David Allen

David Allen is an author, consultant, executive coach, and international lecturer. He is widely recognized as the world's leading authority on personal and organizational productivity. He is the founder and chairman of the David Allen Company, which provides services designed to increase performance, capacity, and aligned execution through its global partners. Clients include some of the world’s most prestigious corporations, including over 40% of the Fortune 100.

Allen's 40 years of pioneering research, coaching, and education of some of the world's highest-performing professionals have earned him Forbes' recognition as one of the “Top five executive coaches” in the United States, and as one of the "Top 100 thought leaders" by Leadership Magazine. Fast Company hailed him as "One of the world's most influential thinkers" in the arena of personal productivity, for his outstanding programs and writing on time and stress management, the power of aligned focus and vision, and his groundbreaking methodologies in management and executive peak performance. Additionally, he delivered a TEDx talk titled "The Art of Stress-Free Productivity" at TEDxClaremontColleges, further establishing his expertise in the field.

Allen is the author of three books; the international bestseller "Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity" (popularly known by the brand shorthand of GTD®), "Ready for Anything," and "Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life." "Getting Things Done" is a perennial business bestseller since its publication in 2001, selling millions of copies, and the 2015 revised edition is now published in 30 languages. TIME magazine heralded "Getting Things Done" as "The defining self-help business book of its time."

GTD has an international following of adopters in corporate enterprises, institutions, and entrepreneurs. It has given rise to a thriving GTD industry of websites, blogs, and software applications. Internet searches bring up tens of millions of references. David Allen is a rarity in the Twitter world, as one of the few non-celebrities with over a million followers hanging on his informative wit and inspiration. PC Magazine noted him as one of the “Top One Hundred to Follow” on Twitter.