Origin Story with David McIntosh Jr

In my second episode with Rory Sutherland we speak about: What time nightclubs and schools should open and close Why its illegal to send emails whilst on holiday in Germany What higher quality paper envelope infers to charity donors Why your work should coordinate your kitchen repairs, car services and dry cleaning Rory’s thoughts on the marketing of Fyre Festival Why Golf is so famous in Portugal...

Part 1/2 Rory Sutherland is one of the most respected figures in Behavioural Science. He is also the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising, an author & a writer for The Spectator. He is a Cambridge Alumni. He penned one my favourite books Alchemy: The Power of Ideas That Don’t Make Sense We are all consumers. We interact with products and services every hour of every day, But we don’t all know t...

Our guest today is Brian Pennie PhD. Brian is a recovered heroine addict, neuroscientist, lecturer and author. He writes about brain health and rejuvenation. Brian swapped one addiction for another. After 18 years of heroine misuse, Brian had a pivotal episode that forced him face his anxiety-caused addiction head on. He  became addicted with self-development and health leading him to gaining...

Afzal Hussein is a Careers & Finance Youtuber with over 112,000 subscribers, the Founder of tech startup Simpley.io and ex-Goldman Sachs. In this episode expert to learn: How to break into the world of investment banking The day in the life of a trader The salaries and bonuses of the most lucrative graduate schemes How to quit your job to become a Youtuber Why managing your personal finances i...

PART 2: Nick Yarris is an American writer who spent 22 years on death row in Pennsylvania after being wrongfully convicted of murder. Nick has given us his last podcast appearance ever - almost as a gift. Across these two episodes, he shares his last lessons from death-row. He has shared his story across national television outlets and even on Joe Rogan. We laughed, we cried and we laughed again....

PART 1: Nick Yarris is an American writer who spent 22 years on death row in Pennsylvania after being wrongfully convicted of murder. Nick has given us his last podcast appearance ever - almost as a gift. Across these two episodes, he shares his last lessons from death-row. He has shared his story across national television outlets and even on Joe Rogan. We laughed, we cried and we laughed again....

A 10/10 guest. Dr. Eric Daimler is a leading authority in robotics and artificial intelligence with over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, investor, technologist, and policymaker.  Eric served under the Obama Administration as a Presidential Innovation Fellow for AI and Robotics in the Executive Office of President, as the sole authority driving the agenda for U.S. leadership in rese...

This week my guest is Gordon Belch. Gordon is the co-founder of nutritious food brand vybey and Head of Finance at an international engineering firm. Out with being an entrepreneur, he is also deeply practiced in self optimisation through mindfulness, meditation and cold water therapy. He speaks on the cross-roads between entrepreneurialism and self-care. Together, we...

This week my guest is a milestone for me. Seth Godin. Seth was a digital role model for me as a teen. Seth Godin is a best-selling author of over 20 best selling books books translated to near 40 languages including LinchPin, Purple Cow, Tribes, permission marketing, the Dip and the Practice. He is one of the greatest contemporary thinkers. He has been inducted in the marketing hall of fame and ha...

Nir is a behavioural designer and author of Wall Street Journal Best-sellers “Indistractable” and “Hooked”.  Nir’s day job is to help companies built products that build healthy habits in user’s lives.  Nir previously taught as a  Lecturer in Marketing  at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. In this episode, expect to...

If you love this podcast: Fuel my podcast and buy me a Coffee:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Dbyd ---- Our guest today is Mr Embodiment, Mark Walsh. Mark Walsh is the Director of the Embodied Facilitator Course & Founder of Embodiment Unlimited. Why hasn’t Wikipedia solved all the worlds problems? It’s because we rely solely on information and cognition. We don’t treat the body as one wit...

If you love this podcast: Fuel my podcast and buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Dbyd ----------- Our guest today is Adam Lane Smith. Adam is a retired psychotherapist turned attachment specialist. His work focusses on teaching people to heal insecurity and improve relationships.  In this episode we cover: - What is attachment? - Intergenerational relationship trauma - Why love is...

