensory delight a tourist might appreciate. But keep in mind that in every culture – including your own! – there’s more than meets the eye.

Culture is a complex web of codes, patterns and beliefs governing everything from fashion choices to the deepest concepts of life and death. The Culture Tree simplifies these complexities into three clear levels,...