Frameworks that stay in the room
long after the session ends.
For senior leadership audiences navigating complexity, capital, and consequence. Focused on application rather than motivation. Every session is built around a single thesis, developed with rigour, and applied to the conditions the audience is actually navigating.
Keynote. The thesis.
Masterclass. The practice.
Webinar. The thinking.
Three formats for three different situations. Keynotes and masterclasses are for conferences, offsites, and corporate events. Hosted webinars are for live thinking with senior audiences — invitation-only or open, commissioned or self-hosted.
Keynotes
One-hour addresses for conferences, associations, and corporate events. Built around a single thesis, developed with rigour, and applied to the conditions audiences are actually navigating. Five keynotes available: one signature and four domain-specific. Nothing is a repeat performance. Every engagement is prepared specifically for the audience.
Explore KeynotesMasterclasses
Interactive working sessions for senior leadership groups. Not longer keynotes. Different work. The frameworks are applied to the room's actual context, tested in structured group exercises, and owned by participants before they leave. Two masterclasses available. Every engagement is designed in response to the group's specific context.
Explore MasterclassesHosted Webinars
Live thinking for senior audiences without the conference infrastructure. A structured opening, live interrogation of the topic, and a Q&A that does not pretend every question has a clean answer. No slides designed to impress. The standard is whether the people in the room leave thinking differently about something that matters to them.
A private session can be commissioned around a specific theme — a capital event, a governance challenge, a period of transition. A working session designed for the people in the room, not a webinar with your logo on it.
David hosts a regular open series for CEOs, founders, and senior executives. Note your interest in the enquiry below or watch The Quiet Work for announcements.
Five topics.
One signature.
Four domains.
The signature keynote works for any senior leadership audience. The four domain keynotes are built around the specific pressure points where decision quality most determines what follows.
The thesis stays intact. The application adapts.
Standard Keynote
60 min + Q&AA structured keynote designed for senior audiences navigating complexity, change, or consequence. Built to provoke clear thinking rather than passive agreement.
Fireside Conversation
40 min structured dialogueA moderated conversation built around a defined leadership theme. Less presentation, more exploration. Designed to surface insight through dialogue while maintaining a clear strategic thread.
Executive Briefing
Boards and Senior ForumsA focused, high-level briefing for boards, executive gatherings, and leadership forums. Shorter, sharper, oriented toward the decisions leaders must make next.
Accountability and application over entertainment.
These sessions are not suited to every conference or every leadership programme. They work when the audience is senior, the stakes are genuine, and the organiser wants the room to leave with something it will still be using six months later.
Leadership Teams Under Sustained Pressure
Growth, restructuring, market shifts, or regulatory change. Where the quality of leadership thinking determines outcomes and generic motivation is not what the room needs.
Organisations Navigating Major Transitions
M&A integration, leadership succession, strategic pivots, or cultural transformation. Where old operating systems are insufficient and new ones must be built.
Conferences for Senior Practitioners
CEO forums, executive gatherings, board retreats, or industry associations where the audience carries real accountability and will reference the session in the room it returns to.
Strategy Days and Senior Offsites
Annual planning sessions, quarterly reviews, or leadership offsites where thinking needs to shift before the decisions of the day are made.
Every engagement
begins with a conversation
about the audience.
Before a session is confirmed, I want to understand who is in the room, what they are carrying, and what a well-spent hour would actually produce. The thesis stays intact. The application adapts.
Many advisory relationships begin with a speaking engagement. If the session surfaces decisions or challenges the organisation needs to work through in depth, that conversation is available.
- Every engagement is built specifically for your audience.
- I deliver in person, virtually, or hybrid. UK and global.
- Ideally eight to twelve weeks lead time preferred for conferences. Shorter timelines possible for corporate sessions, not at the cost of preparation quality.
- My keynote fee is shaped by location, duration and delivery mode. Availability is limited.
- Masterclass and webinar fees are based on format, duration, and group size. All engagements are subject to a minimum fee.
If your leaders need reassurance, there are easier rooms to be in. If they need clarity, we should talk.
Enquire BelowEvery engagement begins
with a conversation about
the audience.
For keynotes, masterclasses, and commissioned webinar sessions. Before a session is confirmed, I want to understand who is in the room, what they are carrying, and what a well-spent hour would actually produce.
David's keynote fee depends on your context. If this sits outside your current budget, the hosted webinar format may be a better fit — note that in your enquiry.
All enquiries come directly to me. You will receive a personal response within two working days.
All enquiries are read personally. You will receive a direct response within two working days. Not every enquiry leads to a booking — that is said plainly and early.
Received.
David reviews all speaking enquiries personally. You will hear back within two working days — either with a proposed next step or an honest note if this is not the right fit.