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Jonesing for culture |

Jonesing to take up space |

Jonesing to build outside the blueprint |

Jonesing for what’s next |

Jonesing for culture | Jonesing to take up space | Jonesing to build outside the blueprint | Jonesing for what’s next |

Redefining leadership through 
culture, clarity, and conversation.

Tyra Jones-Hurst is a New York–based thought leader, speaker, and strategist. working at the intersection of leadership, culture, and inclusive marketing.

Through her platform @ibejonesing, her inclusion-always digital-first agency InKroud, and her content series Off the Record, Tyra helps leaders and organizations navigate complexity, build culture-first strategies, and make decisions rooted in clarity, relevance, and what’s next.


Conversation that
moves work forward

Creating space for the honest, nuanced conversations that unlock better thinking, stronger teams, & smarter outcomes.

Clarity in chaos

Distilling complexity, aligning stakeholders, and bringing focus to moments that feel noisy, uncertain, or stuck.

Work in progress representing strategy, research, and culture-led thinking behind iBeJonesing.
InKroud community and collaborators represented through diverse voices centered in culture-led creative and inclusive marketing work.
Strategic workspace supporting leadership advisory, consulting, and culture-driven decision-making.

What I’m Known For

Turning complexity into clarity
using culture as a strategic advantage.

Tyra is known for helping leaders and organizations navigate moments of change with precision and perspective. Her work sits at the intersection of leadership, culture, and conversation, where strategy meets lived experience and ideas turn into action.

She doesn’t just help people think differently — she helps them decide differently, build differently, and move forward with intention.


this work shows up as

TURNING PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE
ACROSS PEOPLE, TEAMS, AND SYSTEMS

Culture-led leadership

Helplng leaders understand culture not as a buzzword, but as a business driver, a responsibility, and a strategic lever.

building outside
the blueprint

Challenging default ways of working and designing approaches that reflect the world as it actually is, not how it used to be.

Tyra Jones-Hurst speaking on leadership and culture during a live conversation on inclusive marketing and future-focused strategy at Advertising Week in New York
Off the Record by Tyra Jones-Hurst, a conversation-led platform exploring leadership, culture, and what’s next.

do things differently.

Creating clarity out of chaos.

Creating clarity out of chaos.

AS Featured In

awards, APPEARANCES & enegagements

MEFeater media platform, highlighting culture-led storytelling and creative leadership conversations.
Canadian Marketing Association, recognizing leadership and excellence in marketing and cultural strategy.
Effie Awards recognition for effectiveness in marketing, culture-driven strategy, and creative leadership.
Anthem Awards recognition for purpose-driven work at the intersection of culture, leadership, and impact.
Advertising Week New York (AWNewYork) logo, representing leadership conversations and industry dialogue on marketing, culture, and innovation.
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ANA Driving Growth, supporting leadership, marketing innovation, and culture-first business strategy.
Industry publication recognizing leadership in marketing, culture, and future-focused strategy.
Interactive Advertising Bureau, advancing digital marketing, leadership, and inclusive industry standards.
A circular award medal for The Drum Awards, featuring a red and white design with a stylized crown and red ribbon.
The logo of Ad Exchanger, Industry publication recognizing leadership in marketing, culture, and future-focused strategy.
The logo of 'campaign' with the letters 'US' in red at the top right corner. Industry publication recognizing leadership in marketing, culture, and future-focused strategy.

redefining leadership.

redefining what's possible.

redefining leadership. redefining what's possible.

rumor has it

“Working alongside Tyra has been a highlight of my career. She is both a big picture thinker and a detail-oriented doer who always gets things done – and always brings positive energy into any room.”

venus tsang
director of strategy

“Tyra is A smart, strong Woman, with exceptional leader ship skills! It is very evident to me as a female in what is predominantly a male-dominated industry, that Tyra definitely supports and fosters relationships and the Progress and prosperity of females in our industry!”

cori o’niel
owner of grafixcor

“If you’ve ever had the opportunity to work with Tyra, directly or as part of a team, then you know she is one of a kind. If she is on a project there is no doubt expectations will be exceeded. She is strategic, creative, detail oriented, results driven and a true pleasure to work with. Simply put, she produces best in class gold standard work”

neda abusaeidi
director of sales & Marketing