David van der Leer, is a forecaster, educator, moderator, researcher, strategist, and writer. David’s passion is reinventing the institutions and public spaces of yesterday—and dreaming up the most inspirational institutions of tomorrow—through excellent design and interdisciplinary programs. David founded DVDL in 2018 after having worked and consulted with institutions, government agencies, corporations, and individuals for 15 years. Born and raised in The Netherlands, David is a graduate of Erasmus University Rotterdam, and of the High Impact Leadership program at Columbia University’s Business School. Portrait (C) Marcus MorrisAbout DVDL: DVDL is an agency of innovators and strategists working at the intersection of cultural analysis and human behavior. We use our expertise to develop strategies, models, and concepts that bring the future of your community, city, corporation, or cultural institution into focus. We help you understand how to guide your work towards people, and the issues that they hold dear. And we help you become increasingly agile through future-proofing strategies that you can implement today so that you can navigate what tomorrow brings.In the past, you might have called us museum planners or place-makers. And yes, we do that work. But we think all organizations should, at their core, be about people first. That is why we keep our ears to the ground, so that you can make sense of current trends as they develop, rather playing the game of perpetual catch-up. Whether that is for you as a museum, architect, brand, neighborhood, or public space: we can help.