About

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