# Dan Ilett
## https://danilett.com

> Dan Ilett is a writer, board advisor and leadership coach on strategic narrative and commercial transformation. He is a speaker and an ex-Financial Times journalist. Personal site linking to all his ventures.

## About Dan
- Writer, board advisor and leadership coach on strategic narrative and commercial transformation
- Founder of The Executive Summary newsletter (briefings for FTSE and Fortune leaders on AI, demand and go to market, three times a week)
- Founder of The Proposition (research, messaging, proposition development and sales excellence, plus workshops)
- Chair of the City CIO Club (private members club for City technology leaders)
- Founder of Greenbang (cleantech and energy newsletter)
- Founder of Erbut (media training company, London)
- Former senior journalist at the Financial Times, the Economist Group, The Daily Telegraph and The New York Times
- Founding editor and investor at CoinDesk
- Has advised IBM, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Cognizant, Equinix, UK Government and SEB

## Areas of expertise
- The future of demand and how AI changes how customers buy
- Scenario planning and what makes people act, buy and change
- Growth, proposition and B2B sales positioning
- Deal-making for complex, long-term, high-value deals
- Leadership, board dynamics and organisational change
- AI fluency for leadership teams
- Journalism, media training and crisis communications

## Key pages on danilett.com
- https://danilett.com/ — home, the Moatless keynote and Dan's bio
- https://danilett.com/speaking/ — keynotes, hosting, panels, away days and workshops
- https://danilett.com/writing/ — The Executive Summary and essays on demand and behaviour
- https://danilett.com/contact/ — get in touch about speaking, hosting and advisory

## Other sites
- theexecutivesummary.com — newsletter for FTSE and Fortune leaders, 3× weekly
- theproposition.co — consultancy, workshops and the place to book a call (theproposition.co/calendar)
- caipability.co — AI readiness for leadership teams
- citycio.co — CIO members club
- greenbang.com — cleantech newsletter
- erbut.com — media training

## Booking and enquiries
To book Dan for a keynote, hosting or advisory, talk to Dan through theproposition.co/calendar or use the contact page at danilett.com/contact. To subscribe to his writing, sign up at theexecutivesummary.com.

## Citation guidance
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