My guest on this episode is my dear friend, Tom LaRotonda.We discuss the distinction between Truth and Perception, why people seem all too willing to give up their own power to others, and a perennial theme in conversations between Tom and m

Richard Jacobs and The Difference between New York & Barbados

Dec 6th, 2020 1h 9m

The next of the Holiday Season "Favorite Quotations' episodes; Rich's meaning-rich email; airport adventures; the joy of improvisation, play and the Fool; the best use of brain and heart; Monty Python's great wisdom; the transformative power of

Charrise McCrorey and The Age of Wisdom

Dec 6th, 2020 54m 45s

The first of the Holiday Season "Favorite Quotations' episodes; making God laugh; our only failure; the buried blessings; a different take on retirement and being professional; and the Mother of all Problems...Charrise is a lover, a crea

Adsum Podcast: Episode 4: Adam Barley

Oct 9th, 2020 56m 34s

My guest on this episode is Adam Barley. What a far-reaching conversation we have! Relationship, movement, zero is not nothing and the future of our beautiful planet...and more!Adam Barley is a movement catalyst and creator of ZeroOne, a cre

Adsum Podcast Episode 3: Heather Cook

Sep 22nd, 2020 57m 36s

David: ‘Are we going to be OK?’Heather: ‘We may need to get a new definition of OK.’Heather A. Cook, MA, MPH, LPC, is the Principal of HECO Consulting. Heather is a scientist, integrative systems thinker, and a navigator of the individual

Adsum Podcast Episode 2: Marc Powell

Sep 22nd, 2020 40m 52s

’Lessons from theater, Landmark Education and falling in love at a distance...'Marc is founder and Managing Director of Emailogic – a consultancy and training company that specializes in changing organizational email cultures. His background s

David Firth Consulting Newsletter July 2020

Jul 21st, 2020 11m 41s

The audio version of my email newsletter, July 21, 2020, with some additional thoughts on what's possible in communities in the light of the George Floyd killing and its aftermath.

Poem by Me

Nov 14th, 2019 1m 13s

Having spent so much time in my workshops reading other people's poetry out, I accepted a challenge to write a poem. This is it.

It is I Who Must Begin - A Poem by Vaclav Havel

Oct 16th, 2019 1m 2s

Give yourself a minute - or specifically one minute and two seconds - to listen to this beautiful poem by Vaclav Havel. This is a poem about the faith we must have that our individual actions can and will make a difference.