About Wildfire Learning

Wildfire Learning LLC is a boutique consulting agency specializing in the design of core communication practices that carry your organization’s culture.

We specialize in applying a communication practice “lens” for integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into everyday interaction patterns; designing teamwork culture and communication processes; and training leaders to “dial in” their authentic leadership style.

Meet the Founder/CEO

Hello! I’m Jody Jahn. I founded Wildfire Learning after nearly a decade as a frontline worker in wildland firefighting and Antarctic science logistics, and nearly two decades as a researcher at top research universities.

Wildfire Learning is a boutique, high-touch consultancy focused on customizing solutions to your organization’s DEI, team design, and leadership development needs.

As Founder, I am the face of the engagement. I draw from my network of PhD-trained collaborators and subject matter experts to form agile teams on a project-by-project basis.

My process typically involves leveraging my (and my team’s) research expertise to develop a comprehensive understanding of core culture challenges. We then collaborate with you to design, test, and refine interventions to communication practice.

Whenever possible and practical, we work with practices that are already working, and we aim to build from investments you’ve already made by working with existing data, and joining forces with your existing collaborators.

A communication practice lens is unique. It just might be the missing link that can bring greater success to your ongoing initiatives.


  • Founder & CEO

    I have a track record of systematic, high-quality work, with 18 years leading end-to-end research using qualitative and quantitative methods at top research universities.

    I’ve completed and delivered high quality work on multiple 6-figure, federally-funded projects as sole Principal Investigator.

    I have nearly a decade of experience as a frontline worker in hazardous operations (wildland firefighting, Antarctic science logistics).

    I’m easy to work with, accessible and collaborative.

    I take pride in being a consulting partner that delivers actionable insights linked to recommendations.

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    MA (‘08) & PhD (‘12) in Organizational Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara

    Tenured Associate Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder - College of Media, Communication, and Information

  • If your organization had a heartbeat, what would it be?

    The conversations.

  • Conversations carry culture.

  • Design the conversations. Design the culture.

    Dr. Jody Jahn, Founder and CEO, Wildfire Learning