People & Culture
Strategic guidance at the intersection of equity, engagement, and the built environment—advancing inclusive places, projects, and professional practice.
Industries shaping the built environment—architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), as well as commercial real estate (CRE)—have long faced challenges in expanding access and representation. As the industry evolves, must continue to broaden participation, strengthen workforce pipelines, and create environments where all professionals can thrive, while building the communities around them.
PRAXIS has been at the forefront of these efforts, helping firms align business operations with best practices that drive long-term growth and industry leadership. We understand the complexities of project procurement, delivery, and firm structure, as well as the unique dynamics of studios, jobsites, and executive teams. Our expertise allows us to support firms in enhancing workplace culture, improving recruitment and retention, and fostering well-rounded project teams.
With a focus on practical, results-driven strategies, PRAXIS works alongside AEC and CRE firms to ensure business success through stronger partnerships, a skilled workforce, and sustainable industry practices.
DEIB Certified Consultant
PRAXIS Strategic Consulting combines decades of AEC | CRE industry experience with certified diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging expertise, delivered through a culturally competent lens.
DEI Consulting for the Built Environment -
Services
- Consultation, culture & custom strategy development
- Cultural Assessments: including surveys, focus groups, and stakeholder interviews
- Equity Assessments: including surveys, focus groups, and stakeholder interviews
- Heritage Month & observance events and toolkits
- Diversity Strategy & Metrics
- Anti-Racism Resources
- Policy development and implementation
- Employee Resource Group (ERG) consultation & training
- Crisis communications
- Project team alignment and engagement
- Community engagement
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Strategy Alignment
Keynotes, Workshops & Trainings
Sample Topics/Subjects Include:
- Building Better: Inclusive Practices for Places, Projects & People
- Diversity Dimensions for AEC Teams
- Marketing with Purpose: Culture-Driven Strategies for Professional Services Firms
- Project Teambuilding with MBE/Diverse partners
- Culture Shift: Strategic Planning for Meaningful Change
- Intentional Intersectionality
- Culturally Competent Community Engagement
- Authentic Engagement - Activating Civic & Social Activism
Interested in our services? We’re here to help!
PRAXIS operates at the intersection of strategy, equity, and marketing.
Our unique skill set provides unmatched value and proven results to organizations serving the built environment.
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CONTACT US
3839 McKinney Ave.
Suite 155-752
Dallas*, TX 75204
PRAXIS LAND & LABOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
As a Dallas, TX-based firm, our work takes place on the lands of the Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Towakani, Caddo, Wichita, as well as the tribes that may have lived here and roamed the area – including Comanche, Kiowa and Apache—historic Indigenous communities in Texas. In offering this land acknowledgment, we honor, respect, and affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.
In addition, we acknowledge that much of what we know of this country today, including its culture, economic growth, and development throughout history and across time, has been made possible by the labor of enslaved Africans and their ascendants who suffered the horror of the transatlantic trafficking of their people, chattel slavery, and Jim Crow. We are indebted to their labor and their sacrifice, and we must acknowledge the tremors of that violence throughout the generations and the resulting racial, political, social, and justice inequities that permeate the Built Environment.