Writer and corporate speaker David Harp, M.A., considers himself to be "an applied organizational cognitive scientist." Applied scientists are interested only in results, rather than in experimentation, research, or theories. And cognitive scientists study how the brain works. To put it simply, as David says, "The better you understand a tool, the better you can use it. And your brain is the best tool you'll ever have."

David's most recent work (as enumerated in his recent book "Neural Path Therapy: How to Change Your Brain's response to Anger, Fear, Pain and Desire" (New Harbinger Publications, 2005) involves the cutting edge field of cognitive science known as "Neural Network" or "Neural Path" psychology. In this new discipline, scientists study how brain cells (called "neurons") chain or link together, and how these chains or paths of neurons underlie our every thought, emotion, word, or action.

David travels the US (and other countries) to help corporate groups and non-profit organizations work understand their own "neural paths," and thus work more effectively, more creatively, more co-operatively, and with less stress and fewer "turf" issues. He does this via enhanced communication, change management, leadership, and creative problem solving workshops.

Serious cognitive scientist though he is, David never just lectures his audiences on the mysteries of the human brain, as he also happens to be America's best-known, and fastest, harmonica teacher, with more than a million students to his credit! So he combines his two favorite mental disciplines -- harmonica and cognitive psychology — into entertaining but effective workshops for organizations as diverse as The Young Presidents Organization and the Treasury Management Association, or Merck Pharmaceutical and the American Red Cross, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Kraft Foods, and the FBI.

David is the author of more than two dozen books, including international bestseller The Three Minute Meditator, and his work has been featured on Good Morning America, News with Peter Jennings, the Crook & Chase Show, QVC, and National Public Radio. He especially enjoys spending time outdoors with his family, and his volunteer work for hospice, nursing homes, and camps for chronically-ill children.