David Waters
David Waters is a business coach, psychotherapist, and corporate trainer with over fifteen years’ experience working with globally recognised organisations including Meta, NTT Data, Viacom, and the Southbank Centre. He has been a faculty member of The School of Life since 2010.
Drawing on a background in journalism and mental health, David brings a distinctive blend of insight, clarity, and emotional intelligence to his work. He has lived and worked in New York, Paris, and London, where he is now based. David writes on men and mental health for Mr Porter, The Beautiful Truth and newspapers including The New York Observer, The Guardian and the Telegraph.
David has a profound commitment to facilitating and supporting meaningful change in organizations, fostering psychological safety, and developing self-awareness for both individuals and teams. Alongside his professional practice, David is a passionate advocate for the arts and maintains a parallel creative life as a classical musician.
- Recording: Yes
- Language: English
- Duration: 45 min / 15 min
Growth Mindset: Turning Challenge into Insight
Inspired by the work of psychologist Carol Dweck, this practical and transformational talk explores growth mindset as a lived skill. David focuses on developing key competencies around effort, challenge, setbacks, feedback and learning from others. Through engaging reflection, real-world examples and simple experiential exercises, participants gain clear tools to reframe difficulty, respond more constructively to feedback and build their resilience. This talk offers immediately usable takeaways that support sustained personal and professional growth.