ABOUT US / OUR TEAM
Kimberly Dailey is the co-CEO of Dailey Innovations, Inc. Mrs. Dailey is an organizational development specialist with over 30 years of experience partnering with clients to bring clarity, focus, and alignment to their diverse teams. She combines her expertise in business, leadership development, diversity, theater, and systems analysis to help them competently tackle what is next on their horizon with confidence.
Kimberly’s experiential training methodology was the basis of a five-year research project that validated the power of using a whole brain teaching methodology to ensure learner engagement and retention. She received a noted fellowship for her research on identity development formation and its importance to individual self-efficacy. Her book, “Purposeful Creativity Methods: Building Insight and Connection in Business and Communities,” provides neurological research and techniques on how to unlock bias and create rich relationships between diverse audiences quickly and deeply.
Kimberly has designed over 1,000 diversity training curricula for clients including the World Bank, Smithsonian Institution, Carnegie Hall, American University, U. S. Department of the Treasury, Macmillan Publishers, and Capital One. Having conducted trainings in over 25 countries, she is a passionate about using creative methods to transform organizations and communities.
Kimberly holds a B.A. from Georgetown University, an M.S.W. from Howard University, and is certified in the areas of Life Management Facilitation and Organizational Development from Georgetown University. She is also a certified psychodramatist.
Andrew T. Dailey, co-CEO of Dailey Innovations, Inc., leads our administration and operations team as well as designs and facilitates programs. He has over 30 years of experience as a speaker and facilitator. He also has nearly 20 years of experience developing and administering mentoring, training, and leadership development programs for diverse students and professionals in social and behavioral science sectors. As Senior Director of a national fellowship office focused on increasing the numbers of professionals of color in these sectors and enhancing the life experiences of communities of color, Andrew oversaw 7 programs and over $3 million of federal grants annually.
Andrew is also passionate about creative arts and produces plays and other performances in the community. He constantly seeks innovative strategies to achieve results. He is credited with leading efforts resulting in a major transformation to embrace master’s professionals in the field of psychology.
Andrew received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.Div. in Pastoral Psychology from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and an M.S. in Psychology from Palo Alto University. He also achieved the designation of Certified Association Executive (CAE) from the American Society of Association Executives.
OUR APPROACH
Dailey Innovations is rooted in the use of The PCM WaySM to cultivate group experiences that are transformational. People enter these learning experiences with fear, lack of insight, judgement, and bias. They exit with clarity, compassion, and new and refreshed skills. Breakthrough happens as insight, compassion, and connection are fostered within and between participants.
Music, theater, and the creative arts pull down walls, allowing us to see what connects us and to envision new solutions. In our learning experiences, stories leapfrog technology by acknowledging authentic human experience despite the virtual space. Organizations looking for innovative ways to equip their people to solve problems will appreciate our dynamic and engaging sessions.
PCMs are:
- Purposeful because they strengthen a sense of common humanity.
- Creative because they spark original and new ways for people to relate to themselves and others.
- Methods because they are based on solid theoretical foundations.
Read these testimonials to understand how Purposeful Creativity MethodsSM impact our participants.
PCM TECH
Purposeful Creativity MethodsSM meets technology! Through this supplement to our training programs, participants will reinforce the program’s major concepts while doing an interactive deeper dive into specific subject areas using messaging apps on their phones. In just 5 minutes a day, participants will build deeper insight and skills via SMS, WhatsApp, Slack, Teams, or email over a predetermined period after the training program has concluded.
A PCMTech demo can be found below:
PLAYBACK THEATRE
Playback Theatre
TownHall Playback Theatre Experience
In a Playback Theatre Experience, people learn how to effectively collaborate by deeply understanding each other’s point of view through telling and listening to each other’s real-life stories. Playback Builds Community (click for video of how Playback works). It is highly effective in eliminating the “us-them” mentality that separates people along lines of race, class, ethnicity, and background and is therefore a critical component in building insight, collaboration, and innovation. During a Playback virtual performance, someone tells a story from the group about their life and then chooses cast members to play the significant characters in the story. The conductor guides the ‘teller’ through the storytelling process. After the story is told, it is immediately recreated and given artistic shape and coherence by a cast of seasoned actors and musicians. Playback session length is 2 to 3 hours.
