David Yau & Associates

‘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...

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...

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...

'... Beyond selection, leadership development is a line manager's daily responsibility. Training and development processes like those...

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...

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

I recently have more time to catch up with practitioners in the learning market in China. They include facilitators, HR leaders,...

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,...

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...

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...

This Mckinsey article is rather comprehensive. I particularly like the part ‘…….companies should strive to make every major business...

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

It was a recent talent development workshop co-facilitated by me. In short, in a few occasions I thought that we were about to hit the...

The more I thought and talked about it, the more I like and respect this concept. I have gained new insights in the Oct HK workshop: · ...

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...