Aperian IOM’s cultural awareness tool. It is an online learning platform intended to promote team effectiveness, cultural awareness and understanding in the workplace. GlobeSmart helps individuals to first understand their own preferences and tendencies for interacting with others, and allows for comparisons with other individuals as well as with other cultures. GlobeSmart can help you and your team:

  1. Improve Team effectiveness and collaboration. 
  2. Promote inclusion in the workplace. 
  3. Prepare for TDY, STA or Rotation


The information provided in Aperian is intended to provide useful generalizations and examples rather than cultural absolutes. Aperian content takes into account that individual values, behaviors, and expectations will differ based on a variety of factors.



Aperian has three main features:

  1. Aperiant Profile: discover your own preferred work style and invite your colleagues to compare profiles and get actionable advice for working more effectively together.
  2. Culture guides: use the culture guides to explore country-specific information on 50 topics all geared to help you communicate and interact effectively with others.
  3. Learning modules: complete short self-paced online modules on cultural agility. 


For more information, click here to review all of the Aperian FAQs or click here to ask a question.