Doing the Work

Doing the Work

Let's audit

Let's review what's working - and what isn't

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Collette Philip
Jul 28, 2026
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So far, in our summer of strategy, we’ve captured your why (the reason why you do this work) and set out your vision and ambition for your anti-racism and anti-oppression work.

This week of our strategy mastermind is all about doing an AUDIT. We’re going to look at what’s worked well, what we want to build on and and what we want to do differently going into our new strategy.

A illustrated image with the caption AUDIT yoru brand's ecosystem. Understand the specific issues you need to tackle.
Image credit: Sketchnotes UK for Brand by Me Ltd.

The purpose of the audit is to give us a clear benchmark to work from and help us understand our progress. I do love an audit!

In my business, Brand by Me, whenever we do anti-racism, anti-oppression or brand strategy work with a client, we always start with an audit so we know where we’re starting from and have an informed basis for decision-making.

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