the future of DEI is integrated. scalable. personal. sustainable. ideascape.

DEI leaders and their teams are building the future. We’re here to help.

our services

Explore the ways we help DEI organizations build capability, impact, and credibility with key stakeholders.

our process

See how we design and manage high-performance collaborations with DEI teams through “A Year in the Life with ideascape.”

our clients

Learn more about the DEI leaders who rely on us to fill crucial strategy and capability gaps as a go-to thought partner and "on-demand" research and planning resource.

our services

ideascape’s services provide strategic perspectives and practical management support to executives working to amplify DEI organizations’ impact by building new types of value-based relationships within their companies and employing new types of practices. Our approach to this work centers on six challenges at the heart of DEI management:

Promoting clarity, focus, and alignment
Enabling innovation and experimentation
Supporting quality assurance and risk management
Making the most of outside resources
Developing the organization
Ensuring operating leverage and sustainability

strategic planning & performance management support

Gain confidence in your overall DEI strategy by working with us to validate goals, link DEI initiatives and programs explicitly to key priorities, identify areas where others must contribute, build-in leveraged support, and measure progress.

on-demand issue briefs

Make better decisions faster and communicate more effectively with key internal and external stakeholders with our timely, quick-hit analysis of critical issues and emerging developments in the dynamic DEI space.

vendor pre-screening

Reduce your vendor selection time and lower the risk of poor fit or underperformance by having us perform the early stages of due diligence, including initial information collection, profiling, and first-pass scoring.

expert networks

Exchange strategic perspectives, share management tips, and build new professional relationships with other DEI experts and practitioners through our networking introductions and facilitated meet-ups.

DEI idea flow & practice profiles

Find new opportunities to amplify or accelerate your DEI impact by reviewing our summaries of outside-the-box management practices from other progressive companies and screening them for “fit” inside your own organization.

our process

Our process is different because our purpose is different. ideascape’s purpose isn’t merely to publish periodic best practice blog posts or research studies (typical of media or information services companies) or to provide point solutions for specific types of problems (common for project-based consultants and tech suppliers). Instead, we work closely with DEI leaders to synchronize service delivery with their teams’ workflows across the year—coordinating our resources to provide just-in-time decision support where and when it matters most. This means we engage with clients in a combination of ways that is both unusual and unusually valuable.

a year in the life with ideascape

jan

to start: discovery sessions & team dashboards

We focus on the big picture– company-level goals, DEI organization commitments and priorities, timelines for key DEI initiatives, programs and senior management updates, and relationship and organizational development goals.

mar

for projects: kickoff meetings & owner check-ins

We provide external perspectives on important projects, jumpstart conversations about success and risk factors, highlight resource requirements and dependencies, propose ways to measure and communicate about performance, and offer 1-on-1 brainstorming sessions.

may

for DEI brand discussions: Diversity Brand Audit

Whether it’s for an internal discussion or a larger collaboration with Marketing, our DEI Brand Audit reveals brand visibility and reputational lift of your DEI efforts across four key audiences, giving you the opportunity to align public perception and reality.

jul

for executive committee meetings: business case preparation

ideascape is here to help you advocate for your plans, building compelling business cases that anticipate stakeholder
concerns and withstand scrutiny. Ultimately, we shorten time to approval and time to delivery.

sept

for capability-building: team briefings

We expose DEI teams to senior-level issues relevant to DEI and help them put their day-to-day work in a larger, more strategic context.

nov

for new ideas: peer benchmarking

Leverage our ability to facilitate peer benchmarking discussions so that you can better understand what other companies with similar questions and strategic priorities are doing.

dec

for budget-setting season: performance assessment

When it comes time to evaluate your current approaches and consider changes, we step in to help you frame your decision. Use our thought partnership and team extension capabilities to resolve questions of adequacy and avoid hindsight.

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“Your team has been incredibly helpful. We appreciate your thought partnership—it really feels great to have someone with a strategic, outside perspective who can think things through with us. We expect a lot and can be tough critics, but your shop has always delivered and been quite impressive. Thank you!”

CDO, F500 Technology Company

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client renewal rate

“As we plan for next year, I’ve added you [ideascape] to our budget and I told the team that it is non-negotiable. The insight and support you provide to me and the team is invaluable.”

CDO, F500 Retail Company

our clients

We work across industries and DEI team size, acting as thought partners and extensions of the team. Membership seats are unlimited and we offer 24/7 access to our support.

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