Seven dimensions, applied before the first draft.
Most equity work is a review at the end. Ours is a design step at the beginning — the same seven questions asked of every deliverable, decision, and meeting.
JEDI-CAB
Four active drivers — Justice, Equity, Dignity, Inclusion — operate inside a Culture of Accessibility and Belonging. Without the outer ring, the inner four stay aspirational.
Does this repair a harm or reproduce one? Who set the rules being followed?
Are resources and attention allocated by need, not by who asked loudest?
Would the people described here recognize themselves, and feel respected?
Who is at the table, and did they arrive before or after the decision?
The unwritten rules of the institution — named, so they can be examined.
Reading level, format, language, timing. Can everyone actually use this?
The baseline, not the reward. People contribute when they know they're expected.
What an engagement looks like week to week
A repeatable cadence so the client always knows what happens next and what it will cost.
- Week 0
Pre-flight
Audience, beneficiaries, cost-bearers, and reading level defined before anything is drafted. Ends with a Proceed / Resolve-gap / Redesign call.
- Weeks 1–2
Discovery and plan
Stakeholder interviews, document review, and a one-page plan with scope, roles, milestones, and the decision log started.
- Weekly
Check-in
Four pillars every time: action plan, current state, future structure, agreements. Thirty minutes, written up the same day.
- Per milestone
Deliverable review
Facts-only verification, asset-framing sweep, and a JEDI-CAB checkpoint before anything leaves the building.
- Close
Knowledge transfer
Everything handed over in the client's own systems, with a runbook the next person can follow without us.