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Misjudging Ourselves and Others Under Pressure: The Hot-Cold Empathy Gap
This matters far beyond personal situations like late-night snacking or impulse shopping. The same gap shows up at work and … Read More
Deciding Well on a Bad Day: Integral and Incidental Emotions
Integral emotions serve a functional, strategic purpose. Combined with the affect heuristic, which reminds you of your urge to make … Read More
Coach Takeshi’s Pedagogy (v2024)
I use four mental models to describe my pedagogy (theory and practice of education): Why They Matter Structured learning provides … Read More
Reflections on “Think like a farmer”
This visual on “Think like a farmer” has been going around on LinkedIn for a while. It’s good advice and … Read More
The Many Faces of a Learning Professional
Our need to be right is persistant and we learning professionals are no exception. The key to be an effective … Read More
Gong Xi Fa Cai 2023!
Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wishing all those who celebrate the Lunar New Year a wonderful 2023 ahead! After another fruitful … Read More
Can agile coaching hours count towards ICF credentialling?
Hi Coach Takeshi, I am working towards ICF PCC through ACTP ROUTE. I am not clear about what activities as … Read More
30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s according to Confucius
Confucius once said, “At fifteen my heart was set on learning, at thirty I stood firm, at forty I had … Read More
Lay Your Lobster Traps
It bewilders me. Sitting by a calm sea, single line and hook. No catch for today. That’s okay and probably … Read More
Measuring Coaching, Training, Consulting Intervention Efficacy and Needs
Practicing Empiricism in Learning Interventions As learning professionals, we coach, train, consult and facilitate our client teams to measure their … Read More
Coach Takeshi’s Pedagogy (v2021)
I use four mental models to describe my pedagogy (theory and practice of education): Structured + Unstructured Learning Lecturing, teaching, … Read More
Coach Takeshi’s 2020 Wrap Up and 2021 Wishes
310. Wow. This is how many people I coached in 2020. Now of course, I didn’t do this alone: I … Read More
In Praise of Risk and the late Anne Duformantelle
3 years ago today, French philosopher and psychoanalyst Anne Dufourmantelle, best known for her work on risk-taking (“In Praise of … Read More
Stop #failureporn
There’s this thing called failure porn. As Agile professionals, as educators, as parents, we say it’s okay to fail. Go … Read More
Knowledge is for Consumption
Knowledge is for consumption. This is my street philosophy, but I really abide to this. I really, really like to … Read More
Zen koan: What is the sound of one hand clapping?
We know the sound of two hands clapping. But what is the sound of one hand clapping? – Zen Master … Read More
VUCA”O” – Why I add Overwhelming to Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous
Because when we’re overwhelmed, we make simple and complicated situations, complex and chaotic. Complexity & uncertainty handling is starting to … Read More
Lattice Work of Mental Models
Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet’s 95 years old “right hand man,” on “lattice work of mental models”: “You’ve got to have … Read More