Improv Theatre and Emergence
I normally find it hard to enjoy stage performance / show normally but the dinner performance in the IAF EMENA conference in Stockholm...
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ASK, NOT TELL
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David
Aug 24, 20151 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...
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David
Jan 25, 20152 min read
Tavistock Experience
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...
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David
Nov 11, 20142 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...
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David
Oct 17, 20141 min read
Sit on your hands and shut up
I heard a veteran facilitator talking about Open Space earlier this month. Great wisdom. She said that there are 3 necessary conditions...
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David
Sep 18, 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...
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David
Sep 7, 20141 min read
Quote – Walk the Talk
‘… I don’t think a leader can accomplish major changes without being willing to slice yourself open and become part of the change…’...
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David
Aug 31, 20141 min read
Quote – Comfort Zone
‘…. the experience of going beyond your competence is also a necessary part of leadership…’ from ‘Leadership on the Line’
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David
Jun 25, 20142 min read
‘Diversity’ from Ancient Chinese
When I hear the following Chinese saying idiom from a radio broadcast, it rings the bell. å…¼å¬åˆ™æ˜Žï¼Œå信则暗 This one is...
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David
May 4, 20141 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...
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David
May 3, 20142 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...
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David
Mar 20, 20142 min read
‘Leadership’ on a gravestone
You may have read about it before. I just come across it this week on a newspaper. It is an anonymous gravestone in Westminster...
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David
Feb 21, 20141 min read
Really…. what is leadership?
Well, I am writing things now more and more often outside the theme of this blog again….. Perhaps I should change the scope. My work...
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David
Jan 31, 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...
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