ARE YOU READY TO TRANSFORM YOUR DESIGN PRACTICE AND LEAD YOUR ORGANIZATION TOWARD EQUITY AND INCLUSION?
Create Impact by Design,
Lead with Purpose
The Design for Identity Collective Mastermind offers an exclusive opportunity for leaders and decision-makers in the design and creative industries to embrace cultural competence and evolve their practices for meaningful and sustainable impact.
Why Join the Design for Identity Collective?
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After making significant DEI pledges in 2020, many have struggled to deliver on those promises.
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Some have designated someone to handle DEI but lack clarity on what success looks like for that role.
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DEI efforts are siloed, with minimal connection to actual design practices.
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Even organizations talking a good game about DEI haven’t figured out how to embed inclusive design within their own processes.
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Concepts of DEI often fail to resonate because they aren’t made applicable or actionable within the context of design.
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Many made pledges to act but don’t know where to go from there, lacking strategies or plans for progress.
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It’s a challenge to find someone to be vulnerable with who understands both DEI and design.
THE COLLECTIVE MASTERMIND
Our Vision & Purpose
You’ll gain a safe space to experiment, share experiences, and learn from peers while exploring actionable strategies to integrate equity and inclusion into your work.
The mastermind provides a supportive and innovative space where leaders can:
PROCESS
Process mindset and behavior shifts necessary to embrace cultural competence.
EVOLVE
Evolve their design practices to create equitable outcomes for historically excluded communities.
DEVELOP
Develop accountability and confidence to lead transformative, sustainable change.
SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE
TRANSFORMATION YOU CAN EXPECT
• Gain a new perspective on the power of inclusive design.
• Understand your pivotal role in fostering equitable outcomes.
• Confidently lead your organization to design with equity and inclusion as core principles.
• Move from intent to measurable, actionable impact.
• Understand and realize the value of cultural competence as a competitive advantage.
FOR DESIGN PRACTICE LEADERS
Who should join?
This mastermind is for:
Leaders and decision-makers in design and creative industries.
Professionals dedicated to evolving their practices to embrace cultural competence.
Individuals seeking tools, strategies, and accountability to implement equitable design practices.
YOUR Challenges Addressed:
Limited understanding of cultural competence as a business imperative.
Lack of strategies to integrate equitable practices into your organization.
Hesitation to embrace transformative thinking and behaviors.
WHAT TO EXPECT
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Core Themes Covered
8 months, 2 hour sessions monthly
Session Format: Workshops, activities from a digital workbook, accountability check-ins, and insights from industry experts.
• Cultural Competence as a Business Imperative
• The Cultural Competence Shift: Mindset, Environment, and Behavior
• Evaluating and Evolving the Design Process
• Individual Behaviors
• Group/Organizational Shifts
• Defining Your Plan
• Leading Change
• Making It Stick
YOUR MASTERMIND LEADER
JESSICA BANTOM
Jessica Bantom is a trailblazing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) practitioner, interior design consultant, and speaker.
Jessica’s mission is to help designers increase their cultural competence, empowering them to create spaces that truly honor humanity. As an Equity leader in the AEC space, she’s an engaged advocate dedicated to advancing DEIB within the design industry.
Jessica is also the author of Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World, where she explores actionable ways to create meaningful outcomes for historically excluded communities.
MASTERMIND TOOLS
your experience
Engage Beyond the Sessions
Platform: Connect through our community platform.
Activities: Weekly challenges, accountability partnerships, and peer-led discussions.
Tools & Resources
Digital workbook, templates, and guides for accountability and planning.
Reading
Recommended reading list to keep you engaged and actionable.
PRICING
What’s Included?
FULL INVESTMENT
$15,000
PAY-IN-FULL
For the first cohort, tailored for design leaders.
BEST VALUE
PAYMENT PLAN
$5,500
THREE MONTHLY PAYMENTS
ADD ONS
$275
1:1 COACHING SESSION
Exclusive Bonuses
One-on-one coaching sessions available during office hours once per month.
Downloadable resources and tools.
Ongoing community access post-mastermind (for an additional fee).
UNPARALLELED VALUE
THE COLLECTIVE MASTERMIND
Through transformational outcomes, expert facilitation, and tangible tools, the mastermind ensures participants achieve their goals and make lasting changes in their organizations.
READY TO JOIN US?
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Your journey toward impactful, equitable design leadership begins here. Enrollment is open for a limited time, and spots are filling quickly. Don’t miss this chance to transform your practice and lead with purpose.