THOUGHT FRONT ADVISORY
Future-Focused Narratives For Sought-After Professionals
“Futures thinking adds a powerful new dimension to your thought leadership and R&D. There is a scarcity of longer-term visioning in business, but it’s the one thing that can build resiliency and trust among all your stakeholders in a way that nothing else can. It is powerful.”
— Gina Clifford, Founder, Thought Front Advisory
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Future Focused Narratives
We consult and advise you on developing deeply insightful thought leadership narratives anchored in your vision for the future.
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R&D Alignment Catalyst
By incorporating foresight methods and integrative thinking, we help you develop a unique enablement program that aligns your R&D efforts to organizational goals.
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Experiential Futures Thinking
Tap into the power of futures thinking and world building to discover non-obvious outcomes. Invite your partners and customers for a truly innovative and collaborative experience.
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Scenarios, Artifacts & Design Fiction
Tap into longer-term thinking about future products and services as we help you craft future artifacts —great for inspiring product and R&D teams.
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Who Needs Thought Front Services
Executives
Tap into future-focused narratives that ignite transformational change, enhance trusted partnerships and inspire customers. According to McKinsey, organizations that embrace futures thinking enjoy 33 percent higher profitability and 200 percent higher growth compared to the average company. Thought Front is your thought partner.
Program, Product, and Innovation Managers
Whether you want to sharpen your pitch to executives or identify gaps in your story, Thought Front can help you explore and develop incredibly impactful narratives that align and resonate with your stakeholders.
Founders & Non-Profits
Founders and non-profit leaders are among the most passionate business people on the planet. Let us help you turn that passion into a future-focused narrative that builds trust, affiliation and commitment with your key stakeholders.
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Gina can be found standing at the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship, ready to lead us towards the bright future that she can already envision today.
Entrepreneur
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If you are looking to work with a big-picture strategist, with an utterly unique perspective around technology, business and humanity, Gina should be your first call.
Tech Professional
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Gina has an amazing ability to fuse and connect complex concepts and forward-thinking technologies to develop deeply impactful strategies.
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Gina Clifford
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Principal Advisor
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Gina Clifford is a futures thinker and communications consultant specializing in R&D enablement with over a decade of strategic and communications leadership in news media, higher education and high tech industries.
With multifaceted experience in program management, primary and secondary research, thought leadership, design thinking, storytelling and futures thinking, Gina is a creative thinker who takes a human-centered approach to helping leaders connect the dots using future-focused narratives.
Through online and in-person sessions, Gina has designed novel ways to help participants think more broadly and creatively about the future of technologies, their industries, and their businesses. Her professional experience includes leading a local TEDx, global technology communications for a Fortune 150 corporation, digital communications, systems thinking, futures thinking, and foresight facilitation.
An unconventional thinker, Gina holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship in Applied Technologies from the University of South Florida. To differentiate her services, Gina earned a specialization in Futures Thinking from the Institute for the Future, a Design Thinking certificate from IBM, and a Systems Thinking certificate from Except Integrated Sustainability.
Thought Front Advisory
Thought Front is a different kind of advisory. We expand communications beyond the box by incorporating foresight methodologies to expand your thinking. We help you develop authentic programs and stories that only you can create.
The Thought Front Advisory Network
A trusted network is a real differentiator when you’re doing things differently. The future will be won or lost by the strength of our networks. We believe strongly in the African proverb, “If you want to go far, go with others.”
That’s why Thought Front Advisory developed a unique and trusted network of global experts —some of the most talented and successful consultants and advisors on the planet. When you choose Thought Front Advisory, you can easily tap into our trusted partners who offer a wide variety of services that complement our own.
NETWORK PARTNERS
Silicon Humanism. Sylvia Gallusser, Global Futurist
Mowbray by Design. Louise Mowbray, Future-Focused Leadership
Rethink Alignment. Howard Fields, Business Consultant
Future|Shift Consulting LLC. Rob Caldera, Managing Principal
Rachel Sykes Productions. Rachel Sykes, Corporate Filmmaking
Informing Choices LTD. Steve Wells, Futurist and Keynote Speaker
Ironstone Advisory. Rob Tyrie, Growth Strategist
Grey Swan Guild. Sean Moffitt, Global Think Tank Founder
Straight Talk Marketing. Rhonda Giedt, CEO and Founder
Nicastro Consulting. Fran Nicastro, Founder
Business Profit Advisory. Howard Fields, Business Advisor
Ready to Craft Your Future-Focused Narrative?
Cut through the noise of industry jargon and generalities. Let’s develop impactful, authentic and future-focused narratives that inspire your employees, partners, customers and the world.