“I have had the fortunate experience of working with David at an event that I organised for the CIPD, Chester committee. David’s openness, sense of humour and willingness to challenge the status quo, engaged the audience and generated interesting debate and discussion on all aspects of mediation and resolution. Even HR professionals have to acknowledge that his views and approaches are a radical, yet refreshing departure from the norm! I would welcome David to speak at any event that required a dynamic, engaging and thought-provoking speaker. I would recommend him where I wanted the audience to be able to challenge and debate the role of HR when dealing with employee relations issues, particularly on the role of mediation and resolution. I would invite him if I wanted a different and sometimes radical view from what ACAS suggest is best practice. I would also propose him as a speaker as someone who could draw from both personal and professional experience and can tell a good story.”