David obtained 3 degrees and spent 12 years working in Computer Science – and then woke up one morning working in HR. This slightly unorthodox career path has been driven primarily through his involvement in the Royal Mail Innovation Lab. Although The Lab grew from an initial need to help the organisation think through the future challenges posed by emerging technologies, it has evolved and transformed into a centre where people from across the organisation and beyond can bring any business issue, challenge or opportunity, and benefit from the subtle synthesis of creative processes and adept facilitation supported by a custom-built environment designed specifically to enable people to search out new and innovative solutions.

David was a key member and leader of the Royal Mail Innovation Lab team that took The Lab from those humble beginnings to become a world renowned corporate centre for creativity and innovation. This transformation in the purpose and direction of The Lab has enabled him to apply his creativity and leadership skills in a number of new areas, under the broad heading of organisational capability development.

As a collector of models and methods, he is constantly drawn to novel or emerging approaches to long standing organisational problems, and is a certified practitioner in Spiral Dynamics (www.spiraldynamics.net), Organisational Archetypes, Cognitive Edge Sensemaking methods (www.cognitiveedge. com) and Pentacle New World project management (www.pentaclethevbs.com). In other lives, he designs websites (mainly for contemporary British artists) and photographs weddings and portraits. He is also a keen amateur astronomer and currently trying to find time to build a small observatory in the South of France.

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