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David
Feb 24, 20193 min read
Why does Economics assume rationality?
To a certain extent, I regret that I was major in Economics in university. Economics assumes that people are rational i.e. individuals...
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David
Oct 8, 20183 min read
‘I know how to ….. but I don’t really want to’
A reflection on a recent ‘learning miracle’. I conducted a day of group coaching with 5 executives in a business school program. ...
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David
Apr 14, 20181 min read
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”...
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David
Dec 26, 20172 min read
The ‘Clash’ between Coaching and Training
I recently ran a rather typical management development program. There were a few modules in a few days. Each modules was built around...
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David
Dec 14, 20172 min read
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...
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David
Nov 26, 20172 min read
Love Art in Yourself
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...
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David
Nov 8, 20172 min read
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...
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David
May 21, 20173 min read
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’...
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David
Apr 6, 20173 min read
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...
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David
Mar 30, 20172 min read
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...
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David
Feb 19, 20172 min read
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...
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David
Feb 9, 20173 min read
Learning about ‘learning’ in a French class
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...
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David
Dec 18, 20162 min read
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...
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David
Oct 26, 20161 min read
Rethinking Experiential Learning – Part 2
I was involved in running an outdoor experiential learning activity recently in an Executive Education event. Interesting insights –...
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David
Oct 19, 20162 min read
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...
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David
Sep 1, 20161 min read
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...
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David
Aug 25, 20162 min read
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...
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David
Aug 19, 20162 min read
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...
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David
Jul 29, 20162 min read
Drawing out thoughts and emotions (Part 2)
[.. continued from last post] Third, it is the space. We held the session in her quiet little penthouse in a very old house. From...
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