Commitments

We embrace a set of mutually reinforcing practices.

Foster Collaboration

As your collaborating partner, we identify allies, explore opportunities to align work, and suggest practical mechanisms to make collaboration a sustained practice.

Build on Assets

Grounded in an “appreciative inquiry” mindset, we identify what’s already working and build on those strengths to increase impact.

Listen Deeply

Our data-grounded processes invite complexity by actively soliciting different points of view, probing what underlies them, and proposing solutions that honor multiple perspectives.

Question Power to Advance Equity

In service of the organization’s specific agenda, we help identify ways it can build, wield, and share power, recognizing equity as both a process and a goal of systemic change.

Balance Practical Support with Long-term Thinking

Systemic change takes time. We provide practical guidance to advance short- and mid-term objectives, while encouraging approaches that envision a longer timespan for realizing sustainable results.

Demonstrate Respect

We strive for transparent, honest, and compassionate exchange in all our communications with clients and their stakeholders. We deliver promised goods on time, on budget, and at the very highest level of quality. Working with integrity is the best way we know to demonstrate respect for our partners who are driving important work for the greater good.