I’M MICHAEL WILLIAMS.
BASED IN NORTH CAROLINA.
CONSULTANT
CURATOR
SPEAKER
LATEST PROJECTS
CONSULTING SERVICES
For Corporate and Community.
Over the last 20 years, Williams has collaborated with community organizations and corporations to develop and implement programs and systems as a powerful and transformative approach to addressing societal challenges. These partnerships harness collective power by leveraging the strengths and resources of both sectors to foster lasting, positive change. Community organizations bring grassroots insights, community trust, and a deep understanding of local needs, and corporations offer complimentary infrastructure and scalable solutions.
When uniting communities and corporations, Williams designs initiatives that bridge gaps in access, representation, and opportunity, working to ensure communities create and lead initiatives. He believes that together we can build a more just society, where everyone has an equal chance to thrive and where the principles of fairness and diversity are at the forefront of our collective consciousness.
When uniting communities and corporations, Williams designs initiatives that bridge gaps in access, representation, and opportunity, working to ensure communities create and lead initiatives. He believes that together we can build a more just society, where everyone has an equal chance to thrive and where the principles of fairness and diversity are at the forefront of our collective consciousness.
People
Williams has a natural capacity for relationship building, establishing trust and understanding that support human engagement and growth of the individual and the individual's understanding of others and how it impacts their organization.
Through active listening and the posing of difficult questions, Williams invites people to expand their lenses and perspectives, to self-interrogate and reflect, to align thinking with organizational mission and goals, to make decisions with others and potential outcomes in mind, and to hold themselves accountable to those decisions.
Through active listening and the posing of difficult questions, Williams invites people to expand their lenses and perspectives, to self-interrogate and reflect, to align thinking with organizational mission and goals, to make decisions with others and potential outcomes in mind, and to hold themselves accountable to those decisions.
Process Design
Williams offers an outside evaluative lens, and his knowledge of history and institutional systems supports individuals in their exploration of self and their roles in their organization.
He invites people to question and rethink existing systems, guiding them to gather appropriate information, including less dominant voices, and to understand constraints, impacts on internal and external stakeholders, and measures of success. This work not only supports individuals and organizations, but also partners and collaborators seeking similar outcomes.
He invites people to question and rethink existing systems, guiding them to gather appropriate information, including less dominant voices, and to understand constraints, impacts on internal and external stakeholders, and measures of success. This work not only supports individuals and organizations, but also partners and collaborators seeking similar outcomes.
Leadership
Williams guides organizational leaders with a people-first mentality, shaping their thinking to focus on serving others and to be accountable to those served.
Key to this approach is information sharing and evaluation that lead to rethinking; helping them distinguish between principles and beliefs; supporting capacity to uncover and articulate ideas; understanding the differences between managing people and leading them; learning how to build coalitions across communities and corporations; coaching informed problem solving and decision making; and implementing processes that allow for aligned and strategic goal setting, visioning, and decision making.
Key to this approach is information sharing and evaluation that lead to rethinking; helping them distinguish between principles and beliefs; supporting capacity to uncover and articulate ideas; understanding the differences between managing people and leading them; learning how to build coalitions across communities and corporations; coaching informed problem solving and decision making; and implementing processes that allow for aligned and strategic goal setting, visioning, and decision making.
Creative Direction
Williams understands the relationship between the human experience and creative expression; his approach to community building and problem-solving centers the arts as an entry point for open dialogue and advocacy for community and societal change.
In all facets of his work and through a research-driven approach, Williams engages creatives to help diverse communities consider their needs and concerns — assisting with articulation — and explore solutions.
In all facets of his work and through a research-driven approach, Williams engages creatives to help diverse communities consider their needs and concerns — assisting with articulation — and explore solutions.
ABOUT
Born and based in North Carolina, Michael S. Williams fosters community engagement and organizational change through art and dialogue as both a consultant and founder of Black On Black Project. Williams connects people across spaces and experiences to explore and respond to the challenges shaping our communities.
Williams graduated from North Carolina Central University and spent 16 years in media with roles centered on content creation and community building. He has curated more than 30 art projects and programs across the state in partnership with municipalities, local businesses, and nonprofits and is the executive producer of ten short films. Across projects, settings, and North Carolina, he introduces new ways of thinking and problem solving. This work is grounded in his belief that through creativity, cultural empathy can transform communities.
HOMEBASE
North Carolina
EXPERIENCE
20+ Years
PROJECTS
30+
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