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Business · Leadership · Global politics

Wealth and power are built
on purpose.

I help leaders read a changing world and build the economic power to meet it. I write, speak, and advise on how global forces are reshaping economic sovereignty and leadership.

Jice Johnson, economic development strategist, smiling holding blazer

Topics

Three subjects, one question:
Who Holds the Power
Business

Navigating the structural barriers and opportunities that shape Black business growth, wealth retention, and agency.

Leadership

Exposing the pitfalls of captured leadership, and advancing the development of leaders who can shape a world that works for all of us.

Global politics

Decoding the rules and frameworks that govern the world, so leaders and communities have the awareness and capacity to change them.

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A community that understands the system can change it.

I challenge the cultural norms that erode our economic capacity, our leverage, and our agency. 

Digital Products

Guides, audio, and tools

Tools for reading the systems that shape our lives and building the structures that change them. 

Work with Jice

Advisory, speaking, and media

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Advisory

Economic development strategy that builds community wealth and agency, for governments, municipalities, foundations, and community organizations.

Speaking

Keynotes and workshops on business, leadership, and global politics, built to give your audience a clear read on the rules shaping their work and their communities, and the leverage to change them.

Media

Interviews, panels, and commentary on the barriers to Black wealth, the pitfalls of captured leadership, and the rules shaping the global economy.

Organizations and institutions

If you want this work in your organization, on your stage, or in your community, tell me what you are building and where you need it.

Jice Johnson

Jice Johnson smiling sitting on a bench
U.S. Army veteran, award-winning business strategist, institution builder, and community economic developer.

For the last decade I have built businesses, programs, and institutions, and I convene partners across sectors to make them last. My work centers on Black wealth and agency, entrepreneurial ecosystem building, and leadership development, all aimed at infrastructure that carries intergenerational impact.

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I believe leadership is built through self-mastery, clarity of vision, and the courage to take intentional action, and that the best leaders build structures that outlast them. I infuse the creed Lead by Design into all of my work, and my leadership work develops leaders who can build a world that works for all of us. Two things guide me: integrity in how I lead and serve, and legacy in what I leave for my children and my community.

Black Business Initiative

Small business and small business ecosystem support and advisory.

Est. 2015

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AYA Foundation

Colorado's only Black-led community foundation.

Est. 2020

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EDA for Black Communities

Economic development built for Black communities.

Est. 2023

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Recognition
  • Denver Business Journal, Outstanding Women in Business and Top 40 Under 40

  • Denver Urban Spectrum, African Americans Who Make a Difference

  • Colorado Black Women for Political Action, Emerging Leader

  • Urban Leadership Foundation of Colorado, Leadership and Legacy Award

 

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