Who we are
Business sense and behavioural science at the same table
JWC is led by two partners. Jenny Watson brings two decades of senior HR and organisational development work across the UK, the Middle East and Europe. Dr Clare Cooper is a Chartered Psychologist specialising in sustainable behaviour change. Together we read both the business logic and what's happening underneath it.
JENNY WATSON GMBPSS MCIPD — FOUNDER
Jenny has spent over two decades working at the intersection of human behaviour and organisational performance — in senior HR and OD roles across the UK, the Middle East, and Europe, and now through JWC, the consulting practice she founded to do things the way she'd always believed they should be done.
She holds a Masters in Psychology, is a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society and a Chartered Member of the CIPD. But the credential she'd put first is simpler than any of those: a genuine, unshakeable belief that work doesn't have to be miserable — and that when it isn't, businesses perform better.
Originally from Scotland and now based in Poland, Jenny has worked with organisations across four continents. She brings the same thing to every engagement: curiosity, honesty, and a deep respect for the humans — and the history — behind every business she works with.
DR. CLARE L. COOPER MA (HONS) PGDIP PHD CPSYCHOL — AFFILIATE PARTNER
Clare is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, bringing 19 years of experience at the forefront of applied psychology across diverse industries and sectors.
Clare specialises in the science of sustainable change — understanding how people shift behaviours, manage emotion, and overcome the challenges that stand between where they are and where they want to be. She has a particular gift for making psychological insight practical, helping organisations turn knowledge into action and observable change in how individuals and teams actually work together.
In her work with JWC, Clare has supported multinational clients through change programmes, leadership development and business transformation — bringing rigour, warmth and a sharp eye for the human dynamics that determine whether change sticks or quietly fades.
OUR WIDER NETWORK
JWC works with a curated network of specialist consultants brought in according to the specific needs of each engagement. All are either qualified psychologists, certified coaches or senior HR professionals. We don't staff projects with generalists — we bring the right expertise, every time.
A Note from Jenny
I didn't stumble into this work. I chose it — deliberately, and with considerable conviction.
Twenty years of working inside organisations across four continents will teach you things no qualification can. I've sat at tables where the big decisions get made. I've seen what good leadership does to a business and what careless leadership costs one. I've worked with companies at their best and at their most difficult, and I've learned to tell the difference between a people problem and a business problem — which is usually that they're the same problem.
JWC exists because I believe, without reservation, that businesses which want to be sustainable need to build sustainable people practices. Not as an HR initiative. As a fundamental business strategy. When your people are genuinely well — purposeful, connected, recognised, energised — your business performs. When they're not, everything costs more than it should and nothing quite works the way it's supposed to.
That belief isn't theoretical. It's built from two decades of evidence, some of it hard won.