Applied Behavioral Economics and Decision-Making

David McIntosh is a specialist in executive education and development, designing and teaching customized programs for companies, nonprofits, and universities since 1992. He is an accomplished facilitator, delivering individual coaching, project team support, and large, multi-day events. He is co-author of The Art of Business, which was published in five languages. He has delivered speeches about strategy, leadership, innovation, the synthesis of work and art, and future trends to audiences in Europe, Asia, North America, and online. At Harvard Extension School (HES), he has taught behavioral economics and decision-making since 2018 and has co-taught other HES courses on business strategy and decision-making. At the Harvard Division of Continuing Education, he has created and taught numerous Professional Development Programs. Since 2017, he has taught in-person and online programs for Harvard Business Publishing, with clients in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Earlier in his career, McIntosh was part of the leadership team at the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation. He created and led the CBI Network, a community of innovators in 15 countries. He has worked as a management consultant at Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) and at Bain & Company. He has also worked in real estate investment banking at Sonnenblick-Goldman (now part of Cushman & Wakefield) and as the vice president of finance for a Boston-based real estate developer. McIntosh earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard College.