I work with leaders and investors in high-stakes change such as mergers, scaling, restructurings, where people and business outcomes must move as one. Doing that well takes both conviction and creativity.
I’d love to meet you.
Every transformation rises or falls on people. My role is to bring clarity under pressure, align culture with strategy, and make change workable, so it lasts.
Programs
Post-Merger-Integration
I help you make the deal work in real life. That means getting leaders on the same page, bringing cultures together, and accelerating synergies. The goal is simple: protect value, capture momentum, and keep your best people engaged.
Reinvention & Scaling
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I design the structures, rituals, and ways of working that let your business grow without losing its edge. Scaling shouldn’t mean chaos or cultural erosion. It’s about building future-ready systems while preserving the spirit that made you successful.
Portfolio Value Acceleration
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I work with investors and leadership teams to protect and grow value. That means resolving leadership friction, strengthening culture, and embedding practices that preserve multiples and accelerate performance across the portfolio.
In disruption, the strongest asset isn’t a plan, it’s people’s ability to reinvent themselves and their environment. My role is to help organisations hone that capacity: building cultures where experimentation, trust, and resilience turn disruption into progress, and progress into lasting value.
I don’t push change, I spark it.
About Joanna Stone
I spent more than 15 years working with creative leaders, coaching, developing teams, and guiding them through both good times and tough transitions. That industry, built on ideas and experimentation, shaped how I work: spotting patterns others miss and treating disruption as a spark rather than a setback.
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Today I bring that mindset into high-stakes change. I help leaders, teams and investors navigate complexity, making sure people thrive while business outcomes stay on track. That is where ingenuity makes the difference, when it is channelled into progress that lasts.
Let’s talk
If you’re navigating high-stakes change like a merger, a reinvention, a scale challenge, let’s talk. Most of my work starts with a simple conversation. No pitch, just clarity...
and a coffee.