David Burkus

David Burkus is one of the most exciting business thinkers available today. A thought leader in leadership and teamwork, his forward-thinking ideas are shaping modern leadership across multiple industries today. David is highly sought-after for his specialist business knowledge and can boast leading clients such as NASA, Microsoft, Google, PepsiCo, Fidelity, and Prudential among others. Travelling the world to deliver his keynote speeches, David is well-known for his exceptional presentation skills and ability to engage with his audience to provide highly informative sessions on high-performance teams, innovation, and leadership.

Highly educated, David holds a master’s degree in Organisational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma and a doctorate in Strategic Leadership from Regent University. A former professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University, David’s insight into teamwork and leadership has been featured in prestigious publications including Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Forbes, and the BBC. Furthermore, he was named one of the nation’s top 40 Under 40 Professors Who Inspire, in recognition of his cutting-edge teaching style and profound knowledge. Moreover, David has worked across industries coaching top leaders in Google, NASA, Viacom, and the US Naval Academy.

An exceptional writer, David has authored several books on teamwork and leadership, four of which have become best-selling including, Leading From Anywhere, The Myths of Creativity, Friend of a Friend and Under New Management. The books have been translated into several different languages, a testament to David’s ranking as one of the world's top business thought leaders. In 2019 he won the Silver Medal from the Axiom Business Book Awards and was ranked in the Thinker50 World's Top Business Thought Leaders list.

David enjoys a large following with over 40,000 people subscribed to his weekly newsletter. A valuable resource complied by him to include useful podcasts, videos and articles that can be used by his subscribers to develop their leadership and teamwork skills. As a distinguished speaker, David is best known for his TED Talk ‘Why you should know how much your co-workers get paid’ which was viewed over two million times. One of the foremost business thinkers and experts on leadership and teamwork, David delivers captivating presentations tailored to his client’s business needs, promising many valuable takeaways for his audience.