Derick Johnson
A commercial people & culture strategist
Derick's Bio
A commercial people & culture strategist Derick has 15 years of adding value across all talent & culture domains, focused on business & cultural transformation. Working at the intersection of tech, finance & media he values dialogue and data to inform PE/VC M&A processes & behavioural change - he loves seeing leadership growth whatever the profile
Career Highlights
- Partner with Founders to shape talent, performance & culture delivery models to scale VC/PE UK, US & UAE businesses
- Deliver operational scalability via multiple M&A people integration projects
- Develop talent capacity & capability models for business plans & operational delivery cycles for UK, German, Spanish businesses
Notable Client Work
- Redsquid MSP: 4 x M&A people & culture integration projects / outcomes = embed operational scalability & incr speed of cultural integration
- Chipper Cash Fintech: Design EMEA People Strategy & Roadmap / outcomes = talent strategy to scale Europe business entity
- Biscuit Filmworks - TV/Advertising Production: Design & embed performance & pay architecture / outcomes = performance & leadership framework / pay structure
Derick's expertise
Working with Derick
Derick's Personality
- HumanCentric
- Empathic
- Fluency
- Driven
- Warm
- INFJ
Derick's Ideal Client
- Resilience
- Judgement
- Analytical
- Ethical
- Self aware
- Outcome focused
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