Smoking can fix a lot of our (team) problems
(Source: press.ikidane-nippon.com) An executive made a casual remark in a recent intact team development workshop, 'Smoking (together)...
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ASK, NOT TELL
....and many other thoughts about facilitation, coaching ( teams & individuals) and learning
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David
- Dec 4, 2019
- 2 min
‘Zero collusion’ can be equally bad
My take on collusion (e.g. pleasing participants in developmental interventions) has been changing in the last few years. First, I was...
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David
- Oct 19, 2019
- 4 min
‘Immunity to Change’ vs Psychodynamics
[Photo source unidentified. Please advise if anyone knows. I will add the source accordingly] I learnt to use the ‘Immunity to Change’...
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David
- Feb 24, 2019
- 3 min
Why does Economics assume rationality?
To a certain extent, I regret that I was major in Economics in university. Economics assumes that people are rational i.e. individuals...
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David
- Oct 16, 2018
- 1 min
Danny Chan 陳百強
I had a day of individual and team coaching sessions last month. I arrived early to settle myself in my coaching room. The first song...
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David
- Jun 12, 2018
- 2 min
'What may also be going on?'
'What is really going on?' - It is the question often used in the Adaptive Leadership practice as well as in the psychodynamics...
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David
- Jun 2, 2018
- 2 min
Virtual Coaching
Some time ago, I worked in a program with a few other coaches. Because of misunderstanding on the schedule, a few coaches could not be...
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David
- Apr 14, 2018
- 1 min
The Good Old ‘Images’
This post is again about the fundamentals of learning – the use of images. I came across the above image on ‘Moneyball of Leadership”...
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David
- Nov 8, 2017
- 2 min
Dancing with the Surprise
Less than 12 hours before starting a 2-day Leadership Development workshop, the client told me that they need to take the first 1 hour...
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David
- Apr 6, 2017
- 3 min
10 Years Old
Like what I said in the 5 years anniversary, I would not imagine that this blog would last for 10 years when I started it in 2007. I...
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David
- Mar 30, 2017
- 2 min
A facilitating French teacher
Further to my last 2 posts, this one is about the teacher. The French teacher is a great (learning) facilitator. She can easily get a...
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David
- Feb 19, 2017
- 2 min
More about learning…. from the french class
This is further to the last post - Learning about learning in a French language class. I cannot help note down a few more amazing...
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David
- Nov 30, 2016
- 1 min
Facilitation Work as a Cover-Up
I was shown in a facilitation learning event a short video clip. It is about a retreat for 50+ people in an organisation design and...
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David
- Sep 1, 2016
- 1 min
Intended Messiness (Part 3)
The 2nd question to reflect on is ‘What are ‘good’ odd moments and what are those ‘bad’ ones to avoid?’ By ‘bad’, I mean those odd...
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David
- Aug 25, 2016
- 2 min
Intended Messiness (Part 2)
Following from the argument from the last post, there are 2 questions 1. How to assist the participants to learn from the odd moments...
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David
- Aug 19, 2016
- 2 min
Intended Messiness (Part 1)
Scenario – Along with others, you designed and ran a 3-day workshop. For various reasons (e.g. flow design, learners’ composition), on...
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David
- Jul 29, 2016
- 2 min
Drawing out thoughts and emotions (Part 2)
[.. continued from last post] Third, it is the space. We held the session in her quiet little penthouse in a very old house. From...
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David
- Jul 22, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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David
- Apr 9, 2016
- 2 min
What’s the point?
I still remember when I saw the first time an Abstractionism painting many many years ago, I wondered 'what is the point?' I have never...
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David
- Feb 11, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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