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ASK, NOT TELL
....and many other thoughts about facilitation, coaching ( teams & individuals) and learning
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Another wise man in 2012
I am lucky. I met another very unique practitioner in 2012. And I have opportunity to work with him as well. We co-facilitated 3...
David
Dec 18, 20121 min read
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IAF 2012 Shenzhen
It is embarrassing to write about my experience back in August. Anyway, got to do some catch-up work. I attended the IAF Asia...
David
Dec 17, 20121 min read
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I am still alive
There are so many things I want to write about!! I have been browsing various topics in my mind including: ‘The Paradox of Confidence...
David
Oct 26, 20121 min read
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Power of 'Question' & 'Space'
It is amazing what will happen when we give people a good question and space (both time and physical space)
David
Oct 26, 20121 min read
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Peer Introduction
“…The earlier you find comfortable with each other, the better to your learning…” I learnt great things from my co-facilitator in...
David
Aug 9, 20121 min read
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Half-way Feedback
It is not a new idea. It is more whether one really does it or not. The KNOWING-DOING gap. On day 3 morning of a 4-day workshop in...
David
Aug 7, 20121 min read
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Do it before asking learners to do it
The HK workshop was a great success! More importantly I learnt new things. My co-facilitator always asked ourselves to do first...
David
Jun 29, 20121 min read
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Give all to speak at least once on Day 1
The travel is a bit crazy these days. In May and Jun, I have workshops in Dubai, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and...
David
Jun 24, 20121 min read
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How Learning Happens
This is further to my last post on ‘Learning Zone’. I ran another workshop in Dubai last week. I had a bigger Aha on the piece of...
David
Jun 8, 20122 min read
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Learning Zone
I ran a new Leadership Development workshop in Singapore earlier this month. It was quite a challenge to me since the workshop is of very...
David
Jun 1, 20121 min read
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Seoul – Willingness to Learn
I have had a great experience in Seoul last week. My learners in this leadership development class were awesome. I was quite worried...
David
Apr 20, 20122 min read
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McKinsey Quarterly
I came across an article from McKinsey Quarterly called ‘Getting more from your training programs‘. I am interested to see that they...
David
Feb 26, 20121 min read
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Question Bank 6
What else? It is probably the shortest yet most powerful question in drawing the respondent to think and express more. It is a follow up...
David
Jan 31, 20121 min read
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Question Bank 5
What done well? What could be done differently? These are typical debriefing questions after activities in classes. Simple but useful...
David
Jan 30, 20121 min read
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Question Bank 4
What would happen if you do not nothing about it? There are so many things we want to do and we want to do it all at once with the best...
David
Jan 29, 20121 min read
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Question Bank 3
What assumption you made recently which needs to be reexamined? The english word ‘assumption’ is a wonderful word. Simply by itself, it...
David
Jan 28, 20121 min read
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Question Bank 2
How would Superman / Obama / [any idol figure the respondent has] handle this? This question is used more in the coaching setting. It...
David
Jan 26, 20121 min read
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Question Bank 1
‘What advice would you give to the others if they were in the same situation?’ I learn to use this question recently from a colleague. ...
David
Jan 25, 20121 min read
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Question Bank
I should have written this series of posts long ago. This blog is primarily about asking questions and the coming posts will contain some...
David
Jan 25, 20121 min read
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5 Years Old!
‘Ask, Not Tell’ is 5 years old this month! I cannot believe how fast time has flied! As I look back, the topics in the blog have...
David
Jan 15, 20121 min read
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