Hello!
I am David Westerlund and I delight in listening to the aspirations of leaders and helping them unlock hidden resources by facilitating meaningful engagement. This unleashes innovation, and leads to resilient, supportive, joyful, and agile workplace cultures that allow organizations to have greater momentum and impact towards their mission. My work as a consultant, designer/facilitator, and coach is informed by the philosophy and practice of Liberating Structures and Applied Improvisation, both of which remind us that there is a lot of wisdom in the room, and amplify our ability to tap into that and experience collective synergy.
I believe that in order to solve the complex problems we are facing we must be collaborative and intentionally develop skills of presence, agility, relating, collaboration, and creativity.
Clients I’ve worked with
A Rocha Canada
ASCO – Association of California Symphony Orchestras
AFP/Advancement NW
Bastyr University
BPS – Bellingham Public Schools
Campfire Central Puget Sound
Catholic Community Services
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church
CHCC -Christian Health Care Center, Lynden (WA)
City of Bellingham (WA)
City of Westminster, Public Works (CO)
College Success Foundation
DSHS – Adult Protective Services
DVSAS (Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services) of Whatcom County
ELCA, NW Synod
Encore.org
Friendship House
Health Care Education Association
Kulshan Community Land Trust
KUMC – University of Kansas Medical Center
Lighthouse Mission
Lydia Place
New Earth Recovery
NWRC – Northwest Regional Council
Opportunity Council
Peace Health
Roche Pharmaceuticals
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lincoln (NE)
Skagit Valley College faculty
Skagit Valley College Foundation
Snohomish Domestic Violence Services
Southern Wesleyan University – One Life (intensive student leadership program)
US Department of Agriculture – Center for Training and Development
United Way of King County (Seattle) – Development team
Western Oregon University Foundation
Whatcom Land Trust
Whatcom County Health and Community Services
Whatcom County Public Defenders Office
WWU IDEA Institute