David Barrett

David Barrett

ON, CANADA
Passionate, innovative and inspiring - helping organizations bridge the gap between strategy and execution. A high energy speaker able to address audiences of all types and from all industries.

David followed a career path ideally suited to tackling issues of strategic planning and strategy execution for today's organizations.

With his experience in the corporate world at a major Canadian bank, the high-tech world with Symantec Corporation, combined with many entrepreneurial ventures including: a conference business, software development firm, speaker bureau and most recently, a TED-style event series for professionals across North America, he has been building the foundation and experience to help companies get results.

Currently, David splits his time between the life of a professional speaker-workshop leader, and his role as the National Program Director for the Schulich Executive Education Centre, Schulich School of Business, York University in Toronto.

He has authored or co-authored six books over the past five years including the Amazon best-seller, The 7 Elements of Strategic Execution.

David followed a career path ideally suited to tackling issues of strategic planning and strategy execution for today's organizations.

With his experience in the corporate world at a major Canadian bank, the high-tech world with Symantec Corporation, combined with many entrepreneurial ventures including: a conference business, software development firm, speaker bureau and most recently, a TED-style event series for professionals across North America, he has been building the foundation and experience to help companies get results.

Currently, David splits his time between the life of a professional speaker-workshop leader, and his role as the National Program Director for the Schulich Executive Education Centre, Schulich School of Business, York University in Toronto.

He has authored or co-authored six books over the past five years including the Amazon best-seller, The 7 Elements of Strategic Execution.

Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution

Forbes.com suggests that 80% of strategic plans collect dust on the shelves immediately following the sign-off. From the smallstart-up to the large corporate to the nation-wide assocication it is the smae story. We spend hundreds of people-hours deleloping a pretty strategic plan and then go back to work.  we wake up half way through the year buried in some crazy expensive project and wonder where this was in the strategic plan?

This session looks at the buisness of strategic...

Educational / Informative

o The Three Pillars of Strategy Execution: Your Organization, Your Career and Your Life

Strategic planning is now a part of the PMI's Talent Triangle - now identified as a critical component to our current and future roles. However, reading and hearing is one thing but how many of us are in a position to practice strategic planning and execution? ALL OF US.

This session will show us how strategic planning is a key to our success at work but, as well, to our careers and our lives. We will learn how to create a solid plan for any of the three legs and we will leave with the...

Strategic PlanningInspirational / Life-changing