DAVID helps you reduce the friction
that erodes trust & performance
using (un)common sense
“Working with David was a pleasure. As an event planner, it’s rare to find a speaker who is both highly organized and genuinely invested in making a lasting impact. His engaging, customized presentation provided tangible takeaways that truly resonated with our attendees. With excellent content and a personable style, he kept the audience captivated and powerfully reconnected them with their humanity. He is the real deal.”
3 ways to ensure an event will have a lasting impact on your team:
Invite a speaker/facilitator whose content aligns with your culture-building efforts
Give permission to everyone in the room to fully engage during the session
Show your people it mattered by intentionally implementing the content
3 ways to ensure talks, trainings and workshops will waste your time & money:
Choose content that feels like the flavor the month (yeah, your people can tell)
Allow leaders to sit in the back and watch (sends a clear message that this doesn’t matter)
Never talk about it again (add the cost of cynicism and disengagement to the event cost)
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“David is a fantastic teacher and example. My team only had 60 minutes with him and we all wished for more! He is truly inspiring and gave us all real life takeaways.”
“David’s ability to weave in information about our company made the presentation relatable and relevant for attendees. His personality was engaging and drew you in to the subject.”
“David was AWESOME! He was a definite fit for our team—well spoken, smart and knew when to flex. We really, really enjoyed him.”
“David amazingly got in a lot of information in four hours that easily could have been extended over two or three days. He is very knowledgeable, made the workshop meaningful and fun and reinforced our passion.”
Hi, I’m David and this is why you and your people matter to me.
I’d found the perfect job.
Every morning, I’d race up the stairs, excited to be part of a fast-growing startup with a vision I believed in. The work was meaningful, the team was tight-knit, and I saw a future there.
Then, one day, out of the blue it all changed.
Just before 9:00 AM, I was pulled into a meeting with Paul, one of the founders. He wasn’t behind his desk—he was in front of it, with two other chairs. In one of them sat our HR person. The other was for me. I knew what that setup meant.
In 90 emotionless seconds, he told me my position was no longer needed. Just like that, things went from “we’re in this together” to “we don’t need you anymore.” As I left his office to pack my things, the same people who once preached loyalty now wouldn’t even make eye contact. On my way out, I passed the CEO—someone who had claimed to be my biggest champion. He didn’t even look at me.
It’s amazing how humanity can disappear in difficult moments. But does it have to?
No. Leaders and teams will always face challenges, but how they navigate them determines their success. The default is often emotional disconnection—shutting down, making decisions in a vacuum, avoiding discomfort. But that only breeds fear, cynicism, and mistrust—all of which kill performance.
Great leaders lean in. They navigate friction with feeling, not in spite of it. They recognize that trust and human connection aren’t just nice-to-haves—they’re the foundation of long-term success.
My work is dedicated to helping leaders and teams build trust & human connection so that, together, they can create a more meaningful human experience and achieve sustainable progress.
If you’re ready to become a leader people choose to follow, we’re ready for you!
Wherever you are on the leadership journey, we’d love to learn more about you, your culture and how we may be able to partner together to reduce the friction that’s keeping you from making sustainable progress.
“I had high expectations…and David absolutely exceeded them! Of the 99 attendees at the conference, no less than 75 specifically cited David as one of the key presenters who gave them takeaways that they planned to implement immediately in their day-to-day approach to business. I couldn’t have been more pleased.”