WE UTILIZE AN
intersectional approach to address social inequity
PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS
Community & Economic Development
Fostering business retention, impact, expansion and equitable transformation in partnership with residents and community stakeholders.
Workforce Systems Innovation
Designing and implementing process-driven models
for effective workforce development.
Mission Directed Enterprise Development
Identifying and partnering with entrepreneurs and mission-based organizations to create social ventures and impact ecosystems.
Social Impact & Racial Equity Strategy
Developing a collective vision, strategy and action plan for institutional change and measurable social and racial equity outcomes.
KEY SERVICES
KSG works with clients to navigate an intentional approach to assessing systems that promote social inequity:
to evaluate the current system, highlight the difference between how the system says it is meant to function compared to how it actually works, and reveal leverage points for growth and systems change.
KSG works with clients to identify the key connection points and collaborative strategies that promote an added benefit for all. We
We work to show clients that a comprehensive, strategic, and sustained approach to racial equity and justice improves performance and their bottom line.
KSG works to show clients that our social systems are not siloed and that social systems change requires an interconnected, intersectional approach between sectors.
We step the client back and look at the larger ecosystem to identify the value-added intersections of business, academia, community, and governments.
KSG is a consulting firm focused on social systems and impact planning.
With decades of collective experience, the KSG team is uniquely qualified to deliver innovative and sustainable system change strategies.
OUR PROCESS
STEP 1: LANDSCAPE SURVEY
Mapping the ecosystem to identify intersections for equity and social justice initiatives.
STEP 2: IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES
Identifying best practice models for sustainable community engagement and equity sharing.
- Examining roles and initiatives currently being offered by federal and local governments to enable people of color to participate and gain equity in the
industry - Outlining current involvement of organizations working to address the wrongs of prohibition and meaningful change in the criminal justice system
- Highlighting De-Tactics for system adaptation and critical leverage points for real system change
- Identify prospects for innovative workforce solutions that increase employment in the industry
- Utilize ‘process-driven systems’ as a framework to create comprehensive workforce development
infrastructures - Connecting Black and Brown community residents to cannabis industry jobs and career paths
- Identify and recruit more minority-owned businesses into the vertical supply chain
- Combine minimums for purchasing from minority-owned firms with resources to enable supplier development purchasing initiatives.
- Publicly affect and model measurable change in the industry that is documented and will support replication and expansion.
- Achieve diversification through intentionality and strategy practiced at every level of business ownership, leadership, and workforce.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
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