George F. Simons, MA, DMins George Simons is a consultant, lecturer and author who specializes in intercultural communication and global management and lives in Mandelieu - la Napoule, France and is currently writing a book on diversity and intercultural issues in the EU and delivering courses in virtual teamwork. Most recently he has been delivering culture change programs for Ford Motor Co. in Europe, and spent two years with Shell International Exploration & Production in The Hague, piloting virtual global teams and addressing intercultural aspects of knowledge management. Previously he trained management and employees to communicate and negotiate internally and across cultures for private clients and for international management training institutes such as the Australian and New Zealand Institutes of Management, The Greek Management Association and AHI Seminar Services (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore). At Management Centre Europe, he has been a frequently invited speaker since 1978 and is currently part of the eLearning project team. He sits on MCE’s e-Commerce and General Management Advisory Boards as well as the Advisory Board of the European Business Review. Products & publications Dr. Simons is the inventor, director of research and primary developer of the award-winning Diversophy® training instruments. Originally a hands-on training program component in the form of a learning game, he is now developing software for self-directed individual and small group learning with this instrument. Diversophy® has a database of over six thousand cultural issues, is in continuous development, and has versions in English, Dutch, German, French Spanish and Polish. Most recently Dr. Simons customized Diversophy® for Mobil Oil Company to train its Korean and Arab employees in diverse customer service skills, and co-designed a training game for healthcare professionals to improve services to ethnic patients. Dr. Simons is also author and editor of some of the most widely used analysis tools, training designs and literature in the intercultural and global management fields.