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Dr. David Drake

Dr. David Drake

When there has got to be a better way.

 

Expert in the coaching space. Member of inaugural class of Coaches50. Thought Leader for Institute of Coaching. 10x coaching.com Summit speaker.  Founder of Narrative Coaching. Creator of The Five Maturities. EMCC Master Practitioner. Author of Beyond Coaching (5/26). 

Pioneer in learning & development space.  Advisor to Ovida (AI scale-up using his work to improve communication skills). Founder of Integrative Development, a phronogogical approach to learning & development which transforms our approach to change and growth.  

Founder of The Moment Institute, now based in Amsterdam. A global open-source learning community which brings David’s work to the world through innovations in our selves, skills and services. Publisher of his books and resources.  Check out our YouTube Channel.

When you want more than coaching.

David helps people free themselves to live and work with deeper humanity, ease, and purpose. David's unique and powerful approach is quite profound. He is a Development Guide, the next generation of professional practice which includes yet transcends coaching.

He is a master in getting to the crux of issues in service of what matters most. He uses what is present to help people cross the threshold before them — whether it is a decision to be made, a healing to occur, or a new story to be told. Click the Learn more button to see your options for working with David. 

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When you ready for The Five Maturities.

This pivotal time calls us to deepen our maturity, strengthen our mastery, and increase our mobility — and become the practitioners the world needs now. David has used his own work to design a new form of learning community to help us meet this historic moment.

  • He used The Five Maturities to design The Threshold hosted by The Moment Institute.
  • He has presented on it to Institute of Coaching, coaching.com, EMCC, ICF, AC, GSAEC, and conferences in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, and The Netherlands.
  • He is incorporating this framework in design of two AI-informed products with partners.
  • He will release his new book on The Five Maturities and future of coaching in May 2026.

 

 

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