David Yau & Associates

Really…. why team? Complementary competencies…. A sense of belonging…. Cross-learning opportunities… there are many answers to this...

To a certain extent, I regret that I was major in Economics in university. Economics assumes that people are rational i.e. individuals...

A reflection on a recent ‘learning miracle’. I conducted a day of group coaching with 5 executives in a business school program. ...

This post is again about the fundamentals of learning – the use of images.  I came across the above image on ‘Moneyball of Leadership”...

I recently ran a rather typical management development program. There were a few modules in a few days. Each modules was built around...

I came across recently a clip about an experiential learning activity around the topic ‘understanding the others’. It makes me...

I happened to hear on a radio show this quote – ‘Love art in yourself, and not yourself in art’ by Konstantin Stanislavski who is a...

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...

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 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...