“After spending the last 10 years working in South Korea/Asia, it is evident that the world has become much closer and connected. On average, the projects we work on consist of key stakeholders from various countries, multiple languages spoken in meetings, accommodating time zones and becoming educated on local industry practices and laws.

To avoid challenges and resistance, we need to build diversity and inclusion into our thought processes to drive innovation, broaden our perspectives and develop sustainable strategies and solutions. While we may not be able to fully understand and adapt to everyone's differences, it's important that we create a culture, framework and environment that allow our teams to be diverse to achieve success in our work.”
Hock Yap | South Korea Business Unit Leader

“DPR's culture can be summarized by two of our central beliefs to ‘Respect for the Individual’ and a ‘Desire to Change the World,’ transcending barriers between countries and continents. Personally, I have found much success by implementing these two principles as a foundation for all I do in Switzerland, my primary location at this moment.

While working on a project in Visp, the heart of the Swiss Alps, it is amazing to see how a diverse project team can more easily solve problems by looking at it from varying angles, while also learning from other cultures and discovering new ways of working. For example, due to our location, we must make sure we have site supervisors that can speak both German and French to make sure field communications are achieved.”
Juan Muñoz | Project Executive

“Diversity starts with acknowledging and resisting our familiarity biases and learning to respect people who come from different backgrounds and cultures. As an employee based in India who frequently interfaces with team members in the USA, it does not go unnoticed when DPR leadership and project teams recognize cultural festivals of significance, such as Diwali, and schedule meetings around those events.

At vConstruct (a strategic partner of DPR), we continually strive to become more inclusive, as it is a microcosm of diversity represented by a 400+ workforce made up of 1/3 women and 2/3 men from 100 different cities and 15+ different languages. My favorite part about working on such a diverse team is being able to collaborate with people from various cultures, backgrounds and engage in enriching discussions that lead to conclusions and decisions which are well-rounded, holistic and effective.”
Saurabh Tiwari | Business Unit Leader, vConstruct

Find an event in your community that provides an opportunity to learn about another culture, like a food or film festival.

Pick a country you haven’t visited and learn about the people, customs, culture and more. Try a new recipe or to learn a few words of their language.

Organize a potluck at work or among friends. Each person can choose a different country and make a traditional dish from there.