Veolia in Taiwan’s HR team organized a wonderful cultural exchange event, “Find Your Bonheur,” on December 4. Centered on classic French culinary culture, the event used interactive experiences and in-depth exchanges to enhance the organization’s international atmosphere and cross-cultural understanding.
🧀 Challenges and Surprises: Cultural Dialogue Through Cuisine
The venue meticulously recreated the elegance of a French dining table, offering cheese, French bread, and red wine for colleagues to savor.
The most entertaining segment, the “Acting Challenge,” brought the atmosphere to a climax. Five colleagues went on stage, and only one of them tasted the intensely flavored blue cheese. Thanks to professional-level acting skills, the challenger successfully concealed any facial reaction to the impactful taste, greatly surprising the guessers and fully showcasing the event’s interactivity and fun.
Afterward, colleagues from France and Malaysia shared their living experiences in Taiwan. In particular, the Malaysian colleague expressed cultural “shock” and discomfort regarding the bamboo shoots commonly found in Taiwan. These vivid anecdotes not only drew laughter from the audience, but also clearly highlighted cultural differences in daily life and the impact they can bring.
🧠 Exploration and Insight: A Knowledge Feast of “Find Your Bonheur”
The event then moved into the “Find Your Bonheur” knowledge exploration segment, conducted in the form of a French trivia quiz. Amid lively discussions, colleagues engaged in enthusiastic brainstorming, which not only tested everyone’s grasp of global information, but also strengthened their understanding of French culture amid competition and laughter. The successful execution of this segment fully demonstrated our colleagues’ international mindset, characterized by active learning and a passion for exploration.
💡 Conclusion: Deepening International Inclusion and Fostering Global Citizens
“Find Your Bonheur” successfully achieved its goals of promoting internal交流 and broadening international perspectives through a light-hearted and engaging format.
Veolia in Taiwan is committed to creating an open and inclusive environment. Through cultural experience activities of this kind, we hope to stimulate colleagues’ cross-cultural sensitivity, deepen respect for and understanding of differences, and ultimately build an outstanding team with a global outlook and a high degree of inclusiveness.
