David Yau & Associates

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...

I believe in the ARL practice. Specifically, I believe that people can learn a lot by reflecting on experience. However, I often find...

I was reflecting with a few facilitators on how to handle a difficult situation in a workshop. One facilitator shared a quote –...

“…The earlier you find comfortable with each other, the better to your learning…” I learnt great things from my co-facilitator in...

It is not a new idea. It is more whether one really does it or not. The KNOWING-DOING gap. On day 3 morning of a 4-day workshop in...

The HK workshop was a great success! More importantly I learnt new things. My co-facilitator always asked ourselves to do first...

The travel is a bit crazy these days. In May and Jun, I have workshops in Dubai, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and...

I have had a great experience in Seoul last week. My learners in this leadership development class were awesome. I was quite worried...

What else? It is probably the shortest yet most powerful question in drawing the respondent to think and express more. It is a follow up...

What done well? What could be done differently? These are typical debriefing questions after activities in classes. Simple but useful...

What would happen if you do not nothing about it? There are so many things we want to do and we want to do it all at once with the best...

What assumption you made recently which needs to be reexamined? The english word ‘assumption’ is a wonderful word. Simply by itself, it...

How would Superman / Obama / [any idol figure the respondent has] handle this? This question is used more in the coaching setting. It...

‘What advice would you give to the others if they were in the same situation?’ I learn to use this question recently from a colleague. ...

I should have written this series of posts long ago. This blog is primarily about asking questions and the coming posts will contain some...

I facilitated 2 senior management meetings recently. Both were attended by intact teams comprising fewer than 10 people i.e. a small...

I ran a TTT class in Shenzhen recently. There were a few questions from the learners which I promised to respond after the class. ...

I cannot help writing about ARL again.   See my previous post Forget about ‘Training’.   The more I think about it, the more I find it...

Here is another learning from the ARL (Action Reflection Learning) workshop – always co-design with the client for learning or meeting...

I attended a workshop conducted by an international coaching / facilitation expert last week. In the workshop, I experienced how he...