How to change the world with your brand, with David Hieatt, founder of Howies, The Do Lectures and Hiut Denim

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Personal Journals

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

“There are 18 inches between your head and your heart,” David tells us, as he seeks to demystify what it means to be a truly connected brand.

A mission-led entrepreneur, David Hieatt is a real visionary with extraordinary business agility. Founder of Howies, The Do Lectures, and Hiut Denim, he encourages all of us to challenge the story of who we are, who we can be, and how each of us can shape and change the world.

With a quiet passion and power, David continually pushes new boundaries, inspiring millions of people globally through his work with The Do Lectures and reinvigorating traditional skills in manufacturing with his denim factory in Cardigan, Wales.

This is a man who sees a way where others don't, whose creative vision never ceases to amaze, and someone who has helped countless brands do better and matter more.

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0:00.0	David Hyatt founder of how he's the due lectures and Hyatt denim. David has always been
0:07.5	leagues ahead of his time and what a conversation that was. It really spoke to me for so many reasons,
0:16.8	but I think what grabbed my heart was his understanding of human connection,
0:23.9	where he speaks about 18 inches between our heart and our mind.
0:30.1	And there are only a few brands understand how to connect. And it was one of those moments I
0:36.4	realised I have so much to learn and how wonderful it was that I am a student to all these incredible
0:45.6	founders such as David. You're going to need your tissues for the letter. Let that just be a warning.
0:52.5	Enjoy. I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration. Back in 2006 I founded
1:07.4	Not on the High Street from my kitchen table and since then I've gone on to launch Holly and Co.
1:13.3	I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative Small Businesses and I believe that having a business doing
1:18.8	what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help everybody start theirs.
1:25.8	I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement and in my view the best way
1:32.8	to do this is by sharing stories. So I've reached out to my favourite small businesses,
1:38.9	entrepreneurs and those who simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs. Here are my conversations
1:46.5	of inspiration. David what a pleasure it is to meet you. Finally I have been doing a summer
1:54.4	clear out of all my books and I just wanted to let you know that the do books have a completely
2:01.2	separate shelf in my home office now because I have so many of them but it is an amazing moment
2:08.2	to be actually speaking to the person who invented them. My pleasure and I mean all creates
2:14.2	a Miranda because she went and run the do book company I just had maybe the initial idea but I
2:19.0	helped her and she run with it and so good kudos to her really. Now life's been a little long lately
2:26.0	hasn't it 18 months of this pandemic I keep seeing these wonderful photos on your Instagram
2:31.6	from your farm in Wales and it looks like a pretty idyllic place and you've just mentioned
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