Who is Dion?
An organizational architect, coach, and educator focused on how work is designed and how people grow within it.
Guiding Principles
Better work design is more effective than chasing "top talent."
Most teams already have the talent they need. What they lack is clarity, structure, and rhythm.
Leadership is not who you are. Leadership is the conditions you create.
Equity isn't a program or initiative. It's a byproduct of how work is designed.
The Journey to Work Design & Orchestral Leadership
I started my career in public service, exploring how companies could use volunteerism to expand their capacity.
Then I joined the New York City Department of Education, leading employee experience and DEI within one of the largest and most complex systems in the country.
From there, I moved into tech—building coaching and development products at Bravely, then leading Diversity, Equity, and Belonging work at Chime.
Yet, after more than a decade of building organizational systems across government and tech, I recognized the same pattern:
Companies over-invested in chasing superheroes, soloists, and 10x talent.
They under-invested in work design, manager effectiveness, and coordination.
They tried to reorganize, hire, and fire their way out of structural issues.
Yet retention, performance, and innovation continued to stagnate.
These patterns led me to ask: What if we focused on the conditions for success rather than expecting superhuman leaders to save teams?
Now I'm building the Orchestral Leadership model, blending leadership coaching and organizational design to shift how managers lead and how work is structured.