Unlocking Stuck Teams
Dynamic times are changing how we build and operate, embracing AI-enabled tools, macroeconomic factors, and competitive dynamics. You may have a solid strategy, but your teams are stuck figuring out how to apply it.
That’s where I come in.
I design and facilitate workshops that help teams get clarity, make decisions, and move forward. Whether you’re rethinking workflows, navigating AI integration, or aligning around a roadmap, I’ll help you turn uncertainty into action.
What a Great Workshop Can Do
When teams stall, it’s usually not from lack of effort. It’s from lack of alignment, unclear ownership, or fast-moving changes (like AI) that existing processes can’t keep up with.
A workshop gives your team:
- focused time
- structured conversations
- real decisions (without the endless meetings)
With 20+ years of experience leading design, product, and innovation activities, I bring the right structure, speed, and facilitation skill to help you make progress where it counts.
Workshops I’ve Led
🔍 AI-Powered Innovation
Client: McKinsey & Company (employed)
Helped global teams leverage AI to better deliver product and operational value. Teams left with new innovation directions, aligned priorities, pilot plans, and clear ownership.
🔍 Cybersecurity Compliance and Ethics
Client: McKinsey & Company (employed)
Helped a distributed team of global cyber security experts identify opportunities to streamline software management, integrate futureproof capabilities, and optimize workflows. Teams left with new, aligned priorities, agreements on prioritization, and ownership of next steps.
🧭 Strategic Planning Intensive
Client: Mosaic
Led product and leadership teams through growth planning and tradeoff decisions. Outcome: a six-month roadmap with buy-in from engineering, product, and design.
🔧 Design Team Reset
Client: Creative Market
Worked with an underperforming design team to reset roles, rituals, and workflows. Helped drive a 40% boost in conversion by aligning design with product goals.
Why David
- Neutral facilitator with executive experience
David speaks product, design, and business fluently—and helps them align. - Not just ideas—action
Every workshop ends with decisions made, owners assigned, and next steps set. - Built for your reality
Custom formats that fit your goals, constraints, and team dynamics.
Trusted by Teams At
- McKinsey & Company
- Creative Market
- Mosaic Financial
- Renovate America
- LivingSocial
- United Way
- National Science Foundation
Let’s Build Your Next Workshop
Workshops can be remote or in-person. Sessions range from half-day intensives to multi-day planning sprints. Each one is designed to meet you where you are—and get you where you’re trying to go.
📍 Based in San Diego | 🌐 Available remotely
📩 david.panarelli@gmail.com