Dr. Kimberly Butler Willis and her partners at Goodstock Consulting are working to create health equity by taking a strategic approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that starts with humanity and common ground.
Dr. Willis is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Goodstock Consulting, which she was inspired to create after losing a family member in Charleston’s Emanuel Nine shooting in 2015.
In this conversation, Dr. Willis tells us:
- About meeting clients where they are and learning where they want to go
- Why it’s important to focus on existing strengths, and not focus on deficits
- Looking for the humanity in everyone – even the “red lights”
- How relationships can drive change
- Working from the points of Appreciative Inquiry, Human-Centered Design, & Edutainment leads to transformative results
- About the 3-tiers of connection
Goodstock Consulting, an organization that is helping create systemic changes within the companies they work with, in order to create equitable, long-term health impacts for the communities they serve.
Learn more about Goodstock Consulting: https://www.goodstockconsulting.com
Connect with Dr. Kim Butler Willis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-b-willis-phd-ches-cdp-312b755b/
Topical time codes:
00:00 – Video starts
00:32 – About Goodstock Consulting
2:22 – Meeting clients where they are
3:36 – 3 theories that guide the work
7:13 – Starting points for change
9:01 – Red, yellow, green lights
10:27 – Encountering red lights
12:16 – Reconnecting with humanity
15:14 – Advice to patients seeking care
16:37 – 3 tiers of connection
18:04 – Practice makes permanent
20:41 – Quintuple Aim & importance of a framework
23:22 – Wellness over profit
