Welcome to DK Young Consulting

Damon Young is on a mission to ignite and sustain transformation with his gift for connecting divergent ideas and people.

In 2025 Damon launched DK Young Consulting, a boutique consultancy focused on vision casting and strategy, executive mentoring, and public speaking. Young brings a wide aperture of experiences to view his community of 30 years, including ministry, commercial construction, development (Economic, Community and Workforce) and nonprofit work. He previously served as Chief Business Officer at the Kansas Leadership Center and currently serves as contract CEO for Lead Wichita.

As the board chair of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce in 2022, he was a champion of civic trust through meaningful dialogue. A former All-American collegiate debater, he still loves a good argument, especially if it involves basketball or Star Wars. Young currently serves as the Executive in Residence at Friends University Business School, his alma mater. He is a devoted husband, father of five, poet, and podcast enthusiast who believes in the power of faith, curiosity and hopeful imagination. He’s always looking for ways to inspire, empower, and move people toward a greater vision for themselves, their families, and our communities.

"Damon Young is a rare combination of visionary and executor. He provides immediate clarity, aligns diverse stakeholders, and then develops simple, scalable systems that translate vision into measurable results. He’s a catalyst who fosters momentum without drama, a connector who fosters genuine collaboration, and a disciplined leader who delivers measurable results. Our organization moves faster, communicates more effectively, and achieves more because of Damon’s leadership."

Josh Pearce, Board Chair-Lead Wichita

Damon Young's Blog

Non-Anxious: A practitioner's notes from a year spent building Lead Wichita's network of networks

None of this is only for network leaders or community organizers, either. Almost every leader I talk to these days — running a business, leading a church, managing a team, raising a family — is operating in some version of a gray zone right now: old maps not quite working, new ones not yet drawn. The virtue underneath the blueprint doesn't change by sector, and neither does the invitation. If you're leading anything at all right now, there's a good chance you're already in th

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What Are the 6 D's of Development?

You've heard the metaphor. Leadership is like keeping multiple plates spinning. You run from one wobbling emergency to the next, frantically giving each just enough attention to keep it from crashing. And for a while, this feels like competence—like you're managing the chaos. But here's the problem: it's exhausting. And eventually, your energy runs out. The plates fall. Leaders burn out. Teams fragment. Good work happens in silos but never converges into the kind of transform

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Damon Young's Poetry

Poetry Wizard (2026)

The hat said, “poetry wizard” Quite a turn of phrase

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Go Away -a disciples cry (2026)

Once upon a time, a king came to tell stories Stories of good neighbors and farmers and birds Stories of crops and pearls and merchants Words upon words echo in my ears of the stories he told Stories of David and their Father’s Kingdom coming But first he said, he must go away...

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With sharp insight and signature wit, Damon Young delivers transformative strategies and talks that challenge assumptions and spark meaningful change. Whether advising executives or energizing audiences, Damon brings clarity, depth, and undeniable impact.