Experience Designer, Leadership Coach, Cultural Strategist, DJ

Helping Leaders Tune Culture for Trust, Creativity, and Human Connection

Culture isn’t a set of values on a wall—it’s an energy that moves through organizations, shaping how people work, connect, and create together.

Founder of Spille:Play, a consultancy that designs creative, play-based leadership experiences to transform organizational culture.

Meet Jyoti Jani

Author of Creating Culture: Empowered Leadership for Systems Change, a book exploring how emotions, creativity, and power shape the systems we work and live in.

World Music DJ & KEXP Host, bringing global sounds and cultural storytelling to Seattle’s, San Francisco and the world’s airwaves and dancefloors.

Contributor at Forbes Magazine on the topic of Leadership Strategy bringing insights to Executive Leaders Worldwide

20+ Years of Experience in leadership development, workforce strategy, and creative facilitation, working with organizations like Boeing, Microsoft, The Gates Foundation, and Young Women Empowered (Y-WE).

Co-Creator of The Empathy Tour, a global movement using art, storytelling, and immersive experiences to bridge divides and foster deeper human connection.

How I Got Here

I started my career as an engineer and strategist at Boeing, leading workforce development programs for over 2,000 engineers and test pilots.

I saw firsthand how traditional leadership structures failed to support creativity, collaboration, and emotional intelligence. The very skills that made people effective were often undervalued, ignored, or penalized.

Meanwhile, in grassroots music and community spaces, I witnessed a different story—people co-creating, building trust, and sharing power in ways that organizations struggled to replicate.

The same systemic patterns—who gets amplified, who gets silenced, who has to distort themselves to fit in—showed up in both settings.

That’s when I realized —

Leadership isn’t about control. It’s about attunement. Culture moves like sound. If we don’t tune it with intention, it defaults to dissonance.

I left my corporate role to help leaders and organizations redesign culture at every level—personal, interpersonal, and systemic.

Now, I work at the intersection of systems change, human-centered leadership, and creative facilitation. I design immersive learning experiences, strategic retreats, and high-impact leadership workshops to help teams move from stagnation to flow, from fear to play, from silos to collective intelligence.

Who I Work With

  • Cultivating trust, engagement, and retention.

  • Helping leaders navigate complexity and creative problem-solving.

  • Designing spaces for deep, transformational conversations.

  • Creating brave, collaborative spaces for women of color and underrepresented leaders.

Beyond consulting and speaking, I actively build and support communities that empower underrepresented voices.

Community Leadership

Founder of STEAM/Femmes, a 150+ member community for BIWOC in STEM and the arts.

Co-Founder of the Dance Music Mentorship Circle, a thriving network of 150+ women in music.

Board Member, Women’s Brick Initiative – Promoting gender equity through creative play.

Young Women Empowered (Y-WE), Peace Peloton, Courageous Community Circles – Supporting leadership, equity, and cultural storytelling.

Praise

  • “Jyoti is an absolute force of nature. She brought an incredible blend of warmth, humor, and professionalism. Her attention to detail was impeccable—intuitively reading the room, knowing exactly when to inject humor, energy, or heartfelt moments to keep the audience engaged.”

    — Doc Wilson, Executive Director, Peace Peloton

  • "Jyoti is an exceptional facilitator and speaker. She has an unparalleled presence—her relatability and empathy shined through and she created an environment that allowed the presenters and the audience to feel immersed, connected, and engaged."

    — Melody Biringer, Founder, Women in Tech Regatta

  • "Jyoti facilitated myself and my leadership team to surface and share learnings regarding leadership and our team's strategic objectives in a fun, energetic, and highly participative session. We found it to be efficient and transformative. Jyoti's carefully crafted questions and vibrant facilitative energy generated alignment among our teammates."

    — Marshall Short, VP, Boeing Test & Evaluation

  • "Jyoti helped us strengthen our organization by fostering transparency, realigning leadership roles, and co-creating a sustainable structure that still thrives today. Beyond strategy, she provided the space for us to explore our passions and impact—translating vision into actionable change."

    — Rose Waterstone, Co-Executive Director, Young Women Empowered