About Derick Carter
Introducing a Heart-Centered Approach
Incorporating a collaborative, heart-centered style with experiential tools and proven strategies, I guide organizations, communities and individuals to discover new ways of being and working together to become effective change agents, social leaders and positive catalysts.
Derick Carter brings 25 years of experience as an advisor, facilitator, consultant, and coach, working with diverse individuals, teams, and organizations across industries and life stages—guiding complex journeys, facilitating immersive workshops, teaching practical and relational skills, and supporting pivotal transitions and sustained growth initiatives. A longtime Open Heart Meditation guide, Derick brings presence, insight, and care to every Circle and interaction. Born in Japan and raised in Connecticut, he lives in Maryland with his wife and three children, embracing a heart-centered life rooted in curiosity and connection.
“I so appreciate Derick’s presence, his vulnerability, his voice, his generous respectful listening, his leadership, and his spirit.”
— Heather Ueckert, Program Manager at REI
What is your building process?
I accompany clients on a wide variety of transformational journeys and together, we uncover their purpose, explore new possibilities, build workable paths forward, and solve challenges that inevitably arise along the way. We accomplish their goals through one-on-one and group coaching, training and customized support.
Who do you work with?
Partnering with individuals and groups committed to achieving change, I work with executives, entrepreneurs, current and future social leaders and change agents, elite athletes, networks, self-governing communities, caused-based groups, and committed teams that are interested in forming self-organized communities.
What are your areas of focus?
I specialize in the areas of authentic collaboration and decision making, organizational transformation, shared experiential “circle” learning, system design by experiment / experience, emerging strategy, scalable and localized open-source solutions, heart-centered leadership training, open space facilitation, and self-organization.
“Simply put, you will likely not find another practitioner in the world with the combination of integrity, knowledge, experience, and care than Derick Carter.”
— Lee Watts, strength and conditioning specialist and former NCAA D1 All-American and
US Olympic Trials qualifier
Hi, I’m Derick.
Please get in touch and introduce yourself! I look forward to meeting you. Let’s explore building your vision together.
“'Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
— Harriet Tubman