Design leader · Speaker · Facilitator

I build thriving design teams that raise the bar in growing product companies.

Through talks, workshops, and consulting, I help others do the same.

Signature talks, workshops & ideas

Timeless and human ideas worth sharing.

From how we lead ourselves to how we change company culture. Ideas from practice, brought into the room.

Dian speaking beside the words You are stronger than you think

Lead with Strengths

Better leadership starts with self-awareness.

Our greatest strengths can become liabilities when we use them without awareness. Explore how understanding yourself and the people around you creates the conditions for a team to thrive.

Dian speaking to an audience with hands raised

Designing Influence

Make design a stronger force for change.

Good ideas need shared understanding to go anywhere. Discover how design thinking and collaborative decision-making help teams find clarity, build alignment, make better choices together, and even shift company culture.

Mind the Shadow: What frustrates you about a teammate might be exactly what your team needs to perform well

Mind the Shadow

Turn friction into creative alchemy.

What if the rebel in your team is an ally you haven’t learned to understand? Explore the strengths hidden in the behaviours that frustrate us, and turn tension into possibility. From shadow to alchemy: a different way to work with what makes us human.

Dian Wessels

About me

Design leader by trade.
Storyteller by nature.

I create the circumstances that help people do their best creative work together. And the stories I share, inspire others to do the same.

It all starts with being curious. About the individuals in your team, their strengths, their unique perspectives, and what they can contribute. When we create a space where everyone is heard and seen, creative collaboration becomes easy.

Design has always been my craft. Whether visual, narrative, or product design, I’ve done it all, for clients all over the world, and for over two decades. But I firmly believe in the power of collective intelligence. We simply do better work together. That’s why I value my contribution as design leader more than any individual piece I’ve ever created.

My curiosity is the fire in my belly. My stories become fuel for the next generation of creators and design leaders.

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make better together?

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