Jason Anthoine

Jason Anthoine (AN-thoyne) is the managing founder and head honcho of Audacity, a consultancy that helps companies inform, involve and inspire their employees. Clients include those among the Fortune 500 and those who’d like to be.

Anthoine has more than 35 years’ experience in internal communication, employee engagement and culture change. His career includes leading global communications for GE Energy Management, an $8 billion manufacturer of energy and electrical components with more than 20,000 employees, and Newell Brands, a $16 billion manufacturer of consumer-packaged goods with more than 30,000 employees. Earlier in his career, he led internal communications for Southwire Company and Siemens Energy & Automation.

Anthoine also has considerable consulting experience including leading the internal communications practice for MSL Atlanta after successfully founding and leading his own employee engagement firm for a decade. His client work includes transformative assignments for Abbott, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, The Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson, Mars Chocolate North America, Melinta Therapeutics, Norfolk Southern, RealPage, Seagen and Southwire, among others.

In 2011, Anthoine founded Connect, which has since become one of the largest conferences for employee communication professionals in the world. In 2020, he launched What Employees Want, a global research effort to uncover exactly what it is employees want and expect from workplace communication, culture and employee experience. In 2024, he launched Ridin’ Shotgun, a storycast celebrating 35 years of communication courage, accomplishments and calamities. Anthoine is a frequent guest blogger, podcast guest and keynote speaker for industry conferences, events and webinars.

Anthoine is a graduate of The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he serves on the Board of Trust. He’s also one of two global core partners in employee relations and internal communication for the Crisis Communication Coalition section of Grady College’s Crisis Communications Think Tank.

His approach to his work is guided by one simple principle: what if > what is.