David Yau & Associates

Some thoughts came to my mind when I was attending my French class earlier this week. (Yes, apparently, I was not an attentive student...

New learning experience last month. First, I worked a coach (for teams and individuals) in a CEIBS executive education program in...

Here is what I see as the third key reason why enrolment is difficult. It is the nature of some topic. For some topics, its name is...

‘Magic happens before and after’ – What a great quote I learnt from the others. And I wrote a post on this before. The same applies to...

I wrote about the importance in designing with a representative from the sponsor, yet maintaining adequate direct contact with the...

Coincidentally I entered into the discussion in separate occasions with others on how to sustain the impact of learning interventions. ...

Further reflection on the Tavistock experience – As said, it is a very uncommon learning experience. To the extreme, for some parts, I...

Triggered by a discussion with a friend, I would like to write a few posts about Chinese ancient wisdom, and more importantly what it...

A friend of mine once attended a Leadership Development workshop all the way in the US. I supposed it was a huge investment by the...

This post is a bit dated. But I still want to post it here since it is rather significant to me. The photos were taken in Gazipur,...

A great piece of learning I got in talking to a learning / training veteran – It goes like this: Business leader: ‘I am sending people to...

I was excited about what I experienced in an internal meeting conducted in India. Basically there were a few leadership development...

Just completed a workshop in the Trident Hotel in Mumbai… I only realised that this was one of the hotels where the 2008 terrorist...

[The view from my hotel room was surprisingly stunning!!] I attended the IAF Asia conference last month in Tokyo. Different from last...

Watch it.  Just 4 mins.  I particularly like the analogies!

I love looking at the Alps over the Lake Geneva. I will focus my eyesight and read the outline of the mountain slowly. I feel very...

I was trying to explain what ARL is to another. Someone suggested a much better idea on how to do it. Let them experience first and...

I recently heard a great way to look at different ‘training programs’. They are either for the purpose of engagement, performance or...

I read it from the ‘Skilled Facilitator’ book.  It says ‘All models are wrong but some are useful’. It gives useful perspective to the...

I tried out something new in a recent workshop. As we started the day 2, I asked the learners to pair up, gave them a few questions...