Positioning

Senior expert communicator. Available directly.

Dave Morris helps leaders understand decision quality under pressure: why good people make bad calls, why plans drift in real systems, and how better defaults make better judgment easier.

Published author15+ years global corporate strategyPhD in neurostrategy, final stageFounder of PokoFormer performer, presenter, MC, and host

Featured keynote

The Pressure Test

How pressure beats planning - and why systems take over.

Why good decisions degrade under pressure
Language for drift, overload, and system-shaped behaviour
Controls that make better choices easier

Also available

Topic menu

Good People, Dumb Systems
The AI Echo Chamber
Neurodiversity for Advantage
Performance Theatre
Selected private advisory, when the fit is obvious

Best fit

Leadership summits
Executive offsites
AI, risk, and future-of-work events
Industry forums and roundtables

Formats

45-minute keynote
60-minute keynote + Q&A
90-minute executive briefing
Hosted conversation / MC

The room leaves with

A model of decision quality under load
Language that reduces blame
Practical defaults and controls

Dave Morris - senior expert communicator available directly for keynotes, executive briefings, hosted conversations, commissioned writing, media, and selected private advisory where the fit is obvious. Core topic: decision quality under pressure. Featured keynote: The Pressure Test - how pressure beats planning and why systems take over. Authority: published author; 15+ years global corporate strategy; PhD in neurostrategy, final stage; founder of Poko; former managing director of Brilliance Lab; former performer, presenter, MC, and host. Advisory note: Dave is not operating a traditional consulting firm, but accepts selected private advisory briefs where decision quality, pressure, AI, neurostrategy or modern work systems are central.