David Yau & Associates

Some thoughts came to my mind when I was attending my French class earlier this week. (Yes, apparently, I was not an attentive student...

Many years ago, I was facing some difficult career choices. As a coachee, I was asked a question which I found very powerful. My...

I have further thought on this. Reflection is actually a few layers of ‘What does the experience mean to me?’ We asked ourselves...

I am intrigued as I heard a colleague explaining what reflection really means. I have not really thought about it, and I like her...

I wrote a paper with an IMD professor on a few companies in China. Well, it is not exactly related to the themes of this blog. Well,...

I normally find it hard to enjoy stage performance / show normally but the dinner performance in the IAF EMENA conference in Stockholm...

New learning experience last month. First, I worked a coach (for teams and individuals) in a CEIBS executive education program in...

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...

‘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...

I wrote about the importance in designing with a representative from the sponsor, yet maintaining adequate direct contact with the...

Coincidentally I entered into the discussion in separate occasions with others on how to sustain the impact of learning interventions. ...

My on-going ‘Swiss adventure’ is a lot about conducting ‘experiments’ for my profession. The Tavistock experience is definitely an...

Further reflection on the Tavistock experience – As said, it is a very uncommon learning experience. To the extreme, for some parts, I...

I attended a Tavistock Group Relations Conference last Dec.. It is a very unique experience to me. It is a weird one as well. There...

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...

I heard a veteran facilitator talking about Open Space earlier this month. Great wisdom. She said that there are 3 necessary conditions...

'... Beyond selection, leadership development is a line manager's daily responsibility. Training and development processes like those...

‘… I don’t think a leader can accomplish major changes without being willing to slice yourself open and become part of the change…’...

‘…. the experience of going beyond your competence is also a necessary part of leadership…’ from ‘Leadership on the Line’

I am taking an edx course on the topic of learning. In doing so, I come across a video describing a teaching practice in the US. I...