This week I am sharing my appearance on Ben Coomber's Number 1 Rated Podcast: Ben Coomber Radio. You might recognise his name.. that's because he was last weeks guest. Here is what Ben had to say about our episode together: "If David can do it, surely we can all rewrite our story, however pre-determined it feels? Coming from a family of poverty, with a PTSD suffering father, to a parent dying youn...

Ben Coomber is the owner of Awesome Supplements. He is also a coach, nutritionist and host of the number one health and fitness podcast in the UK.  Ben brings to life a decade in the health and fitness industry. He proves that fitness can and will always be inclusive. Ben speaks about how he cashed in on his identity and didn't espouse to his military school's expectations and archetype. Ben...

Aaron Willis is currently on BBC's 'The Apprentice'. He's also a Director at Vulcan Security Ltd and a motivational and business speaker. Having served in the RAF for 12 years as a Flight Operations Instructor, Aaron has now set out to start his own security business. From travelling all around the world, and previously working as a milkman, horseman and a butcher, this outgoing and full of life s...

Noam Dar is a Scottish-Israeli WWE wrestler and a fellow self-development nerd. Expect to learn: - How Noam integrated in Scotland after moving in his childhood - Why representation in wrestling is important and how to develop your performance as a wrestler authentically - What it is like to be called up by the WWE - How to use the ego to embrace failure - What is like meeting Dwayne "The Rock" Jo...

My guest today is Darren Connell. Darren Connell is a stand-up comedian and actor. He is notably known for playing Bobby in BBC Scotland’s TV comedy show “Scot Squad”. Darren brings to life how to cash in on your passion and commit to stand up full time. Comedians such as Kevin Bridges, Jimmy Carr and Michael McIntyre make stand up look very glamourous, but Darren uncovers the financial truth of a...

This week’s guest is Vlad Alecu. Vlad is the Founder and CEO of WiredVibe and serial technologist. (27mins) WiredVibe is an app that develops a music playlist that improves your productivity and cognitive performance. Alecu was born in Romania and began his career in the world of software engineering and media in 2012 at just 11 years old. Since then, he had worked with several clients ranging fro...

My guest this week is Ben Williams. Ben Williams is a Royal Marine Veteran and the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Loopin. You might have seen him on the famous The Diary of the CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett. From an early age Ben was subjected to a hostile family dynamic. He  moved home six times and went to six different schools within ten years of his life.  He looked to...

Ronan helps organisations understand the coming decade of disruption, and how they can move from burnout to resilience. His talks are rare in that they combine big picture trends with the science of resilience, and are packed with lots of psychological tools to manage stress, anxiety and burnout. Audiences leave with a surprising dose of optimism about the future and confidence in their ability to...

Merry Christmas listeners and friends of The Development by David Podcast. We have a special episode of the show for you today. My mates Lewis McFarlane, Colin Campbell and I create our own rendition of the game show Room 101. Room 101 is a game show where "Room 101" is a hypothetical room where guests banish pet peeves and pet hates only if there is a democratic vote from other participants that...

Robin J. is an influencer, on-air expert, digital content creator and podcast host of F**K Girl Confessions. Today, Robin stops by the studio to teach me how to date. Before, we dive in to what makes a successful dater we speak about Robin's life as an influencer. She amasses 100k followers and is flown  around the world to create content in the nicest hotels, quirkiest bars, in the coolest c...

A very special celebrity guest, Andy King, joined us on the Development by David Podcast. Andy King is a Netflix star and sustainable events planner. If you are one of the very few who missed the Fyre Festival documentary on Netflix, it was labelled as “the greatest party that never happened”. So much so, a whole documentary was filmed about its noteriety, social media dominance and ultimate colla...

Matt Swain is a creative consultant, author, writer and ex-corporate employee. He has worked for Steven Bartlett (The Diary of a CEO Podcast, Dragons Den, Founder Social Chain). Matt stops by to discuss what self-development is and how to “break free” from conventional expectations of society. We speak about: The hedonic treadmill Partying with Liam Payne Working with Steven Bartlett Meeting Rio F...

Mackay (also known as Wee Mackay) is a Scottish Actor, Comedian and Tik Tok Sensation with over 100,000 followers. He jumped on the podcast to share how he pivoted his acting career online during lockdown which projected delayed gratification and further success. Some of his sketch show work has been commissioned by the BBC and he has been touring the country with his birth child born out of the E...