About Monkey One
Monkey One is a boutique agency that provides leadership and performance coaching to individuals and organisations.
Through the integration of business leadership, performance coaching, and AI-driven capability, we help people and organisations improve how they make decisions, communicate, and execute. This approach strengthens both human performance and the systems that support consistent results.
We look at you as a whole — your mindset, energy, focus, and the environment you work within — because real progress comes from within. When these elements work together, clarity increases, influence grows, and capacity expands without overwhelm.
Our role is to help people and organisations operate with steadiness and intent. We support effective thinking, purposeful action, and working environments where teams can progress with clarity and consistency.
Meet the Team
David Ashdown
Founder - Monkey One
Throughout my journey, I’ve been guided by incredible mentors and coaches who’ve helped me grow not just as a leader, but as a person. Now, through this boutique coaching practice, I have the privilege to give back — working closely with individuals who want to reach their full potential.
For the past three years, Mike Irving has been my coach. His teachings on communication and centred breathing have reshaped how I lead, think, and live — revealing the power of breath and clarity in every moment.
I am an OpenEXO consultant and advocate, applying exponential organisation principles to help leaders and businesses scale with clarity and intent.
Monkey One partners with Advanced Business Abilities to deliver world-class, evidence-based tools and frameworks that transform insight into measurable, real-world results.
Central to this is Predictor Profiles — a data-driven assessment and proprietary platform licensed by Advanced Business Abilities and operated by Monkey One. Predictor Profiles provides a structured starting point for engagement, using behavioural and performance data to identify blind spots, internal resistance, and performance constraints that may not be immediately visible. This creates a clear, objective evaluation baseline and enables targeted, outcome-focused development from the outset.
https://advancedbusinessabilities.com/
Through David Ashdown’s certification as an OpenExO consultant, Monkey One integrates the Exponential Organisations framework into its advisory work — applying proven exponential principles to drive measurable organisational performance.