Thought Leadership

Learning to Hear the Communities You Serve

Serving communities is only effective if your organization has a deep understanding of those communities’ values, assets, and needs.

Learning from Tech Failure can Strengthen your Virtual Facilitation

Organizations are plagued with technical issues every day, but with every hardship comes a teachable lesson.

CEOs Chat: Partnering in a Time of Crisis

Partnering comes naturally when two organizations have similar values. DeYoung Consulting Service (DYCS) and The Improve Group (IG) have...

Virtual Tool for a new Virtual Reality

A boardroom filled with executives around a table, watching a presentation. A company’s employees huddled in small groups, participating...

Creating Meaningful Connections with Clients and Colleagues in an Overly Connected World

The constant inundation of technological communication that COVID-19 has induced can be overwhelming, leaving us with minimal mental space..

The World through our Eyes: DYCS Journal Entries

This is probably something that happens to you too. When I walk down the sidewalk and see someone down the block walking toward me...

Strength through Community during Adversity

In recent days, many writers have drawn parallels between today’s economic adversity and the Great Depression of 1929.

Possibility Thinking in a Pandemic Moment

One silver lining that has remained consistent during the gloom of this COVID-19 crisis is the support I’ve received (and given) from...

A Diverse Vision of Effective Leadership

Much of my work involves gathering insights from communities of color and reporting those insights to organizations who wish to partner...