Quality Alchemist (品質煉金術師)

2024年7月20日星期六

Advanced Class III for I Ching (易經高班III)–Lecture 2

Minda and I joined Prof. Pang’s (彭泓基教授) advanced class III for I Ching (易經高班 III) the 2^nd lecture on 20^th Jul 2024. The topic of lecture 2 is also “I Ching and Qigong” (易經與氣功).

Prof. Pang firstly explain the poem who mentioned during the concert last week that “三千年讀史，不外功名利祿；九萬裡悟道，終歸詩酒田園．” It means that people pursue fame and fortune, but after enlightenment, they return to the pastoral of poetry and wine.

Another poem he always quoted “劍可取書生之怯懦，琴能平才士之驕矜．” He said to see through grudges and hatred (恩怨情仇); love piano, chess, calligraphy and painting (琴棋書畫).

And then Prof. Pang continued to explain the second part of “Xi Ci” (繫辭). The first section named Phenomena and Xi Ci (⽴象和繫辭). Phenomena is inside in Gossip (八卦) and Yao (爻) indicating the move and change.

Therefore, I Ching refers to phenomena (象), and phenomena refers to shapes (形像). Tuan (彖) refers to the content, Yao (爻) refers to movement, everything that causes good or bad luck.

After that the yin and yang of the hexagram was mentioned (卦的陰陽).

Then he mentioned the relationship between Qian Kun (乾坤) and Yin Yang (陰陽). I Ching is to information from the past to predict the future.

Prof. Pang explained how to deal with worries through different I Ching hexagrams and virtues (德).

Finally, Prof. Pang discussed what is "Qi"(氣). Dao (道) generates Qi (氣) and Qi (氣) generates Yin Yang (陰陽); and then generates all things.

He quoted that Dr. Wang proposed that Qi is a kind of resonance (共振) and related to human blood circulation.

And then Prof. Pang introduced Innate Qi (先天之氣) and acquired Qi (後天之氣).

After that we practiced the Qi with Prof. Pang.

He explained some masters integrated Qi practice into life such as using chopsticks to pick up food.

Prof. Pang also use formula to explain relationship between Qi practice and respiration.

He also mentioned to inhale three times and to exhale one time but fast. That is one type of Huashan Qigong (華山氣功).

Lastly, Prof. Pang explained it in a more scientific way.

After the class, Prof. Pang and classmates had lunch together. Since I got common cool, we had not joined this time.

Reference:

彭泓基教授 - https://www.master-insight.com/author/penghongji/

屈機TV (屈基論) - https://www.youtube.com/@wgtvhk/playlists

2024

Advanced Class III of “I Ching”:

20240713: HKSB Tomorrow Will Be Better Midsummer Concert (⾹港盲⼈輔導會明天會更好仲夏⾳樂會) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/07/hksb-tomorrow-will-be-better-midsummer.html

20240726: Advanced Class III for I Ching (易經高班III)–Lecture 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/07/advanced-class-iii-for-i-ching.html

Advanced Class II of “I Ching”:

20240224: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/02/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture.html

20240223: Chinese Wisdom and Calligraphy Grammar (中華智慧與書法文法) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/02/chinese-wisdom-and-calligraphy-grammar.html

20240309: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/03/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture.html

20240323: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 3 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/03/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture_23.html

20240406: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 4 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/04/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture.html

20240420: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 5 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/04/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture_20.html

20240504: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 6 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/05/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture.html

20240616: I Ching Advanced Class II Graduation Trip (易經高班II畢業之旅) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/06/i-ching-advanced-class-ii-graduation.html

2023

Advanced Class of “I Ching”:

20231007: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/10/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-1.html

20231021: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班)–Lecture 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/10/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-2.html

20231104: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 3 -https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/11/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-3.html

20231125: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 4 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/11/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-4.html

20231202: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 5 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/12/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-5.html

20231216: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 6 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/12/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-6.html

20231227: I Ching Class Christmas Trip to Zhongshan (易經班聖誕中山之旅) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-ching-class-christmas-trip-to.html

Intermediate Class of “I Ching”:

20230603: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-1.html

20230610: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-2.html

20230615: 閱讀彭泓基教授著作的心得 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/blog-post.html

20230617: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 3 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-3.html 20230624: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 4 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-4.html

20230629: Ritual and Music Education as well as Chinese and Western Culture(禮樂教化與中西文化) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/ritual-and-music-education-as-well-as.html 20230708: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 5 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/07/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-5.html

20230709: Wudang Health Exercises (武當養⽣功) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/07/wudang-health-exercises.html

20230715: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 6 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/07/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-6.html

20230907: I Ching Intermediate Classmate Dinner (易經中班同學聚餐) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/09/i-ching-intermediate-classmate-dinner.html

20230914: Music Seminar on “How to train children to have feelings for their country and family” (如何培訓孩子的家國情懷音樂講座) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/09/music-seminar-on-how-to-train-children.html

Introductory Class of “I Ching”:

20230325: I Ching and the Wisdom of Life (易經與人生智慧) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-ching-and-wisdom-of-life.html

20230401: I Ching and the Wisdom of Life II (易經與人生智慧) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-ching-and-wisdom-of-life-ii.html

20230415: I Ching and the Wisdom of Life III (易經與人生智慧) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-ching-and-wisdom-of-life-iii.html

20230422: I Ching and the Wisdom of Life IV (易經與人生智慧) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-ching-and-wisdom-of-life-iv.html

20230525: I Ching Classmate Dinner and Introduction to Extenics (易經同學聚餐和可拓學導論) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/05/i-ching-classmate-dinner-and.html

2024年7月15日星期一

ISO Webinar on ISO 56001 and the Framework for Auditors

ISO Webinar on ISO 56001 and the Framework for Auditors for CB members on justification for ISO17021-x for IMS was held on 10^th July 2024. Since I missed the webinar, I reviewed the record of this webinar for member and summarized it on 15^th Jul 2024. In the beginning, Andrew Stanton (Convenor for Working Group 1, ISO TC 279 – Innovation Management) introduced the webinar content and schedule.

