SPEAKING & FACILITATION

The people side of work, spoken about honestly.

Jade brings candour, warmth and first-hand experience of workplace culture in fast-growing, founder-led businesses. Through talks, panels and thoughtfully facilitated conversations, she makes complex topics clear and relatable, opens up discussion and gives people something useful to take away.

Jade Johnson speaking into a microphone at a live event.

BOOKING FORMATS

Keynotes & talks

A clear perspective on culture, founder-led growth or the changing experience of work, with space for audience questions.

Panel participation

An engaging contribution to a panel, grounded in first-hand experience of culture and teams inside growing businesses.

Panel moderation

A guided discussion that brings out different perspectives, keeps the conversation focused and involves the audience.

Workshops & facilitation

Facilitated leadership offsites, team workshops and town halls that bring people together around a shared challenge.

TOPIC AREAS

Ideas that get people talking.

The culture consequences of AI: trust, judgement and how teams work together as AI becomes part of everyday work.

Your team can’t read your mind: turning founder vision into shared understanding.

When the founder becomes the bottleneck: how communication, expectations and decision-making need to evolve as the team grows.

Growing without losing what makes you, you: deciding what to protect and what needs to change.

Culture by accident: the early choices and habits founders can overlook, and why they become harder to change.

Belonging starts before day one: creating an onboarding experience that helps people feel connected and ready to contribute.

The friction nobody puts in the pitch deck: the tensions between ambition, pace and the everyday experience of the team.

The small things are the culture: how recognition, communication and everyday rituals shape working life.

Planning a panel, company talk or event? Tell me about the audience and the conversation you want to open up.

Planning a panel, company talk or event? Tell me about the audience and the conversation you want to open up.