👋 Hello, I'm
Laurel Chądzyński

I work with mission-driven organizations, nonprofits, and diverse stakeholder groups to facilitate radical collaboration to solve shared challenges. A licensed Architect with a penchant for challenging the status quo, I draw on systems thinking and values-based strategy to support initiatives creating lasting impact.

🌀 Facilitation & Alignment

I design and lead workshops that help participants navigate complexity, find clarity, and move forward with shared purpose.

📚 Education & Strategy

I create and deliver content that builds knowledge, shifts mindsets, and motivates people to act with intention.

🏗️ Built Environment Insight

I offer extensive experience with the dynamic interplay of relationships and responsibilities that make up our industry.

Welcome to Loom and Lever - my passion project.

I believe our systems are in need of a change, and it's one we must build together.

To change existing systems, we need to shape new tools and develop new ways of collaborating outside of the corporate structures that keep us in silos. This belief has pulled me to explore new ways of being in service to the world, starting with founding my own consultancy, Loom and Lever LLC.I am a dot connector, a web weaver, and a strategic thinker. I am energized by bringing diverse stakeholders together to ideate solutions to big, shared challenges. Loom and Lever allows me to work outside of traditional organizational boundaries, weaving together different perspectives and relationships and identifying leverage points in the intersections - where small shifts can make big changes.

I’m currently refining how I present the different threads of my work — and I’d love your perspective. If we’ve worked together or crossed paths professionally, I’d be grateful for your reflections.

share your perspective

I work through a variety of organizations to advance key initiatives:

circular
economy

As the co-founder of the Boston Carbon Leadership Forum's Reuse subcommittee, I helped develop the first Reuse Roadmap for Boston in 2022, outlining key actions various stakeholders throughout the built environment can take to contribute to more circular pathways for building materials.

I am currently open to opportunities to further support the development of a circular economy for building materials in the greater Boston area. Let's connect!

material
transparency

As VP of Engagement at Mindful Materials, I focus on expanding relationships with the nonprofit's diverse community of built environment stakeholders. This engagement helps strengthen industry alignment, enabling the wide-scale adoption of a Common Materials Framework and leading to proliferation of sustainable product and material choices.

Looking for a moderator, panelist, or keynote speaker to bring the topic of transparency to your organization? Reach out!

peer
learning

Through organizations like Mindful Materials and Green Commons Peer Networks, I create opportunities for building industry professionals to engage in learning and professional development in pre-competitive settings, with an intention of propagating lessons learned and best practices to drive continued improvement in our industry.

Feeling stuck or isolated in your career? A group of likeminded professionals could give you some great inspiration. What are you most passionate about?