# Linda DiJohn | DiJohn Communications

> Chicago-based executive communications and corporate reputation advisor to CEOs, C-suite leaders and boards. Candid counsel on reputation, crisis readiness, executive visibility, growth positioning and AI-driven change, from strategy through execution.

Linda DiJohn is the founder and principal of DiJohn Communications. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and has served as a senior vice president leading corporate reputation work at Edelman, Weber Shandwick and Ogilvy, and as a director leading global marketing and executive visibility at Accenture. She works directly with leaders as a senior advisor, with no hand-offs to junior teams, and brings in specialists from a vetted network of 600+ independent communications professionals when an engagement needs more hands.

## Selected results

- Accenture: helped reposition an AI-driven productivity business from cost-cutting to growth and helped scale it from $4B to $10B in three years, with coverage in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Harvard Business Review.
- Accenture: directed an integrated, research-backed communications strategy and campaign that generated $744M in qualified pipeline in one quarter.
- Accenture: Microsoft 365 Copilot Aviator in the champion network supporting a rollout to 90,000 employees, which reached 73% adoption.
- Red Bull Media House: built the inaugural corporate communications and leadership platform for the company's evolution into a global media company.
- A major publicly traded retailer: advised the C-suite and board through a securities class action, arguing for transparency and structural change.

## Focus areas

- [Growth & Market Positioning](https://lindadijohn.com/growth-positioning): Make sure markets, buyers and media understand where the business is going and why it wins.
- [Executive Visibility](https://lindadijohn.com/executive-visibility): Sharpen how CEOs and C-suite leaders show up with boards, employees, investors and media.
- [Reputation & Trust](https://lindadijohn.com/crisis-communications): Build credibility before you need it, and protect it in a crisis.
- [AI Transformation & Change](https://lindadijohn.com/ai-transformation): Bring employees and stakeholders through restructuring and AI adoption with trust intact. Featured offering: AI Adoption Gap Review.

## Insights

- [AI is moving fast. Leadership isn't.](https://lindadijohn.com/insights/ai-moving-fast-leadership-isnt)
- [Mind the leadership perception gap](https://lindadijohn.com/insights/leadership-perception-gap)
- [What I learned about listening in the second grade](https://lindadijohn.com/insights/listening-second-grade)
- [The human stakes of AI](https://lindadijohn.com/insights/human-stakes-of-ai)
- [All insights](https://lindadijohn.com/insights)

## Credentials

- Bachelor of Science, Journalism (News Editorial), Oklahoma State University
- MIT Sloan + CSAIL Executive Certificate: Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Aviator
- Awards include PRSA Skyline, Mercury Gold and Grand, and PRSA Best in Show

## Related

- [Copy Takeout](https://copytakeout.com): Linda DiJohn's reporter-led storytelling service for customer stories, case studies and executive bylines.

## Contact

- Start with a Candid Conversation: 30 minutes, confidential, complimentary, no pitch.
- Email: Linda@LDiJohn.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindadijohn
- Location: Chicago, IL