Stepping into My Shoes- Playback Workshop
Although not an acting workshop, this method uses right-brain methods to help participants sort through some of the feelings and thoughts, truths, and mysteries of their professional and personal lives on the road to developing successful living strategies. Participants will activate their intuition for reading others, unleash their creative impulses for finding innovative strategies, practice being their authentic selves in all situations, and strengthen their ability to adapt to unpredictable circumstances. Session length options include 1.5 or 3 hours (in-person sessions only).
TRAINING PROGRAMS
Training Programs
Inclusive Leadership Workshop
In this signature interactive workshop, participants become more energized, aware, and confident in their ability to build more inclusion at work by learning and applying the Six C’s of Inclusive Leadership (Collaboration, Cognizance, Curiosity, Cultural Competence, Courage, and Commitment) as developed by Deloitte Australia. Session length options include 2, 3, and 3.5 hours.
Inclusive Leadership Journey
The purpose is to allow for an extended learning experience about about how to develop leadership traits that create an inclusive culture in which all people have a deep sense of belonging and engagement. Using the Six C’s described above, our purpose is to lead to a deeper understanding of how these dynamics impact the business and most importantly, what they can do as leaders to transform the conversation about inclusion within your organization and with your customers and stakeholders. The program includes assignments and small group (learning circles) tools to apply the learning in between sessions. Session length is two half-days.
Mastering High Performing Teams
This interactive workshop is designed to help professionals understand and cultivate the key elements of high-performing teams. Participants will explore the characteristics that set successful teams apart, learn to recognize functional and dysfunctional team dynamics, and how these dynamics impact performance and collaboration. Through hands-on exercises, participants practice communication repair strategies for resolving conflicts and strengthening individual accountability. Session length is 3.5 hours.
Psychological Safety
This course will support participants in understanding and supporting psychological safety. They will learn skills to foster a workplace where individuals can openly discuss concerns, disagree, and share ideas without fear of judgment or repercussions. It creates a supportive environment that encourages innovation and honest communication. Session length options are between 2 and 3.5 hours.
Addressing Microbehaviors
Microaggressions are only one part of the equation. This instructor-led workshop explores how microbehaviors can lead to a climate of mistrust and exclusion that negatively impacts individual and organizational performance. Participants will practice communication strategies to repair as well as prevent any harm that might occur from these exchanges and discover their own way to contribute to a strong and inclusive organizational culture. Session length options include 2 and 2.5 hours.
Mitigating Bias
In this engaging and highly interactive workshop, participants will explore the power of the unconscious mind. We will look at the social, neuro and cognitive science research behind bias: why and how it happens, and what we can do to assure that we are not being driven by unconscious beliefs and patterns that hinder a truly inclusive and equitable workplace. Session length options include 90 minutes and 2 hours.
Strengthening Your Intercultural Competence
This highly interactive workshop offers participants practical insights and hands-on activities to enhance their ability to recognize cultural nuances in professional settings. By applying the “3 Be’s” for Strengthening Intercultural Competence—Be Aware, Be Curious, and Be Open—to customized situations, participants will expand their awareness, deepen their knowledge base, and practice compassionate communication that respects diverse beliefs, values, and practices of all individuals. Session length options are between 1 and 3 hours.
Compassionate Leadership During Turbulent Times
Smart leaders need to manage a workforce triggered by an increasingly unpredictable world. Consistent stress can become chronic and lead to anxiety and depression which decreases our ability to be resourceful, open, and logical. And while you cannot control what is unpredictable, you can create a predictable culture of connection that will help people survive and be productive in these difficult times. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn how the brain reacts under stress, how our backgrounds impact our reactions, then how to build on their strengths to apply 7 Compassionate Leadership Strategies to their teams. Session length is 2 hours.
Cultivating Inclusion in the Workplace
Using applied theatre techniques during this interactive workshop, participants will explore how unconscious bias and microaggressions can contaiminate our work environment and create a climate of mistrust and exclusion. Best practices show that when employees are feeling seen, heard, valued, and connected to each other, both morale and job performance increase. Session length options include 2 and 3 hours (virtual sessions only).
