Strategic Planning with The Justice Compass
Where Justice Meets Strategy
In today's volatile environment, mission-driven organizations must navigate complexities with precision and purpose. Anchored in our Justice Compass framework, ECI offers strategic planning services that integrate organizational and leadership development with a focus on implementation excellence. Our approach ensures your mission, strategy, and resources are fully aligned to deliver lasting progress and impact.
Our Approach
Our strategic planning methodology, anchored by The Justice Compass, prioritizes:
Justice-Centered Decision-Making: Ensuring every step aligns with systemic equity and justice outcomes.
Inclusive Participation: Amplifying diverse voices and integrating participatory approaches.
Data-Driven Insights: Grounding decisions in both qualitative and quantitative metrics.
Dynamic Adaptation: Ensuring your strategy remains responsive and resilient.
We collaborate with you to co-create a bespoke framework and dynamic strategic plan that reflects your organization and community’s unique vision, challenges, and aspirations.
What is The Justice Compass?
The Justice Compass is our signature strategic planning framework, designed to guide organizations in developing justice-centered, actionable strategies. Rooted in the interwoven principles of democracy, decolonization, and civic engagement, it serves as both a methodology and a mindset.
Navigate systemic complexities with clarity and purpose: Drawing from democratic principles of pluralism, inclusive participation, transparency, and accountability, The Justice Compass helps organizations identify structural barriers, engage diverse stakeholders meaningfully, and chart clear paths forward.
Center justice and equity at every decision point: Grounded in decolonization principles of self-determination, restorative justice, power redistribution, and cultural humility, every strategic choice prioritizes equity, representation, and systemic change.
Embed measurable outcomes tied to organizational and societal change: Through civic engagement principles of active participation and shared responsibility, outcomes are designed to reflect not only organizational growth but also measurable contributions to community well-being.
Adapt dynamically to shifting contexts and emerging priorities: Informed by scenario planning and participatory governance practices, organizations are equipped to remain responsive, resilient, and aligned with their core purpose.
Through The Justice Compass, your strategic plan becomes a living guide—not just a document—driving sustainable progress.
What You Gain
A Clear, Actionable Strategic Roadmap
Develop a dynamic plan that aligns with your mission and long-term objectives, featuring measurable goals and effective resource allocation for maximum impact.
Organizational Alignment
Redesign organizational structures, where necessary, to improve efficiency, effectiveness, mission delivery, and communication and position your team for success.
Leadership Alignment and Development
Unify your leadership team around a shared vision, fostering cohesive decision-making and accountability. We offer leadership development opportunities, including leadership coaching and academies, aligned with your strategic plan to empower leaders at all levels.
Maximized Resources
Identify and reallocate resources to areas of highest impact, ensuring efficient and effective use for maximum return on investment.
Our Strategic Planning Services include:
Organizational Capacity Assessments: Assess internal strengths, gaps, and opportunities to guide leadership and organizational development.
External Landscape Analysis: Evaluate external factors, including policy shifts, funding trends, community needs, and sector-wide challenges, to ensure strategies are responsive to broader systemic dynamics and emerging opportunities.
Co-Designed Justice Compass Framework: Build a bespoke strategic framework anchored in your organization’s mission and measurable, justice-centered outcomes.
Scenario Planning and Adaptive Strategies: Anticipate change and build resilience with scenario-driven planning.
Clear, Actionable Roadmap: Develop a dynamic plan with built-in reflection and adaptation processes.
Strategic Delivery Coordination: Oversee and deliver key projects to ensure excellence in the implementation of your strategic plan.
Evaluation and Participatory Action Research (PAR): Use data-driven, community-led insights for continuous improvement.
Why Choose ECI?
At ECI, our strategic planning isn’t just about creating a plan—it’s about creating a pathway to systemic change.
We focus on justice-centered outcomes from the outset.
We prioritize participatory methodologies that empower stakeholders.
We integrate adaptive tools and processes to ensure ongoing responsiveness.
We center community voices and lived experiences in every phase.
With ECI's integrated approach, your strategic plan becomes a living document that bridges the idealistic with the pragmatic, ensuring your organization is poised for sustainable, justice-centered progress.