Speaking
I don’t speak about restaurants. I speak about clarity under pressure.
For thirty years I’ve worked the room from the dish pit to the keynote stage. Every audience hears the same thing: busy is not a strategy, hustle is not a plan, and the decision you’re avoiding is the one that would change everything.
01 · Signature topics
Three talks I’ve been giving for years — tailored to your audience.
Keynote
The Clarity Under Pressure Restaurant
Why your top pros are not overwhelmed because they lack systems — they lack clarity. The diagnosis-first leadership model that separates the restaurants that grow from the ones that grind.
Keynote
Busy Is Not a Badge of Honor
The avoidance pattern at the heart of every struggling restaurant — and the decision framework pros use to break it. Direct, uncomfortable, and exactly what your audience came to hear.
Workshop
The Right System at the Right Time
A working session for pros and management teams. We diagnose where your restaurant actually is, name the one decision being avoided, and map the next three moves. Worksheets, not slides.
02 · Three formats
Built for your room — not for mine.
45 – 90 minutes
Keynote
One big idea, one decision framework, one specific call to action. Designed for industry conferences, association keynotes, and operator-network events.
3 – 5 hours
Half-day intensive
Working session with diagnostic exercises and take-home worksheets. Built for franchisee groups, multi-unit operators, and executive retreats that want more than a stage talk.
1 – 2 days
Full intensive
Deep work with your leadership team. Diagnosis, decision framework, and the systems sequence that follows. For organizations ready to install how they think, not just what they do.
03 · See me work
Speaker reel
Request David to speak
Tell me about your event — audience, format, date, location. I respond to every inquiry personally within two business days.