Speaking & Media
Corporate culture is not a soft issue. It is a financial control.
Joanna speaks about whistleblowing, organizational culture, financial accountability, retaliation, leadership, and what happens when accurate information can no longer move upward.
Speaking Topics
Corporate Culture Is a Financial Control
Why financial failure and toxic workplace culture are often parts of the same operating system.
When Doubt Becomes Disloyalty
How organizations disable their own early-warning systems by treating scrutiny as betrayal.
The Cost of Telling the Truth Too Early
What happens when an employee identifies a problem before the public, press, board, or market is prepared to recognize it.
Breaking the Double Bind
Why women are encouraged to speak up—and punished when they do.
Featured Appearance
Panel appearance
Breaking the Double Bind: How Women Leaders Navigate Conflicting Workplace Expectations
World Trade Center Institute · Women Spanning the Globe Conference · Baltimore, Maryland · May 2023
Media
PODCAST
Bloomberg’s serialized investigation into WeWork’s rise and collapse, featuring Joanna’s account of what she saw in 2016.
DOCUMENTARY
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
The Hulu feature documentary examining WeWork’s culture, expansion, and failed IPO.
TELEVISION
Generation Hustle
Joanna appears in the series’ WeWork episode, examining the culture and mythology surrounding the company.
INTERVIEW
“The Culture Was Very Cult-Like”
Joanna discusses WeWork’s culture, whistleblowing, and the personal cost of speaking out with ABC Radio National.
REPORTING
WeWork Sues Ex-Employee for Disclosing Information to Reporters
Reuters’ 2016 report on WeWork’s lawsuit after Joanna disclosed company information to reporters.
PROFILE
WeWork’s Whistleblower Predicted the Company’s Downfall
A profile of Joanna’s early warnings and her work challenging cult-like startup cultures.