“David is a superb storyteller, both clear and entertaining.”
“I’ve been on panels with David on a number of occasions, mostly discussing where the world of energy is heading...He’s able to educate his audience to such a extent that the lessons are used on a regular basis, and deserves my recommendation.”
Talks & podcasts
I get invited to take part in a lot of talks and podcasts. Here are some podcasts I’ve done recently, then some longer samples from a range of organisations: Google, the Royal Institution, the London Stock Exchange, and others.
For booking, please contact Patrick Walsh my estimable agent.
A short collection of David speaking on a range of subjects.
Podcasts
These are the talks from Tim Harford’s excellent Cautionary Tales series. The first three are on chapters from my book The Art of Fairness; the fourth is a sneak peek at my new book (which I hope to see published late in 2025).
My new book will be published next year, just email my office putting ‘New book’ in the subject line, we’ll send you more details when we have them.
Speaking events
Mostly business
Based on Financial Times article, this looks at how organisations from Pixar to great science labs manage to guide their teams with aplomb.
It's easy to follow directives and execute them well. But how can one hope to create genuinely fresh products if that's all one does? It's more sceptical peo...
A generation ago top athletes or top businesses were immensely better than their competition. Today, however, information has spread so much that it's much h...
Mostly science
Why is it that we humans with our simple brains can understand this complex universe? The appreciation of beauty plays an unexpected, central role.
The famous thought experiment - where a humble cat is forced to live precariously in a dangerous box - came about through a collaboration between two unlikel...
When people hear that Einstein described space and time as curved it's tempting to wonder what that can possibly mean. A fresh look at a billiards table and ...
Mostly personalities
Women in the 18th century were tremendously discriminated against. Yet Émilie du Châtelet - brilliant writer; teacher of Voltaire; interpreter of Newton - ma...
Francis Crick, of DNA fame, believed that the best way to identify your true career is to ask your friends what you spontaneously gossip about - because that...
Women in the 18th century were tremendously discriminated against. Yet Émilie du Châtelet - brilliant writer; teacher of Voltaire; interpreter of Newton - ma...
When a young Czech/English journalist in Britain wanted to shift careers, he needed a break from his daily routine. But how long would be best, and what did ...
Einstein once said there are two personality types: tennis players, or golfers. The former need to work out ideas with others around; for the latter, only qu...
Writing and other matters
I've always felt that the way a good date suddenly 'clicks' is very much the way good writing can sometimes 'click' as well. In both cases you let your stere...
In the night, while you sleep, a hidden world of tiny insects flourishes in your bed sheets. David Bodanis, author of "Einstein's Greatest Mistake", takes us...
Oxford has the reputation of being a snobby, forbidding place, but to my pleasant surprise almost everyone I met there - with a few memorable exceptions, tha...
When not on the road or slumped in front of a laptop, I spend an unreasonable amount of time at Britain's premier kick-boxing gym - 'Paragon' in east London ...