Culturally Conscious & Caring Customer Service
Studies in human behavior show that all people are hardwired to have bias. In this session, we will explore how our cultural frame of reference sets the context for the biases that shape how we interact with others. During this energetic and creative learning lab we will practice ways to best serve a diverse customer base with culturally conscious and caring customer service skills. Session length is 2 hours.
Explore Your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey
In this workshop, participants put to life the significant events and/or people that have influenced them and how these issues currently show up in their lives and impact their sense of freedom. Participants leave being better equipped to recognize when their identity frame with its sense of values, expectations, and safety responses is serving or not serving how they want to operate in the world. Session length options include 2 and 3 hours.
Mentoring Across Difference
This interactive workshop introduces participants to the PAR method of mentoring an individual with a different background. We use creative methods to explore the impact of power, advancement, and relationship in mentoring, to consider strategies for protégés, and to develop personal actions to build their PAR muscles. Session length is 2 hours.
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OUR OFFERINGS
Training Programs
Inclusive Leadership Workshop
In this signature interactive workshop, participants become more energized, aware, and confident in their ability to build more inclusion at work by learning and applying the Six C’s of Inclusive Leadership (Collaboration, Cognizance, Curiosity, Cultural Competence, Courage, and Commitment) as developed by Deloitte Australia. Session length options include 2, 3, and 3.5 hours.
Inclusive Leadership Journey
The purpose is to allow for an extended learning experience about about how to develop leadership traits that create an inclusive culture in which all people have a deep sense of belonging and engagement. Using the Six C’s described above, our purpose is to lead to a deeper understanding of how these dynamics impact the business and most importantly, what they can do as leaders to transform the conversation about inclusion within your organization and with your customers and stakeholders. The program includes assignments and small group (learning circles) tools to apply the learning in between sessions. Session length is two half-days.
Mastering High Performing Teams
This interactive workshop is designed to help professionals understand and cultivate the key elements of high-performing teams. Participants will explore the characteristics that set successful teams apart, learn to recognize functional and dysfunctional team dynamics, and how these dynamics impact performance and collaboration. Through hands-on exercises, participants practice communication repair strategies for resolving conflicts and strengthening individual accountability. Session length is 3.5 hours.
Psychological Safety
This course will support participants in understanding and supporting psychological safety. They will learn skills to foster a workplace where individuals can openly discuss concerns, disagree, and share ideas without fear of judgment or repercussions. It creates a supportive environment that encourages innovation and honest communication. Session length options are between 2 and 3.5 hours.
Addressing Microbehaviors
Microaggressions are only one part of the equation. This instructor-led workshop explores how microbehaviors can lead to a climate of mistrust and exclusion that negatively impacts individual and organizational performance. Participants will practice communication strategies to repair as well as prevent any harm that might occur from these exchanges and discover their own way to contribute to a strong and inclusive organizational culture. Session length options include 2 and 2.5 hours.
Mitigating Bias
In this engaging and highly interactive workshop, participants will explore the power of the unconscious mind. We will look at the social, neuro and cognitive science research behind bias: why and how it happens, and what we can do to assure that we are not being driven by unconscious beliefs and patterns that hinder a truly inclusive and equitable workplace. Session length options include 90 minutes and 2 hours.
Strengthening Your Intercultural Competence
This highly interactive workshop offers participants practical insights and hands-on activities to enhance their ability to recognize cultural nuances in professional settings. By applying the “3 Be’s” for Strengthening Intercultural Competence—Be Aware, Be Curious, and Be Open—to customized situations, participants will expand their awareness, deepen their knowledge base, and practice compassionate communication that respects diverse beliefs, values, and practices of all individuals. Session length options are between 1 and 3 hours.
Compassionate Leadership During Turbulent Times
Smart leaders need to manage a workforce triggered by an increasingly unpredictable world. Consistent stress can become chronic and lead to anxiety and depression which decreases our ability to be resourceful, open, and logical. And while you cannot control what is unpredictable, you can create a predictable culture of connection that will help people survive and be productive in these difficult times. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn how the brain reacts under stress, how our backgrounds impact our reactions, then how to build on their strengths to apply 7 Compassionate Leadership Strategies to their teams. Session length is 2 hours.
