David is a leading authority on organisational change. He provides fresh thinking for progressive leaders, helping them to improve digital and service delivery, leadership, and culture.

David has worked in a variety of organisations as a senior leader, ranging from startups to multinationals.

In the early 2000s, he became a pioneer of, and a major contributor to, the Agile, Lean, and Systems Thinking movements. This led him to be awarded the Lean Brickell Key award and become a fellow of the Global Lean Society.

Since 2010, David has consulted extensively in the public and private sectors in Australia and New Zealand.

David is the author of the books ‘Reconceive: New thinking for progressive leaders to create productive, positively viewed service organisations’ and ‘Theories of Work: Origins of the Design and Management of Work'.