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Intercultural Development Continuum · Stage 6 of 6
Integration is the far end of the continuum — more than one cultural frame has become part of how a person sees, so that moving between frames is no longer only a deliberate skill but part of their own identity.
45–50 minutes · 4 lessons · Voluntary learning
Moving Fluidly Between Cultural Frames. Integration is the far end of the continuum — more than one cultural frame has become part of how a person sees, so moving between frames is no longer only a deliberate skill
Teams sometimes route every question about a community to the one colleague they connect with it. How to notice that habit as a team condition and change it, without guessing at anyone's orientation.
A non-punitive look at the difference between a well-practiced skill and a frame that has become part of how you see, for your own reflection only, and why distance from Integration is not a deficiency.
Whatever a colleague's background or practice, using it well at work means neither hiding it nor being expected to perform it. A practical look at team conditions that leave that choice with the colleague.
Notice one situation this week where you read the same issue from two cultural frames at once, and write down, for yourself, what each frame made visible that the other did not — a note about your own practice, not a stage.
Integration is the far end of the intercultural development continuum. Where Adaptation is the practiced skill of deliberately shifting frames, Integration is when more than one cultural frame has become part of how a person sees and who they are, so the shift is no longer only a deliberate act. It is one honest point on a real continuum, not a badge. This program's direction runs toward Acceptance, Adaptation, and Integration together; most day-to-day practice lives in Acceptance and Adaptation, and Integration stays in view as where that practice can lead. No one is placed at this stage by a background, a colleague, a supervisor, or this program.
Integration is where the continuum leads, and the program's direction runs toward Acceptance, Adaptation, and Integration together. Most daily practice lives in Acceptance and Adaptation, and no one is ever placed at a stage.
Keep this stage's honest framing ready when discussing program direction, your own practice, or a team habit.
Notice one situation this week where you read the same issue from two cultural frames at once, and write down, for yourself, what each frame made visible.
Participation and course completion in this program do not count toward DHS-required training credits unless management, a director, or DHS leadership expressly approves an exception.
Source for the five orientations a licensed IDI assessment measures — Denial, Polarization, Minimization, Acceptance, and Adaptation — which this program's continuum draws on. The IDI does not measure Integration.
Source for Integration, the sixth stage of this program's continuum and this module's stage description; the developmental model the IDI grew from.