Davide Di Giorgio
Operational Leadership Keynote Speaker & Advisor • UNapologetic Enterprises
Florida, United States •
More than $10,000
About
Most leadership sessions correct behavior. I change the conditions underneath it, which is why the shift is still there next quarter. I've spent 1,200+ days on the operational floor. I led Crumbl's first international expansion and 69 openings across the US and Canada. The operating systems I've built over three decades underpin more than $100M in net sales. Sixty-nine teams, watched up close, in the moments performance is won or lost: under pressure, with a better offer on the table, when nobody is checking. Here's what I found. The operation was never short a system. It was carrying one too many. So I subtract. Your audience won't leave with another module to roll out. They'll leave knowing what to remove, and what commitment actually asks of them. Keynotes, executive masterclasses, and advisory for teams who want to implement it properly.
Speaking Topics
Signature Programs (4)
Most performance problems get treated by addition. Another dashboard, another check-in, another accountability module. The numbers move for a quarter, then settle exactly where they started. This keynote makes the opposite case. Drawing on 1,200+ days on the operational floor and 69 location openings across the US and Canada, Davide shows leaders how to remove what manufactures compliance and rebuild the conditions that produce commitment — teams who care enough to perform when nobody is watching. Audiences leave able to name the standard, the belief and the conditions their operation is actually running on, and the first thing to subtract on Monday.
Key Takeaways
- Name the standard, the belief and the conditions your operation is actually running on
- Tell the difference between a team that complies and a team that commits — before the numbers show it
- Identify the one intervention to remove first, and what replaces it
Audience
CEOs, COOs, CHROs and Heads of People; executive teams and leadership summits; multi-unit and franchise operators
Format
Duration
45-75 minutes
Delivery
Engagement is stuck, retention is sliding, good managers are leaving, and nothing you've tried has broken through. This keynote explains why: engagement isn't a behaviour problem, it's a belief problem, and belief doesn't respond to a survey. Davide walks audiences through the gap the dashboard can't show them — between what's happening on the floor, what the data reports, and what leadership is doing about it — and where the effort has to go instead. It's a C-suite conversation, not a manager-training module.
Key Takeaways
- Understand why engagement scores rebound to baseline after every intervention
- Separate the behaviour problem you're treating from the belief problem you're not
- Know what your engagement survey cannot tell you, and what to ask instead
Audience
CHRO, CEO and COO offices; HR and People leadership; culture and engagement summits
Format
Duration
45–75 minutes
Delivery
Good enough is the floor, not the ceiling. The most expensive ceiling in your business is the one you can't see. It isn't failure — it's good enough: the standard that's high enough to pass and low enough to cost you dearly. Nothing looks broken. The numbers are fine. And the gap between good enough and what your team is actually capable of never shows up on a dashboard, so nobody closes it. Most leaders respond by adding — another initiative, another tool, another layer of oversight — which buries the potential deeper. The Good Enough Reset does the opposite. In a focused working session with your leadership team, Davide finds where good enough is capping the operation and resets the standard by removing what's been in the way the whole time. The work attaches to a real initiative you're already walking into — a new quarter, a launch, a market entry, a stretch goal — so it's measured on your own numbers rather than a culture score. It's the engagement most often booked after the keynote.
Key Takeaways
- Clarity on exactly where good enough is costing you productivity, revenue and consistency
- A specific pathway to close the gap, workshopped against your own operation rather than a template
- A repeatable capability your leaders own and run on every initiative after this one
- A 30 / 60 / 90-day plan to close the gap and keep it closed
Audience
COOs, CEOs and operations leaders accountable for results across distance, complexity or scale; CHROs and Heads of People where the mandate is operational; multi-unit operators and corporate teams
Format
Duration
Half-day, full-day or multi-day
Delivery
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