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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


‘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


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


‘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


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


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


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


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


‘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


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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