David Yau & Associates

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...

[Regent Park in London, May 2017] I am an advocate on action learning, or more specifically the practice of ‘Action Reflection Learning’...

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...

Time for change! Here is the new look for Ask Not Tell. In memory of the old look (the 2nd version) which has been in place for a few...

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...

This is further to the last post - Learning about learning in a French language class. I cannot help note down a few more amazing...

I have recently started a 3-weeks French class with the University of Lausanne. I am amazed not only with my newly learnt French but...

A recent conversation with a fellow coach came to something rather interesting. Our argument is that in order to the job well, a...

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...

“I’ll say nice things about your workshop / coaching if you spare me the pain in learning about myself.” I was reading an article, and...

I was involved in running an outdoor experiential learning activity recently in an Executive Education event. Interesting insights –...

I gained some new perspectives on experiential learning recently. In the last few years, I had growing skepticism on this learning...

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...

Following from the argument from the last post, there are 2 questions 1. How to assist the participants to learn from the odd moments...

Scenario – Along with others, you designed and ran a 3-day workshop. For various reasons (e.g. flow design, learners’ composition), on...

[.. continued from last post] Third, it is the space. We held the session in her quiet little penthouse in a very old house. From...

In my exploration of what some people called ‘Depth Psychology’, I have been receiving psycho-analysis in recent months. There are a...

The question I raised in my last post is ‘What is the implication of the individuation concept to corporate learning?’ The individuation...

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...

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...