What It Means to Be a World Citizen

  • Author: Dr. Lew Bayer and Jessie Lin Brown
  • Credit: 1
  • Study time: 60 to 75 minutes
World Citizen: Thriving in a Global Community micro course
Course overview
Explore what it means to be a world citizen, why it matters at work and when travelling, and the shared needs that connect people everywhere.
  • Video time: 3 minutes
  • Certificate of Completion included

What's included?

  • 5 Lessons
  • 1 Certificate of Completion
  • 1 Worksheet
  • 3 Videos
  • 2 PDF downloads

What you will learn

Explain what global citizenship means, drawing on the UNESCO and OECD framings and the World Citizen philosophy of living and learning together.

A tool you can use this week

The World Citizen Mindset: the four core competencies described by Civility Experts Inc. (social intelligence, cultural competence, systems thinking, continuous learning) applied to life and work in a global community. The worksheet helps you apply it to a real situation this week.

Dr. Lew Bayer

CEO of Civility Experts Inc., author, and Canadian Civility Ambassador
ABOUT LEW
Dr. Lew Bayer is internationally recognized as the leading expert on civility at work. She is CEO of Civility Experts Inc., a multinational civility training group with more than 500 affiliates in 46 countries, and the author of 23 books, including the bestseller The 30% Solution and a new book on diplomacy due for release in January 2027. With some 30 years of experience as a practitioner and mentor, Lew and her team of social architects help organizations build better workplaces by building competency in civility. She serves as faculty at the Canadian Management Centre, is Director of the International Civility Trainers' Consortium, and is currently embracing her role as Canadian Civility Ambassador.
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