Bridging Cultural Perspectives

 to Create Systems Change

Kia Ora, Ni sa Bula, Fakaalofa Lahi Atu, No'ia 'e Mauri, Mālō e Lelei, 'Iorana, Tālofa Lava, Fakatalofa Atu, Kia Orana, Mālō Nī, Kam na Mauri, Aloha.

Brown Pages is passionate about using Indigenous-centred design thinking and cross cultural communications to create positive systems changes that affect Māori and Pacific peoples. We want to inspire leaders to turn cultural ways of working into business as usual through measurable outcomes that are shockingly different. 

Our Mission

We help subject matter experts and professionals build bridges to communicate better with Māori and Pacific stakeholders.

Subject matter experts and professionals are at different places on the continuum to becoming culturally intelligent and this can be a lifelong journey. Below is a journey map developed by Brown Pages to chart the various stages along this CQ (also known in business as cultural quotient) continuum and where people might be at.  It outlines the different types of solutions that could be tailored for each step of their journey. Their steps are by no means static as some people could go forwards and backwards.  The suggested solutions can also be interchangeable.

Brown Pages Bridging Cultural Perspectives Framework.  
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Step 0: Systemic racism – Anti-racism education.
Step 1: Unconscious bias – Anti-racism and unconscious bias training.
Step 2: Cultural awareness – Treaty training basics, Mana Moana.
Step 3: Cultural competency – Treaty training intermediate.
Step 4: Cultural responsiveness – Strategic communications, Cultural Audit.
Step 5: Cultural co-designing – Cultural expert directory, Ringatoi.
Step 6: Best practise implementation – Guides for engaging with Māori and Pacific peoples, PolyUX.
Step 7: Cultural intelligence – Cultural intelligence training.
Step 8: Systemic disruption – Sharing insights and strategies with others.