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ASK, NOT TELL
....and many other thoughts about facilitation, coaching ( teams & individuals) and learning
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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


Improv Theatre and Emergence
I normally find it hard to enjoy stage performance / show normally but the dinner performance in the IAF EMENA conference in Stockholm...
David
Oct 19, 20152 min read


The Art of Enrolment (Cont'd)
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...
David
Aug 24, 20151 min read


Tavistock Experience
I attended a Tavistock Group Relations Conference last Dec.. It is a very unique experience to me. It is a weird one as well. There...
David
Jan 25, 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


Is Training (alone) a form of Work Avoidance?
'... Beyond selection, leadership development is a line manager's daily responsibility. Training and development processes like those...
David
Sep 18, 20142 min read


Quote – Walk the Talk
‘… I don’t think a leader can accomplish major changes without being willing to slice yourself open and become part of the change…’...
David
Sep 7, 20141 min read


Quote – Comfort Zone
‘…. the experience of going beyond your competence is also a necessary part of leadership…’ from ‘Leadership on the Line’
David
Aug 31, 20141 min read


‘Diversity’ from Ancient Chinese
When I hear the following Chinese saying idiom from a radio broadcast, it rings the bell. å…¼å¬åˆ™æ˜Žï¼Œå信则暗 This one is...
David
Jun 25, 20142 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


Co-facilitation
As I am about to leave my current organisation, someone asks me ‘what have you gained the most from the job?’ I think it is my...
David
May 3, 20142 min read


‘Leadership’ on a gravestone
You may have read about it before. I just come across it this week on a newspaper. It is an anonymous gravestone in Westminster...
David
Mar 20, 20142 min read


Really…. what is leadership?
Well, I am writing things now more and more often outside the theme of this blog again….. Perhaps I should change the scope. My work...
David
Feb 21, 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
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