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ASK, NOT TELL
....and many other thoughts about facilitation, coaching ( teams & individuals) and learning
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The Good Old ‘Images’
This post is again about the fundamentals of learning – the use of images. I came across the above image on ‘Moneyball of Leadership”...
David
Apr 14, 20181 min read


The Good Old ‘Training Activity’
I came across recently a clip about an experiential learning activity around the topic ‘understanding the others’. It makes me...
David
Dec 14, 20172 min read


Dancing with the Surprise
Less than 12 hours before starting a 2-day Leadership Development workshop, the client told me that they need to take the first 1 hour...
David
Nov 8, 20172 min read


Dilemma between Learning and Performance in Action Learning
[Regent Park in London, May 2017] I am an advocate on action learning, or more specifically the practice of ‘Action Reflection Learning’...
David
May 21, 20173 min read


10 Years Old
Like what I said in the 5 years anniversary, I would not imagine that this blog would last for 10 years when I started it in 2007. I...
David
Apr 6, 20173 min read


A facilitating French teacher
Further to my last 2 posts, this one is about the teacher. The French teacher is a great (learning) facilitator. She can easily get a...
David
Mar 30, 20172 min read


More about learning…. from the french class
This is further to the last post - Learning about learning in a French language class. I cannot help note down a few more amazing...
David
Feb 19, 20172 min read


Secondary Source of Income
A recent conversation with a fellow coach came to something rather interesting. Our argument is that in order to the job well, a...
David
Dec 18, 20162 min read


Facilitation Work as a Cover-Up
I was shown in a facilitation learning event a short video clip. It is about a retreat for 50+ people in an organisation design and...
David
Nov 30, 20161 min read


Unconscious Collusion with Learners
“I’ll say nice things about your workshop / coaching if you spare me the pain in learning about myself.” I was reading an article, and...
David
Nov 19, 20161 min read


Rethinking Experiential Learning – Part 2
I was involved in running an outdoor experiential learning activity recently in an Executive Education event. Interesting insights –...
David
Oct 26, 20161 min read


Rethinking Experiential Learning (Part 1)
I gained some new perspectives on experiential learning recently. In the last few years, I had growing skepticism on this learning...
David
Oct 19, 20162 min read


Intended Messiness (Part 3)
The 2nd question to reflect on is ‘What are ‘good’ odd moments and what are those ‘bad’ ones to avoid?’ By ‘bad’, I mean those odd...
David
Sep 1, 20161 min read


Intended Messiness (Part 2)
Following from the argument from the last post, there are 2 questions 1. How to assist the participants to learn from the odd moments...
David
Aug 25, 20162 min read


Intended Messiness (Part 1)
Scenario – Along with others, you designed and ran a 3-day workshop. For various reasons (e.g. flow design, learners’ composition), on...
David
Aug 19, 20162 min read


French and Leadership – The limitation of traditional classroom training
Some thoughts came to my mind when I was attending my French class earlier this week. (Yes, apparently, I was not an attentive student...
David
Feb 11, 20162 min read


What is really Reflection? (Cont’d)
I have further thought on this. Reflection is actually a few layers of ‘What does the experience mean to me?’ We asked ourselves...
David
Dec 25, 20152 min read


Further thought on Co-designing with client
I wrote about the importance in designing with a representative from the sponsor, yet maintaining adequate direct contact with the...
David
Jun 14, 20151 min read


Learning Sustainability
Coincidentally I entered into the discussion in separate occasions with others on how to sustain the impact of learning interventions. ...
David
Apr 12, 20153 min read


Power of Facilitation
I talked about Professor Michael Sandel before here. I am drawn to his works again given what is going on in Hong Kong. It is again...
David
Nov 11, 20142 min read
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