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Branded Inclusion Expert & Wordsmith
Helping brands strategically shape social change through inclusion.
Jean Grow, PhD, is founder and Chief Truths Teller of GROW inclusivity. GROW helps clients craft authentically inclusive brand strategies and emphatically resonant creative. Before founding GROW, Jean spent 20+ years conducting intersectional brand research and teaching advertising. She is co-author of the top selling book: Advertising Creative: Strategy, Copy & Design, now in its 6th edition and sold in 25 countries. Prior to joining academia Jean spent nearly a decade in the advertising industry working with agencies such as Leo Burnett, FCB, and DDB and with clients from Coca-Cola to Kimberly-Clark. Dr. Grow earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
When Jean and her "radically honest" team of Truths Tellers are not helping clients amplify inclusion, she'll be traveling the world - 32 countries and counting.
Branded Inclusion Offerings
Branded Inclusion Offerings provide tools for your organization to break with the traditions of the past to cultivate a better tomorrow building and sustaining a more inclusive culture of belonging.

Truths Tellers
GROW Truths Tellers provide clients with strategic assessments that facilitate “radically honest” conversations that will amplify inclusion. They offer a wide array of cultural and social experiences. All have advertising or marketing experience, enhancing their strategic thinking. Collaborating with Jean, Truths Tellers will help your team lay the foundation for inclusive brand amplification.
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