Our Vision
New Outlook | New Opportunities
Changing Perspectives takes a Human-Centered Design approach to consulting. The focus is on empathically solving problems through a process of uncovering issues related to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusivity faced by those who've been historically excluded (e.g., people who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latin/x/e, AAPI, and low-income) and continually dealing with markers of oppression; specifically, with post-secondary institutions, mental health institutions, and any businesses looking to improve outcomes and relations. We're in the business of generating ideas, and creating tangible solutions to problems that have a positive long-term impact on the historically excluded.
Our CEO sitting on C2E2 panel discussing trauma and comic books with Mark Waid, Pat O’Connor PhD, and Vanessa Hintz PsyD
1-2-3’s of D.E.I.
1. Consider whether DIVERSITY is simply a component of your motto, or is it a truly LIVED value of the company. If your lowest ranked|paid staffers are diverse, but leadership is predominantly White, Cis, heterosexual, etc., then reconsider how diversity truly shows up in the workplace.
2. Equality is the bare minimum. Giving an apple to both a starving man and someone with more food on their plate than they can consume is equality. Setting a system in which the marginalized have the ability to purchase and consume what they need in order to thrive in the same system that allows someone else to consume more than enough is a push toward EQUITY.
3. Who’s in the room when decisions are made, especially when those decisions mostly impact the underserved? Again, consider #1; if everyone looks the same and identifies in the same way, how can you ensure that the needs of others are actually being considered? How can you make space for others to speak for their community, rather than the privileged speaking for them (usually based on assumption)? INCLUSIVE spaces are key to ensuring the needs of all are prioritized.
CHC attendees discussing the importance of community building and mental health within the Black community and Latinx community.
It’s what we do…
Changing Perspectives LLC creates person and organization specific initiatives to address your growth edges related to long-term initiatives and policies that provide diverse, equitable, and inclusive work spaces; enhances your brand's reputation; allows you to better understand the needs of your employee(s); and prioritizes your ability to be intentional about creating an environment that allows you to meet the needs of a changing professional landscape.
- Leila Ellis-Nelson, Psy.D. | CEO & Consultant
