Engineering, Mental Health & Building Greenwood - with David Fulton S2E29

What does it take to build reliable systems, a growing renewable energy business, and a meaningful life at the same time?  In this episode, we sit down with David Fulton, one of Greenwood Solutions' earliest team members, to explore a remarkable journey through engineering, Germany, BMW, renewable energy, business systems, mental health and the early days of Greenwood. From pulling apart vacuum cleaners as a child and training in Wing Chun, to studying engineering in Melbourne and Munich, working inside BMW's research and development centre, and helping build Greenwood from a spare bedroom, David's story is honest, technical and deeply human. We discuss grid applications, interface protection, Grid Safe, ISO management systems, Airtable, artificial intelligence, quality, process improvement, bipolar disorder, NDIS support and why the people closest to us often matter more than the biggest problems in the world.   What we cover:  ✅ Growing up with an engineering mindset ✅ Martial arts, discipline and instinct ✅ Studying and working in Germany ✅ Life inside BMW research and development ✅ Mental health, bipolar disorder and recovery ✅ Becoming Greenwood's first employee ✅ The early days of Grid Safe and grid applications ✅ Why reliable processes create quality ✅ ISO 9001 and integrated management systems ✅ Using Airtable and AI to build business tools ✅ Where renewable energy and data centres may be heading ✅ Empathy, compassion and helping the people around us