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The Good Old ‘Images’
This post is again about the fundamentals of learning – the use of images. I came across the above image on ‘Moneyball of Leadership”...
David
Apr 14, 20181 min read
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The Good Old ‘Training Activity’
I came across recently a clip about an experiential learning activity around the topic ‘understanding the others’. It makes me...
David
Dec 14, 20172 min read
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Dancing with the Surprise
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...
David
Nov 8, 20172 min read
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Dilemma between Learning and Performance in Action Learning
[Regent Park in London, May 2017] I am an advocate on action learning, or more specifically the practice of ‘Action Reflection Learning’...
David
May 21, 20173 min read
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10 Years Old
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...
David
Apr 6, 20173 min read
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A facilitating French teacher
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...
David
Mar 30, 20172 min read
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More about learning…. from the french class
This is further to the last post - Learning about learning in a French language class. I cannot help note down a few more amazing...
David
Feb 19, 20172 min read
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Secondary Source of Income
A recent conversation with a fellow coach came to something rather interesting. Our argument is that in order to the job well, a...
David
Dec 18, 20162 min read
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Facilitation Work as a Cover-Up
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...
David
Nov 30, 20161 min read
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Unconscious Collusion with Learners
“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...
David
Nov 19, 20161 min read
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Rethinking Experiential Learning – Part 2
I was involved in running an outdoor experiential learning activity recently in an Executive Education event. Interesting insights –...
David
Oct 26, 20161 min read
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Rethinking Experiential Learning (Part 1)
I gained some new perspectives on experiential learning recently. In the last few years, I had growing skepticism on this learning...
David
Oct 19, 20162 min read
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Intended Messiness (Part 3)
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...
David
Sep 1, 20161 min read
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Intended Messiness (Part 2)
Following from the argument from the last post, there are 2 questions 1. How to assist the participants to learn from the odd moments...
David
Aug 25, 20162 min read
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Intended Messiness (Part 1)
Scenario – Along with others, you designed and ran a 3-day workshop. For various reasons (e.g. flow design, learners’ composition), on...
David
Aug 19, 20162 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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Further thought on Co-designing with client
I wrote about the importance in designing with a representative from the sponsor, yet maintaining adequate direct contact with the...
David
Jun 14, 20151 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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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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