Organizational Consultant & Executive Coach
Thirty years partnering with CEOs and leadership teams at companies like HP Indigo, Teva, Monday.com, and Wix.com — helping them unlock their fullest potential through deeper, more authentic connection.
A vital guide for changemakers, this book provides the tools to shape a more inclusive and just future… explores the empathy crisis at the heart of global challenges.
Otto Scharmer — Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan · Author of Theory U · Co-founder, Presencing Institute
How to Solve the Global Empathy Crisis
A groundbreaking exploration of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in modern organizations. Drawing on thirty years of work — from Fortune 500 boardrooms to Israeli-Palestinian peace dialogues — Danny Gal reveals how authentic connection is the missing key to leadership, culture, and lasting change.
"A vital guide for changemakers, this book provides the tools to shape a more inclusive and just future… explores the empathy crisis at the heart of global challenges."
"Danny Gal offers powerful methods for bridging divides in our increasingly polarized world… an invaluable guide for leaders, negotiators, and changemakers."
"Danny Gal distills decades of work building empathy between Israelis and Palestinians — showing that building trust with the 'other' is not a task limited to saints but a practice that all of us can and must take up."
"This is a deeply personal and powerful book showing how empathy, listening and connected leadership can transform not just our personal relationships and our organisations, but also wider society as a whole."
"Danny's work played a meaningful role in helping me and key people in our organization evolve, build stronger relationships, and improve communication as our company scaled."
"Danny is one of the most outstanding organizational consultants I have worked with. His coaching was instrumental to my personal growth as a manager and a leader."
From one-on-one executive coaching to organization-wide transformation programs
"Danny has a unique combination of deep personal/people skill together with a wide organizational understanding… huge value."
"Empowering, thought-provoking and innovative."
"Danny is a seasoned social entrepreneur and a great strategic thinker. I highly recommend Danny as a consultant or facilitator for innovative processes."
"Danny's work played a meaningful role in helping me and key people in our organization evolve, build stronger relationships, and improve communication as our company scaled."
An organizational consultant and executive coach with over 30 years of experience. I hold an MA in Psychology from Bar-Ilan University and an MPA in Public Policy from Harvard University.
I believe that listening is at the heart of my work — an art that takes a lifetime to master. True listening means showing curiosity, wonder, and commitment. It also means challenging with care and ultimately co-creating — restoring trust, revitalizing teams, and helping people return to a more connected, vital state.
Real Experience. I've been a CEO (Kav Mashve, ~6 years), an entrepreneur (founded HUB Tel Aviv), and a consultant. I understand clients from the inside.
Deep Expertise. Consulting since 1993. When situations are complex, experience counts.
Innovation Focus. Always looking for breakthroughs and helping you find your uniqueness.
Cross-Cultural. Skilled at bridging people from different backgrounds, including conflict zones.
People-Centered. I love people. I'm not afraid of the drama and tension that come with real relationships.
I would love to get to know you and work with you.
Over 20 years of writing on leadership, organizational development, and systems thinking
Featured Insights
Danny Gal joins host Andy Lopata to explore how lessons from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can transform modern leadership — covering empathy, belonging, constructive feedback, and building trust across deep divisions.
Listen to the Episode →Featured in The World Cafe — Danny Gal's ambitious 1,000 Round Tables project, bringing people together through dialogue, connection, and collective wisdom.
Read the Feature →An interview with Danny Gal on winning Runner-Up for the Institute of Leadership's Book of the Year 2025, and what The Belonging Paradox means for leaders today.
Read on IoL Edge →Edge Magazine — the Institute of Leadership's publication — features The Belonging Paradox in its roundup of essential reads for leaders and managers.
Read the Review →In the midst of a global empathy crisis, leaders must balance inclusion and individuality. Danny Gal explores how belonging can transform leadership and culture.
Read on Duke CE →How vulnerability and authentic connection are the missing ingredients in modern leadership — and why belonging is the key to organisational success.
Read on People Managing People →Listen to the podcast episode published by LID Publishing — Danny Gal in conversation about the book, the empathy crisis, and what belonging really means for leaders.
Listen on Apple Podcasts →A Hebrew-language podcast conversation with Danny Gal about the book, belonging, and the empathy crisis in leadership and society.
Watch on YouTube →Personal perspective on Theory U and how it helps individuals and organizations access deeper sources of knowing and innovation.
Read Article →Written in 2001, exploring the thinking tools and capabilities needed by organizational consultants.
Read Article →A 2005 reflection on different perspectives through which we can view the profession and my own development within it.
Read Article →Written in 2004, applying systems thinking frameworks to understand complex conflicts and their dynamics.
Read Article →Explaining the inner state concept from Theory U — a guide to accessing deeper levels of awareness in leadership and facilitation (2008).
Read Article →A new paradigm in internal organizational service — exploring how internal partnerships drive organizational effectiveness (2003).
Read Article →Globes Leadership Column
Involvement, responsibility, and ongoing dialogue are the new strategy.
Read on Globes →On overload, pressure, and creating work environments that serve people.
Read on Globes →In Israel, a leader saves the situation — not one who prevented it.
Read on Globes →When individual managers don't function productively as a team.
Read on Globes →Navigating leadership transitions and managing organizational change.
Read on Globes →Presenting alternatives to authority contributes to democracy, not undermines it.
Read on Globes →Additional Publications
Whether you're looking for executive coaching, a keynote speaker, or a long-term organizational partner — let's start a conversation.
