Cultural Intelligence takes a look at cultural understanding for the business professional. This personal primer makes it easy for the reader to grasp the basics of culture through stories, New Yorker-style illustrations and other visuals. Creator of the Peterson Cultural Style Indicator (PCSI), the author defines Cultural Intelligence as the ability to use skills that are tuned appropriately to the cultural values of those from another culture. Peterson continues to explain why cultural intelligence is important and how to respond to it. The reader then learns how to plot his or her own cultural style as well as the cultural styles of associates and foreign counterparts. Finally Peterson offers insightful suggestions for increasing the reader's own cultural intelligence.