I’m David, I advise leaders on planning and delivering AI solutions.  With twenty years of experience in business and marketing, and five years working with AI, I use my curiosity and knowledge to connect diverse ideas that lead to business-focused AI solutions.  I work with leaders to help them understand how AI impacts their sector, business, and the people in it to determine how and where AI can add value to the organisation.
 

I have thirty years of business experience and have helped hundreds of business owners look at where to focus to create more revenue and profit. My book Zoom! The Faster Way to Make Your Business Idea happen was included in the Independent Newspapers Top Ten Business Books, and I have given talks about business, storytelling, AI and futurology at SXSW Texas, TEDx Bristol, Google, Microsoft, W Hotel Group Switzerland and training including The Princes Trust UK, Palladium Group Ghana, Nigeria and OSCE Macedonia. 

 

My career has been far from linear or 'job for life'. I have been driven by curiosity, creativity, and a passion for understanding new technologies. After a spell of travelling, where I learnt the power of people's stories, my career began with a bursary at the BBC, after which I ventured into radio and TV production, producing projects for MTV, the Pepsi Network Chart Show and BBC Radio 1. Working as a launch producer for Heart FM in London, I was later invited to rejuvenate the Kiss FM brand and, producing 'Steve Jackson's Morning Glory' show, our team garnered accolades such as a Sony Gold Award, MOBO, voted in the 'Top Three Most Influential Radio Programmes in the UK' by The Guardian. My passion for electronic music led me to contribute to prototyping and testing the first digital DJ systems. I have played in clubs including Pacha, Space, and Cafe Mambo Ibiza. My broadcast knowledge and interest in music also brought me to unique and meaningful places, such as DJing for NATO to unite young people in war-torn countries and teaching at Pointblank Music School, London.

 

Driven by my curiosity and thirst for new challenges, I transitioned to marketing and advertising. After studying at D&AD, I went on to work as a creative director for a global marketing agency. While in this role, I studied behavioural economics to understand decision-making theory and behaviour change better, setting up a behavioural change company. Over the years, I have had the privilege of writing and implementing change programs for the Palladium Group and the OSCE. ​

 

In the last five years, I began to engage with AI. I studied AI at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. Now, as co-founder of the marketing agency HarveyDavid, I help companies create AI solutions that drive revenue through productivity and efficiency. Following my love for creating quirky comedy for broadcast, in 2024, I created 'Made in AI', the world's first AI sitcom.  The show follows an AI robot family abandoned by their manufacturers and left to fend for themselves in the real world. It is co-produced and presented by a series of AI assistants. I sit on the board of Strange Thoughts and Arcade Strange, a tech-led creative activations agency; I contribute my ideas as part of a fantastic team to help drive their mission: technology for joy. This year, I was invited to sit on the Caples Awards jury, focusing on judging AI entries worldwide. My business and music books are available at Waterstones and Amazon. I live in Bristol with my family, and I am inspired by the vibrant city and its creative energy.