About

A warm welcome across nations

I am Denise Pirrotti Hummel, J.D., CEO and Founder of Universal Consensus, LLC.  The goal of Universal Consensus® is to help clients leverage the power of culture to optimize their bottom line.  We do this by offering strategic solutions to businesses, universities, and government agencies facing global and cultural challenges. Our work focuses on increasing revenue and operational efficiencies; reducing the risk of cross-border operations; and providing tools for cultural transformation and integration as well as global expansion – including introductions to key decision-makers globally. We are a global change agent connecting multinational markets and ideas. Our mission is simple:  We want to support, educate, and drive the profits of clients conducting business globally.

We want to support, educate, and drive the profits of clients who are conducting business globally.

Many businesses have not considered how working with different cultures will impact business processes. It is our job to evaluate, develop, and implement a plan to address the issues impeding our client’s overall performance.  Some clients have a clear sense of the problem and require training or coaching to resolve the issue. Other clients come to us because they need help turning cultural challenges into opportunities within their organization.

Program recommendations are based on the trademarked cultural solutions analysis we have developed over two decades of working with clients. It is a strategic functional analysis of international business through six comprehension “lenses” and the application of that analysis to the particular business or organizational challenge. The Business Model of Intercultural Analysis (BMIA™) was honed by years of research, case studies and empirical application to various businesses across many global markets.  Year after year, the process is refined and business and cultural trends are updated, but the underlying concepts are so rooted in the human dimension that they are, in effect, timeless.

I am deeply committed to developing solutions for our clients that meet their short and long-term goals. We consider ourselves honorary member of your team on the day we are retained. Our loyalty and adherence to your business goals are the driving forces behind everything we do. Meeting and exceeding expressed expectations has been what has made our company what it is today; a global strategic partner of Aon Hewitt, The Ken Blanchard Companies, and Deloitte – our work ethic is unparalleled.

I hope to meet you and give you a more personalized idea of who we are and what we stand for. I would like to get to know the DNA of your culture and your global vision. Until then, remember the Chinese proverb, as we do:  “Enter Village; Follow Custom” 入乡随俗 .  In China, it is customary when you enter a village to follow the customs, traditions and societal expectations of that village. This saying has significant implications for us as we move forward into a global market economy where borders fade away and a ‘foreign’ way of doing things is as close as your telephone or email inbox. May your knowledge of the diverse ways in which business is performed in other cultures bring you economic prosperity in all your future global endeavors.

Denise Pirrotti Hummel, J.D., CEO