Cultivating Inclusion in the Workplace
Using applied theatre techniques during this interactive workshop, participants will explore how unconscious bias and microaggressions can contaiminate our work environment and create a climate of mistrust and exclusion. Best practices show that when employees are feeling seen, heard, valued, and connected to each other, both morale and job performance increase. Session length options include 2 and 3 hours.
Culturally Conscious & Caring Customer Service
Studies in human behavior show that all people are hardwired to have bias. In this session, we will explore how our cultural frame of reference sets the context for the biases that shape how we interact with others. During this energetic and creative learning lab we will practice ways to best serve a diverse customer base with culturally conscious and caring customer service skills. Session length is 2 hours.
Explore Your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey
In this workshop, participants put to life the significant events and/or people that have influenced them and how these issues currently show up in their lives and impact their sense of freedom. Participants leave being better equipped to recognize when their identity frame with its sense of values, expectations, and safety responses is serving or not serving how they want to operate in the world. Session length options include 2 and 3 hours.
Mentoring Across Difference
This interactive workshop introduces participants to the PAR method of mentoring an individual with a different background. We use creative methods to explore the impact of power, advancement, and relationship in mentoring, to consider strategies for protégés, and to develop personal actions to build their PAR muscles. Session length is 2 hours.
Digital Supplemental Learning
PCMTech
Purposeful Creativity MethodsSM meets technology! Through this supplement to our training programs, participants will reinforce the program’s major concepts while doing an interactive deeper dive into specific subject areas using messaging apps on their phones. In just 5 minutes a day, participants will build deeper insight and skills via SMS, WhatsApp, Slack, Teams, or email over a predetermined period after the training program has concluded.
Playback Theatre
TownHall Playback Theatre Experience
In a Playback Theatre Experience, people learn how to effectively collaborate by deeply understanding each other’s point of view through telling and listening to each other’s real-life stories. Playback Builds Community (click for video of how Playback works). It is highly effective in eliminating the “us-them” mentality that separates people along lines of race, class, ethnicity, and background and is therefore a critical component in building insight, collaboration, and innovation. During a Playback virtual performance, someone tells a story from the group about their life and then chooses cast members to play the significant characters in the story. The conductor guides the ‘teller’ through the storytelling process. After the story is told, it is immediately recreated and given artistic shape and coherence by a cast of seasoned actors and musicians. Playback session length is 2 to 3 hours.
Stepping into My Shoes- Playback Workshop
Although not an acting workshop, this method uses right-brain methods to help participants sort through some of the feelings and thoughts, truths, and mysteries of their professional and personal lives on the road to developing successful living strategies. Participants will activate their intuition for reading others, unleash their creative impulses for finding innovative strategies, practice being their authentic selves in all situations, and strengthen their ability to adapt to unpredictable circumstances. Session length options include 1.5 or 3 hours.
Strategic Consultation
We work with clients where they are on their Diversity Journey. Whether it is partnering with your executives, strengthening your strategic plan or invigorating your Diversity Council, we lock hands with you to build sustainable solutions.
Focus Groups
To better understand the current state of DEIA in the organization, and to inform the customization of specialized sessions or larger program rollouts, we recommend gathering qualitative data through focus groups. For the most effective engagement, focus groups are limited to 10 people. We work with the organization’s DEIA team to structure groups according to various demographics such as ethnic/racial identity, sexual orientation/gender identity, career level, etc. Session length is 60-90 minutes.
Community Strategy Lab
We compile data from the focus groups, surveys, and other sources and work with key stakeholders to create more alignment, passion, and commitment for your organization’s DEIA focus. Stakeholder groups will work collaboratively to identify the top pressing concerns, objectives, goals, and strategies the organization should undertake. This training is conducted over two half-day sessions.
Instructional Design
Looking for ways to make your trainings stand out? We will collaborate with you to bring a little creative sizzle to any learning objective.
