About
Jennifer Burge is an American-Australian intercultural communications expert with 30 years of global business experience in more than 50 countries. As the founder of WorldWise Consulting, she advises executives, governments, and institutions on cross-cultural intelligence, international strategy, and stakeholder engagement—particularly in complex contexts involving ESG, Indigenous relations, and responsible resource development. Having lived and worked across North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand, Jennifer brings real-world insight into how cultural dynamics influence global decision-making, collaboration, and policy implementation. She is a sought-after speaker and advisor in the mining sector, academia, and government on the role of intercultural competence in advancing sustainability and strategic outcomes.
Long-Term International Residencies
U.S.
Canada
Germany
The Netherlands
Singapore
Australia
Spain
Mexico
Professional and Cultural Expertise
- Andorra
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Curaçao
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Laos
- Luxembourg
- Spain
- Malaysia
- Monaco
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Peru
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- The Bahamas
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Virgin Islands
- Vatican
- Vietnam
ROI of Intercultural Skills Development
The risk of not investing in intercultural training is greater than the cost of it
Loss of valued talent cost up to 200% of
annual salary to replace
Lack of skills and poor communication- top
reasons for project failure
Culturally unaware teams underperform others by up to 40%
Moreover, intercultural training can prevent ‘cultural quiet quitting’- a phenomenon where employees experience cross-cultural clashes, lose a sens of belonging and emotionally or intellectually engaged from their work, while still staying on a payroll. This has been estimated to cost an organization up to 34% of the employee’s salary.
Capitalized Skills Development
What’s the Return on Investment?
Developing the cultural agility of your employees drives:
When you invest in your people and gain culturally intelligent global leaders with:
- Greater productivity
- Improved team performance and leadership sucess
- Competitive Advantage
- Backed by numbers researh reports not only related to financial returns
- Enhanced personal judgement
- Adaptability
- Better decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Cross-cultural trust-building and negotation abilities
- Leadership effectiveness
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success.
WorldWise is Uniquely Positioned:
- Unmatched business experience breadth and depth globally
- Culturally adept communications expertise worldwide
- Allied with an extensive expert network at all levels of government and industry
- Most experienced communications consultancy in the mining and energy industries worldwide
- 6 years specialized multicultural teams management experience in Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, and Canada.
- 18 years Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
- 25 years technology and management consulting experience
