About Ryan Jacobson

Bridging organizational psychology, change leadership, and Agile delivery.

Ryan brings more than 15 years of experience helping leaders and teams improve adoption, business readiness, and Agile performance during enterprise transformation.

Ryan’s practice blends academic grounding with practical consulting, facilitation, and training across industries where sustained change depends on people, leadership, and measurable outcomes.

His work has supported clients such as Lockheed Martin, Disney, LinkedIn, Marathon Oil, Bayer, Leidos, Thermo Fisher, Ford, and public sector organizations where transformation success required both strategic clarity and operational discipline.

He helps organizations move beyond project completion to ensure new ways of working are understood, adopted, and reinforced across teams.

Professional focus

  • Enterprise transformation and change readiness
  • Agile and Scrum capability-building
  • Leadership development and team alignment
  • Adoption measurement and reinforcement

Research-informed change

A Ph.D. foundation in organizational psychology shapes a disciplined approach to behavior, performance, and workforce readiness.

Practical consulting

Work with a consultant who connects Agile delivery, leadership behavior, and adoption systems to deliver transformation that lasts.

Learning and facilitation

Independent workshops and practical training reinforce the capabilities and behaviors needed for successful change.

What clients gain

A clear focus on the people work behind transformation: adoption, leadership alignment, role clarity, and measurable performance improvement.

Clear leadership direction

Helping senior sponsors and managers align around change goals, decision rights, and reinforcement priorities.

Stronger team adoption

Building role clarity, operating rhythms, and reinforcement strategies that help teams internalize new ways of working.

Measurable outcomes

Creating change plans and training follow-through that are connected to observable adoption and performance results.