David Swenson

David Swenson is a Professor of Management in the School of Business & Technology at The College of St. Scholastica. His research interests include organizational learning systems, neuromarketing, corporate ethics, competitive strategy, and leadership development. He serves as advisor for the Outing Club and BC Fly Fishing Club.

Professionally certified as an American Canoe Association Level V WW Canoe Instructor Trainer and Wilderness First Responder, Swenson integrates experiential learning into his pedagogical approach. His influential readings focus on systems thinking (Senge's The Fifth Discipline), historical narratives of resilience (Brown's Under a Flaming Sky), competitive strategy (Magretto's Understanding Michael Porter), consumer behavior (Lindstrom's Buy-ology), and corporate ethics (Boddy's Corporate Psychopaths).