He briefed the ISO 56001 project developed by ISO TC 279 – Innovation Management since 2020. ISO56002 guidance was published in 2019 and ISO56001 would be published in Sep 2024.

Mr. Peter Merrill (Project Leader for ISO 56001) was the guest speaker and his topic named “ISO 17021 for ISO 56001 Innovation Management”. He said innovation looks to future and deals with uncertainty. ISO 56002 guidance standard was not sufficient so that ISO 56001 is for certification and designed for integration with a QMS.

Then Mr. Peter Merrill discussed the clauses of ISO 56001:2024 that focused on the added clauses including 5.3 Strategy, 5.4 Culture, 6.4 Portfolio, 6.5 Structure, 6.6 Collaboration, 8.2 Initiatives, 8.3 Innovation Process, 4.3.1 Innovation Intent, 5.1.3 Change Management and 7.1.2-7 Time, Finance, People, Knowledge, & IP.

After that Peter Merrill explained the innovation strategy to show the objectives and provide necessary support, as well as, setting tactical objectives, etc.

Top management should promote a culture of innovation, and auditors can ask questions regarding auditable evidence of a culture of innovation.

And then Peter Merrill discussed the innovation process in 5 steps: 1 Opportunity, 2 Concept, 3 Validate, 4 Develop and 5 Deploy.

Finally, he mentioned some unique factors of IMS such as “Auditors adjust their thinking as the strategy evolves.”

Lastly, he introduced different innovation tools and summarized that CEO’s focus on innovation as the competitive edge; and challenges to be made innovation more efficient and effective.

Mr. Willy Fabritius (Liaison for IIOA, IAF) was the second guest and he discussed topic named “Framework for Auditors – The Certification Body Perspective”. Firstly, he stated some unique factors of innovation management and then compared it with ISO 17021-x skills and knowledge including “Strategic thinking”, “Culture elements”, “Structures”, “Portfolio”, “Collaboration”, “IP Management”, “Processes”, “Measurements”, “Innovation terms” and “Tools and methods”.

Finally, he mentioned the ISO 17021-x clauses related to conformity assessment such as 7.1 Competence of personnel and 9 Process requirements, as well as, Annex A.

The Q&A session was moderated by Mr. Andrew Stanton, with Mr. Peter Merrill and Mr. Willy Fabritius discussing questions from the audience.

Reference

ISO / TC 279 - https://committee.iso.org/home/tc279

Mr. Peter Merrill - https://questmgt.com/

Mr. Willy Fabritius - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabritius/

2024年7月13日星期六

HKSB Tomorrow Will Be Better Midsummer Concert (⾹港盲⼈輔導會明天會更好仲夏⾳樂會)

Minda and I joined Tomorrow Will Be Better Midsummer Concert (明天會更好仲夏⾳樂會) organized by the Hong Kong Society for the Blind (HKSB) (⾹港盲⼈輔導會) on 13^th Jul 2024. Prof. Pang’s (彭泓基教授) and our class leader Kinsen Leung are performers in the concert.

Before the concert, we arrived early and took a photo with classmates and Prof. Pang.

(Left: Kinsen, I, Minda, Prof. Pang, Henry Fung and Bonnie)

Then we took a photo with classmates Pauline Ni and Michelle Ling.

Rachel Chan, Karen Mak and Partick Ng also arrived.

I took a photo with Partick Lui who is our class poet (詩人)!

In the beginning, Ms. Fok (Manager, HKSB) introduced the HKSB and the concert guests.

Prof. Pang then introduced all his friends as well as music and songs.

Sixteen songs were performed.

After Prof. Pang played the saxophone, Mr. Chan played the erhu (二胡).

Bonnie sang "Changing Partners" under Kinsen piano, Mr. Mak guitar and Prof. Pang's saxophone music.

Henry and Bonnie sang “笑傲江湖” with the accompaniment of piano, guitar, erhu and saxophone music.

Henry and Angel Yip sang “月亮代表我的心”.

Next, I on behalf of the I Ching Class to give our donation to HKSB

The Chairlady Ms. Law thank for your donation and Prof. Pang’s contribution to make the concert a success. Prof. Pang told us that Ms. Law was his classmate in primary school and university.

The concert was packed with guests, including I Ching students, friends of Prof Pang, and members of the HKSB.

The last song was “Tomorrow Will Be Better” (明天會更好).

Finally, Ms. Law presented HKSB cookies to all performers.

Group photo for HKSB members

Group photo for I Ching classmates

After the concert we had dinner together.

Some music and songs recorded for memory. Prof. Pang played saxophone for “望春風”.

Mr. Chan’s Erhu for “草原上”.

Henry and Bonnie sang “笑傲江湖”

Last song “Tomorrow Will Be Better” (明天會更好)