About
Our mission is to build a world in which every person lives a life of dignity and meaning. This means focusing our time, energy, and resources on challenges that disproportionately impact people of color and low-income communities. Our passion for our work and our shared sense of responsibility to our community drives everything we do.
We acknowledge and seek to dismantle the institutionalized and systemic racism that have and continue to block communities of color from accessing and benefitting from pathways to prosperity. This means we focus on self-reflection and concrete action, continually improving our hiring practices, professional development, resource allocation, client work, and partnerships with BIPOC-led businesses and organizations in our community.
At Kinetic West, we value:
Anti-racism
We believe strongly that the sustained, intentional, consistent practice of anti-racism must be an integral part of our firm and our work.
Humility
We approach problems and people with a desire to learn from others, a respect for the history of the issues at hand, and a focus on getting to sustained, long-term positive impact informed by those with lived expertise.
Getting started
We believe that the change for our communities can't wait, even though the problems we face are complex. We focus on taking those thoughtful actions that are possible today, always rooted in an understanding of the histories and systems that underlie challenges.
Getting better
We lead with curiosity and are committed to continuous learning. We are always working to improve our firm and our practices.
Outcomes over outputs
We value reader-friendly deliverables, and we believe that our contribution to sustained impact is even more important than any one deliverable.
Holistic thinking
We value rigorous quantitative data, but we don’t place it above other forms of evidence, such as storytelling and lived experience. We focus on elevating evidence that speaks to the holistic needs of the people our work is intended to serve.
Wholeheartedness
We bring our whole hearts and whole selves to our work. We infuse our work with humor, compassion, optimism, empathy, and joy.
Interconnectedness
We approach problems and systems from an assumption of abundance and interconnectedness. Our partners, clients, the social challenges we aim to address, and our own positions and privileges are interconnected and influence our approach to our work and the impact of that work.
Partnership
We embrace the hard conversations and approach our partnerships with transparency and integrity -- we say what we mean and we mean what we say. This supports building meaningful, lasting relationships that our clients, partners, and community can rely on.