David Yau & Associates

I learnt recently from my co-facilitator a wonderful question in a workshop in Shanghai.  A great way to draw thoughts / questions from...

In recent years, I am more attracted to work with intact teams rather than ‘open programs’. (By ‘open programs’, I mean that the...

This piece of reflection is a combination of recent experience in Hong Kong and Chennai, as well as my reading on the book 'Standing on...

I love looking at the Alps over the Lake Geneva. I will focus my eyesight and read the outline of the mountain slowly. I feel very...

I had a great workshop in London. A really good one! First, the learners are great. They are mature yet with high intellectual...

I was trying to explain what ARL is to another. Someone suggested a much better idea on how to do it. Let them experience first and...

I recently heard a great way to look at different ‘training programs’. They are either for the purpose of engagement, performance or...

Not exactly humble but just cannot help reflect on this here. I was in Botswana doing a Leadership Development program. It is the...

This is another interesting insight from my 2012 experience. Vulnerability First, let me talk about vulnerability. This could mean...

I am happy how the Singapore Dec workshop turned out. I had been worried about it quite a lot. It was a pilot program for a group of...

I read it from the ‘Skilled Facilitator’ book.  It says ‘All models are wrong but some are useful’. It gives useful perspective to the...

I tried out something new in a recent workshop. As we started the day 2, I asked the learners to pair up, gave them a few questions...

I believe in the ARL practice. Specifically, I believe that people can learn a lot by reflecting on experience. However, I often find...

“…The earlier you find comfortable with each other, the better to your learning…” I learnt great things from my co-facilitator in...

The HK workshop was a great success! More importantly I learnt new things. My co-facilitator always asked ourselves to do first...

The travel is a bit crazy these days. In May and Jun, I have workshops in Dubai, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and...

I have had a great experience in Seoul last week. My learners in this leadership development class were awesome. I was quite worried...

I came across an article from McKinsey Quarterly called ‘Getting more from your training programs‘.  I am interested to see that they...

What else? It is probably the shortest yet most powerful question in drawing the respondent to think and express more. It is a follow up...

What done well? What could be done differently? These are typical debriefing questions after activities in classes. Simple but useful...