Ideal Audience:

General Business

Available Formats:

Keynote, Breakout/Workshop, Virtual Presentation, Half-Day or Full-Day Training, Experiential Video Training Series

Program Description:

It's not that technology is advancing too quickly. It's that human skills are advancing too slowly. There's no big mystery as to why trust, the #1 key to business, is experiencing a crisis during the artificial age. People want something REAL - and if you don't give it to them, then your competitors will.

Where there is human connection, there is magic. Productivity improves in a way that science can't explain. Innovation strikes like lightning from a clear sky. Ordinary people transform into extraordinary teams. You don't have to wait or hope, this can be built.

Join mentalist, author, and top-rated speaker Tim David for an interactive, amazing, science-based, (and also HILARIOUS) program that helps participants experience how quickly authenticity, empathy, and trust can be built in teams using practical frameworks and action-items that can be applied immediately.

In this keynote, Tim introduces the REAL Framework. To be REAL, we must be…

• R — Radically Human: Present, authentic, vulnerable, and human-first

• E — Empathically Concerned: Replace assumptions with curiosity to reduce friction

• A — Artistically Minded: Cultivate originality and creativity in a world of replication

• L — Long-Term Focused: “People over profits” compounds trust over time

Program Objectives:

After engaging with this session, participants will be able to…

• Identify where “artificial connection” is eroding trust (meetings, email/Slack, hybrid dynamics) and choose one “Radically Human” behavior that immediately raises presence and credibility.

• Apply a simple empathy reset that replaces assumptions with curiosity—so collaboration speeds up and conflict de-escalates faster.

• Differentiate between “copy/paste work” and “artistry work,” then implement a repeatable practice that increases originality and innovation (even in AI-saturated roles).

• Build a long-term “trust deposit” system—small, consistent actions that compound reliability, follow-through, and culture over time.

• Adapt the REAL Framework to their specific context (leadership, sales, cross-functional teams, member-based organizations) so the model becomes a shared language, not a poster slogan.

Program Reviews:

“By far the best that we have had to date.  We are definitely interested in having him back.” - Justin Haggart, GuestSupply

“Tim did a fantastic job yesterday and was a great way for us to kick off the conference! It was such a pleasure to have him!” - Molly Marsh, NASPO

Alternate Title:

REAL Magic: The Future Belongs to the Most Human