About

David Dabscheck

Co-CEO and Co-Founder

 
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David Dabscheck is a founder and CEO of GIANT Innovation, where he transforms the way organizations and people think and act to become world-class innovators. David has helped dozens of organizations become more innovative, agile, and creative, including work with Citi, Exxon Mobil, Walmart, Roche, and Siemens. He is a board member for several Israeli and New York technology companies, a former tech and social innovation entrepreneur, and the founder of the Innovation Practitioners Roundtable, a regular gathering of over 200 executive and senior level innovation practitioners. As a leading innovation speaker, facilitator, author, and trainer, David is most excited helping people—whatever their job role or title—unleash their full innovative potential.

David has served as a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Business School in innovation strategy, an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and an adjunct professor for the National Science Foundation's Innovation-Corps program. He is also a thought-leader on innovation topics and his work has appeared in publications such as Fast Company, the Boston Globe, the Observer, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. David holds an MBA from Columbia University, an MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and undergraduate degrees from the University of Queensland. 

 

Favorites

Quote

"Que sais-je" (What do I know?), Michel de Montaigne

Book

Life and Fate, by Vasily Grossman

Innovation

Coordinated Universal Time (a mental model that changed the world!)