What is it?
Jumpstart Pathway is a four-session, self-paced online curriculum for organizational leaders working to create a company-wide JEDI committee that up-levels our website toolkit to provide a greater sense of accountability for prioritizing JEDI work within your organization.
Our platform will guide you through the first five steps of our 10-step JEDI journey framework and will require you to upload proof of completion for major steps including creating a JEDI committee, writing a JEDI statement, identifying commitments your company will work on which will tee you up for developing an action plan that will help you drive organizational change.
What you’ll learn
Our virtual learning platform will help you jumpstart your J.E.D.I commitments by guiding you through the beginning of your JEDI journey. In four short sessions you will complete the following steps:
Step 1
Engage leadership
To authentically support this work, organizational leadership should understand and commit to the larger, systemic goals that are inherent in the process. It is especially important that the CEO/Executive team prioritize and advocate for the planned shift.
Step 2
Design supportive infrastructure & create a J.E.D.I committee
JEDI isn’t an outcome, it’s a lens through which we view all of our work. To ensure adoption of this philosophy, we need to include diverse and representative voices from across the organization to help define the facets of your lens. Creating a JEDI committee consisting of employees across hierarchies and identities who opt in to help guide this work will ensure that planning and implementation for each commitment is relevant to each team member.
Step 3
Establish a shared understanding of J.E.D.I
All employees need to have a basic understanding of what JEDI means and how it supports your company and its mission - including understanding that there may be uncomfortable moments for some individuals and groups and that that is o.k. Working through this discomfort results in better outcomes for everybody.
Step 4
Craft your J.E.D.I statement
The JEDI statement serves as a foundational document: giving staff clear guidance and communicating to customers, community partners, suppliers, distributors, and the public what they can expect.
Step 5
Identify your commitments
We focus on three main commitment areas: Culture, Consumer and Communities. Within each commitment area you’ll find examples of specific J.E.D.I commitments you can make, along with action steps to bring those commitments to fruition.
What you’ll gain
Jumpstart Pathway participants will:
- learn the what, why and how of JEDI
- learn the basics of unconscious bias
- learn the components of and craft a company jedi statement
- be able to generate JEDI interest within your company and form a jedi committee
- become familiar with JEDI definitions, terms and issues
- identify JEDI commitments
Enrollment Details
Prerequisites:
Company has the desire to make and ability to implement meaningful change within their organization. CEO/Executive team is bought-in to supporting & prioritizing JEDI work within their organization.
Timeframe:
Begins in Q1 2023 (rolling admission throughout the year)
Format:
This is a 4-session (1 session per month), self-paced online curriculum
Participants:
This program is for all organizational leaders working to create a company-wide JEDI Committee. We are especially designed for companies in the CPG & natural products industry and will help leaders take a wholistic view of the entire company, including consumers, suppliers and communities.
Cost:
$300 per participant; minimum of 2 participants per organization but no maximum.