Dr. David Drake is Founder and CEO of The Moment Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has been a pioneer in the coaching space for 25 years, including as the founder of Narrative Coaching. Practitioners are using his new work, Integrative Development, to transform how organizations and institutions approach learning, development, and change. David also runs retreats based in The Five Maturities and uses this work to advance how coaches are developed and assessed.

David has worked with over 70 organizations, including ARM, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Dropbox, Google, Logitech, Nike, PwC, and government agencies in the US and Australia. He helps organizations to effectively integrate coaching into how business gets done. He serves as Head of Ovida Labs for Ovida, a leading AI start-up that enables coaches, leaders, and others to improve their communication skills in real-time.

David earned his PhD in Human & Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University. He is a Thought Leader for the Institute of Coaching, a member of the inaugural class of Coaches50, an EMCC accredited Master Practitioner, and a 10X coaching.com Summit presenter. He is the author of over 70 publications, including as co-editor of SAGE Handbook of Coaching (2016) and as author of Narrative Coaching: The Definitive Guide to Bringing New Stories to Life (2018).