As a society, we lack sufficient intercultural tools that assess how competent an individual or an organization is in terms of working across cultures. The IDI is a cross-culturally valid and reliable measure of intercultural competence. (Hammer, 2007; Hammer, Bennett & Wiseman, 2003). The IDI assessment process produces a profile of a group or organization’s capacity to recognize and adapt to cultural differences.  The profile can also be developed for individuals allowing targeted intercultural coaching of team members focused on building self-awareness, understanding behaviors that increase cross-cultural effectiveness, and practice using these new skills. The IDI can provide a clear picture of how a team approaches cultural aspects of their working relationships.  This information informs team dynamics and supports effective engagement with cultural differences. Without systematic efforts at developing intercultural competence, our global community will continue to deal with misunderstandings, tension, and conflict. The IDI generates an individual (or a group) graphic profile of the respondent’s overall position on the intercultural development continuum.  The continuum represents a progression from a less complex, to a more complex, perception of, and experience around, cultural diversity. In general, people who have a more complex framework for perceiving and understanding patterns of cultural differences have the capacity and capability of shifting cultural perspectives and adapting behavior to cultural context.