Engagement Expert, human values research pioneer
Human Resources Keynote
Speaker David Allison
Recruit, engage, and retain the right people with the revolutionary science of shared human values.
“Eye opening! This is the real reason my team comes to work and what makes them tick outside of work!”
Tyler McIntyre, Senior Project Manager, Turner Construction
Human Resources Keynote
With change comes opportunity! The modern workplace is a new frontier that can create incredible progress and exciting possibilities. But it can also lead to dissonance and confusion around engagement, team cohesion, organizational alignment, and overall culture.
Companies everywhere are struggling to attract top talent and deeply engage them. How can you turn employees into inspired ambassadors who are deeply invested in success?
That’s where David Allison comes in. He is a pioneer in human engagement research, focused on the enormous power of shared values to motivate people.
What The Industry Is Saying…
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Faye Wilkinson, Loblaw Group of Companies
“Fascinating, evidence based explanation of how to motivate people. Very concise – and engaging!”
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Taylor Valee, People Corporation
“So relevant to today’s issues in the workforce, but with reflective insights you can use personally!”
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Christy Hermans, BC Ferries
“Buy his books. Recommend him. He’s engaging and had important messages to convey!!!! Relevant and informative!”
Human resources keynote speaker David Allison, the world’s leading authority on human values and 2x bestselling author, shows you how to turn employees into inspired ambassadors for success.
His keynotes use insights from a million surveys and hundreds of millions of data points to engage, inspire, and motivate people with the enormous power of shared human values.
“Imagine a room full of people, edge of their seats, phones nowhere in sight—like someone just hit the ‘refresh’ button on their brains. That’s a David Allison keynote. It’s beyond inspiring: like getting hit with a very friendly intellectual lightning bolt.”
Who is it for
HR professionals
People & culture leaders
Executives and managers
Audience takeaways
The specific values that will engage, motivate, and inspire people.
Creative, detailed strategies to immediately put those values to use.
David’s revolutionary Values Thinking Process that turns shared values into actionable tactics.
Human Resources Insights
Aligning Corporate and Human Values
Discover how to identify the personal values that connect people to organizational values.
Fuelling Performance with Values
Learn how to seamlessly align the values of your people into everyday practices to create a highly-engaged culture.
Unifying Teams with Shared Values
See how identifying precise shared values will bring people together across ideological or political divides.
"David Alison was an absolute delight to work with! He customized his program to align perfectly with our goals. He captivated the audience, sparked meaningful discussions and left everyone inspired."
Megan Denhardt, Event Planner, ASAE
About David
David Allison is an engagement and influence expert, a human values research pioneer, and the world’s leading authority on values-aligned Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality.
His groundbreaking research, underpinned by a million behavioral science surveys, offers deep insights into the industry workforce, hotel guests, restaurant patrons, luxury travelers, and the burgeoning Indigenous tourism market worldwide. His keynotes are built using a proprietary global values database: he can pinpoint what buttons to push to influence behaviors for any inbound market to any destination in the world.
David speaks internationally, with thought-provoking presentations captivating audiences for major industry events like IMEX in Frankfurt and Los Vegas, the Society of Incentive Travel Executives, the Restaurant Show, and the CityDNA Conference in Valencia, Spain. Additionally, his insights were instrumental at Destination Canada's Symposium on Destination Stewardship, underlining his expertise in boosting regenerative travel and tourism strategies with shared human values.
David's influential work has not gone unnoticed in the media, with significant features in Hotel Executive magazine and globally referenced publications such as Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and INC Magazine. And despite the data-driven approach, his keynotes are anything but dull. They are inspiring, interactive, and energizing – everyone leaves with an entirely new way to think about themselves and the people they need to engage with their work!
Work with David
Values are the answer.
Let’s put them to work.
Human Resources Keynote Speaker David Allison will transform how you think about yourself, the people around you, and those you hope to impact with your work. Because we are all values-driven.