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ASK, NOT TELL
....and many other thoughts about facilitation, coaching ( teams & individuals) and learning
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Drawing out thoughts and emotions (Part 1)
In my exploration of what some people called ‘Depth Psychology’, I have been receiving psycho-analysis in recent months. There are a...
David
Jul 22, 20162 min read


Individuation, Abstract Art and Corporate Learning (Part 1)
This post is related to my recent exposure to Jungian psychology and in fact the last post on abstract painting. I set out the Swiss...
David
Apr 14, 20163 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


What is really Reflection?
I am intrigued as I heard a colleague explaining what reflection really means. I have not really thought about it, and I like her...
David
Dec 18, 20151 min read


A question on question
New learning experience last month. First, I worked a coach (for teams and individuals) in a CEIBS executive education program in...
David
Sep 15, 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


TEDx
My on-going ‘Swiss adventure’ is a lot about conducting ‘experiments’ for my profession. The Tavistock experience is definitely an...
David
Feb 14, 20151 min read


Tavistock Experience – Learning Design
Further reflection on the Tavistock experience – As said, it is a very uncommon learning experience. To the extreme, for some parts, I...
David
Feb 3, 20152 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


Sit on your hands and shut up
I heard a veteran facilitator talking about Open Space earlier this month. Great wisdom. She said that there are 3 necessary conditions...
David
Oct 17, 20141 min read


Facilitation at High Schools
I am taking an edx course on the topic of learning. In doing so, I come across a video describing a teaching practice in the US. I...
David
Aug 5, 20141 min read


‘Learning’ from Ancient Chinese
Triggered by a discussion with a friend, I would like to write a few posts about Chinese ancient wisdom, and more importantly what it...
David
Jun 19, 20143 min read


Leadership Development
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...
David
May 4, 20141 min read


‘Check-In’ in Phone Meetings
A useful post on the HBR Blog - Create Human Connection in a Virtual Teams. A reflection as I read through it.... on the idea of...
David
Feb 13, 20141 min read


Be careful about L3 and L4
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...
David
Feb 7, 20141 min read


Why Leadership Development Programs Fail
This Mckinsey article is rather comprehensive. I particularly like the part ‘…….companies should strive to make every major business...
David
Jan 31, 20141 min read


Action Learning in Action
I was excited about what I experienced in an internal meeting conducted in India. Basically there were a few leadership development...
David
Jan 30, 20141 min read
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