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ASK, NOT TELL
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Art of Enrolment
‘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...
David
Aug 17, 20152 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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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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Rethinking Facilitation
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...
David
Dec 14, 20131 min read
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Adaptive Leadership
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: · ...
David
Dec 6, 20131 min read
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‘When a program has a life of its own..’
Just completed a workshop in the Trident Hotel in Mumbai… I only realised that this was one of the hotels where the 2008 terrorist...
David
Oct 30, 20132 min read
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Immunity to Change
It is beautiful! ... if you ask me how I feel about overall Immunity to Change (ITC) approach. I have recently attended a workshop on...
David
Sep 25, 20132 min read
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