David Allison

Leverage the next evolution in values-driven leadership with a scientific breakthrough in human values data.

Neurologists have known for years that leading people effectively requires tapping into their core values. But until now, there hasn’t been a way to identify, measure, and leverage the specific values shared by teams, or large groups of people.

Human values expert, leadership keynote speaker, and 2x best-selling author David Allison has turned our shared human values into accurate empirical data, conducting nearly a million surveys in 152 languages featuring hundreds of millions of data points. In his fast-paced and dynamic leadership keynotes, he isolates the values that mean the most to your teams, your entire workforce, or even the workforce of your entire industry. Then he shows you how to use values to tackle any issue and meet any goal.

Once you learn the accurate, science-backed, shared values of your people, the transformation begins. You’ll see your true self in your work. You’ll see where your values intersect with the values of people you need to engage. And you’ll find that more effective leadership comes from being more human. As David says: “If we let them, our values will unite us. Because we are all values-driven.”

Audience takeaways:

• The specific Power Values that will empower you to engage people and influence outcomes.
• Creative, detailed strategies to immediately put the Power Values to use.
• David’s revolutionary Values Thinking Process that turns shared values into actionable tactics.
• The Three Telltale Questions that will identify the shared values of anyone you want to engage and inspire.

Discover the revolutionary, scientifically proven source of employee engagement, retention, and achievement.

It’s no secret that employee engagement and retention are in freefall. Companies continue to offer more perks and incentives, yet 85% of employees worldwide aren’t engaged at work. Many organizations are at a loss for how to make people do great things and feel satisfied along the way.

Human values expert, employee engagement keynote speaker and 2x best-selling author David Allison has dedicated his career to studying the core values that drive people to become engaged, inspired, and motivated. By conducting nearly a million surveys in 152 languages featuring hundreds of millions of data points, David and his team have turned shared human values into hard data that’s readable, meaningful, and actionable. It’s no wonder his work is included in college textbooks worldwide and leveraged by organizations like Google, PayPal, lululemon, and the United Nations Foundation.

Guided by David’s game-changing research – delivered in an unforgettably dynamic keynote – you’ll discover how to go beyond pointless perks to create an engaged workforce incentivized by what they value most. People don’t want ping pong tables and free pizza. Give them more of what they value, and you’ll unlock their true passion and full potential.

Audience takeaways:

• The specific Power Values that will empower you to engage people and influence outcomes.
• Creative, detailed strategies to immediately put the Power Values to use.
• David’s revolutionary Values Thinking Process that turns shared values into actionable tactics.
• The Three Telltale Questions that will identify the shared values of anyone you want to engage and inspire.

Drive marketing ROI and explosive sales growth with human values, using data and insights from the world's leading expert.

Consumers today are harder to understand than ever before, behaving in unpredictable ways and failing to fit the mold of traditional demographics like age, income, gender, and education. We have more data and insights than ever, but all that data isn’t getting us closer to achieving our goals. But what if we’re measuring the wrong things?

For the first time, human values expert, sales keynote speaker and 2x best-selling author David Allison has turned our shared human values into accurate empirical data, conducting nearly a million surveys in 152 languages featuring hundreds of millions of data points. His findings align with a neurological truth: every decision we make, thousands of times of day, is determined by our values. It’s no wonder his discoveries are included in college textbooks worldwide and leveraged by organizations like Google, PayPal, lululemon, Five Star School Supplies, and the United Nations Foundation.

The result of David’s global research is a proven, science-backed method for identifying the values your audience shares. His must-see keynotes are more than a speech, they are dynamic events that teach you how to use values to drive sales and marketing efforts that really work.

You can engage any audience, deliver any message, and fuel explosive sales growth with the power of shared human values. David’s keynote will show you how.

Audience takeaways:

• The specific Power Values that will empower you to engage people and influence outcomes.
• Creative, detailed strategies to immediately put the Power Values to use.
• David’s revolutionary Values Thinking Process that turns shared values into actionable tactics.
• The Three Telltale Questions that will identify the shared values of anyone you want to engage and inspire.

Discover how to create a culture of belonging from the world’s leading expert on human values.

As a gay man and an Indigenous Canadian, David knows the limits of demographics when it comes to inclusion and belonging. Just like everyone else, you can’t engage, motivate or inspire anyone simply by speaking to them demographic labels. That’s nothing more than stereotyping, and it doesn’t work. You need to understand David's values — the things that makes him who he is deep inside his heart. So where does that leave organizations who want to cultivate a culture of belonging?

As a human values expert, workplace culture keynote speaker and 2x best-selling author, David has conducted nearly a million surveys on human values in 152 languages featuring hundreds of millions of data points. Along the way, he's identified 912 types of belonging, and this keynote pinpoints which ones – in your situation – will move the needle most. And that’s not where it ends. Together we will dive deeper and explore the other values that will unite the people you want to engage, regardless of their demographic differences. Our values bring us together. Our values make us feel like we belong.

In David's keynotes he shares his proven, data-driven method for building a culture of belonging – for the people you want to engage – by honoring what they value. These are the insights you need to drive inclusion and create real cultural change. Values are the answer, so let’s put them to work!

Audience takeaways:

• The specific Power Values that will empower you to engage people and influence outcomes.
• Creative, detailed strategies to immediately put the Power Values to use.
• David’s revolutionary Values Thinking Process that turns shared values into actionable tactics.
• The Three Telltale Questions that will identify the shared values of anyone you want to engage and inspire.

Learn David Allison’s revolutionary values-driven approach to help you thrive alongside AI, and the next disruptive tech too.

Businesses don't like risk, and the blend of chaos, emotion, and complexity that we call "the human factor" is one of the biggest risks any business must face. But right now, as incredibly disruptive technologies like AI emerge at a stunning pace, the only antidote is for us to become more incredibly human than ever before. To do that, we need to make “the human factor” less risky. That’s what David Allison does in this keynote.

David’s team has turned human values into data, creating boardroom-friendly facts and figures to replace subjective conversations. Now we can combine revolutionary new super-machines like AI with a revolutionary new understanding of the humans who use them. It’s the combination we need to solve any problem and achieve any goal.

Backed by nearly a million surveys completed in 152 languages, David’s transformative keynotes reveal the exact values that drive people with unprecedented detail and clarity. It’s no wonder his work is included in college textbooks used worldwide and leveraged by organizations like Google, PayPal, lululemon, and the United Nations Foundation.

As businesses strive to remain relevant in a tech-driven landscape, David Allison's fast-paced and fascinating keynotes serve as a timely reminder that to thrive in the future, we must lean into what makes us quintessentially human. To thrive alongside super-technologies like AI – and whatever comes next – we must be superhuman. Values are the answer. David will show you how to put them to work.

Audience takeaways:

• The specific Power Values that will empower you to engage people and influence outcomes.
• Creative, detailed strategies to immediately put the Power Values to use.
• David’s revolutionary Values Thinking Process that turns shared values into actionable tactics.
• The Three Telltale Questions that will identify the shared values of anyone you want to engage and inspire.