# Pivot Strategies

> Pivot Strategies is an Edina, Minnesota-based, woman-owned consultancy that helps large companies make difficult internal change understandable and usable. Founded by former Target communicator Stacia Nelson in 2015, it combines internal communications, organizational change management, training, design and sustainability storytelling for enterprise transformations such as SAP and Microsoft 365 rollouts, acquisitions, payroll changes and ESG reporting.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Edina, United States
- **Founders:** Stacia Nelson (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Internal communications, Change communications, Organizational change management, Training and digital workplace adoption, Sustainability communications
- **Notable:** Ranked No. 1,967 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 after 306% three-year revenue growth., Ranked No. 1,555 on the 2023 Inc. 5000., Reported 39% year-over-year revenue growth and 63% team growth in 2022, along with a 9.6 average client NPS score.

## Products & services

- **Internal communications** — Strategy, messaging, content, channel planning, executive communications and creative execution for large, distributed workforces.
- **Change communications** — Audience-centered communication plans that explain the reason for change, prepare stakeholders and support adoption.
- **Organizational change management** — Readiness assessments, stakeholder analysis, change-champion networks, resistance management, leadership coaching and adoption planning.
- **Training and digital workplace adoption** — Training strategy, learning materials, events, toolkits and central resource hubs for enterprise technology and process rollouts.
- **Sustainability communications** — Materiality assessments, ESG report creation and data-led sustainability storytelling.
- **Creative services** — Campaign concepts, visual design, video, presentations and branded materials that make complex internal content easier to use.

## Achievements

- Ranked No. 1,967 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 after 306% three-year revenue growth.
- Ranked No. 1,555 on the 2023 Inc. 5000.
- Reported 39% year-over-year revenue growth and 63% team growth in 2022, along with a 9.6 average client NPS score.
- Named to Inc.'s Best Workplaces lists in 2023, 2025 and 2026.
- Named a Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Best Place to Work in 2022 and 2023.
- Placed No. 10 on the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Fast 50 list in 2022.
- Selected as a 2023 Minne Inno Fire Award honoree.
- Certified as a women-owned business through WBENC and as an SBA Women-Owned Small Business.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Named to Inc.'s 2026 Best Workplaces list.
- **2026-02** — Published guidance on reducing change fatigue by helping employees get more from fewer internal messages.
- **2025-08** — Published The Internal Comms Playbook: A Field Guide for Modern Organizations.
- **2025-06** — Named to Inc.'s 2025 Best Workplaces list.
- **2024-07** — Appointed Bruce Johnson as chief operations officer.

## Links

- Website: https://pivotstrategies.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pivot-strategies

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Last updated: 2026-09-21