What DIALOGUE does

DIALOGUE is a privately held, founder-owned strategy advisory firm headquartered in San Francisco that helps Fortune 500 CEOs, chief strategy officers, and senior executives navigate cultural shifts and shape organizational futures. Founded by Rimma Boshernitsan — whose career spans Deloitte Consulting's Human Capital practice, strategic advisory to Fortune 500 CEOs including Apple, Kraft Foods, Chevron, Levi's, Lyft, and Aesop, and contemporary art world advising — the firm positions itself around the thesis that true transformation results from distilling collective intelligence rather than reacting to trends. Its core methodology centers on dialogue facilitation, interdisciplinary convening, and behavioral/cultural insights rather than technology.

The firm operates a layered portfolio of offerings. At the core are PopUp ThinkTank™ (experiential convenings uniting global thought leaders) and Co.Lab (one-to-two-day follow-on sessions translating insights into action). Around this sit three programmatic offerings: Creative Leadership Studio™ (six-week virtual cohort program for senior creative and strategy leaders), Collective(s) (an invite-only think tank convening 20+ cross-sector senior leaders from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente, and others), and A Life Well Lived leadership retreats for women in the Scottish Highlands and Provence. Future(s) Briefings, a four-part Future of Work research series, is sold at $249 each as a self-serve entry point. The advisor bench is staffed by senior figures from Johns Hopkins, UC Berkeley, Microsoft, Google, Walmart Health, and other organizations, with creative capacity anchored through a partnership with Studio Riebenbauer (Vienna, Berlin, Los Angeles).

Revenue is generated primarily through custom-quoted enterprise advisory engagements, cohort-based program fees, premium retreat pricing ($4,850 per participant, capped at 7–8 attendees), and self-serve briefing sales. The core team is approximately seven people supplemented by an advisor and design-partner network — typical of premium boutique advisory firms. The go-to-market motion combines founder-led thought leadership (publications in Forbes, TechCrunch, Fast Company, Inc., and Noema Magazine; speaking at SXSW and other conferences), invite-only community building, and event-driven enrollment into cohorts and retreats. No funding rounds, external investors, or parent entities are disclosed.

Name

DIALOGUE

Legal name

DIALOGUE

Website

https://in-dialogue.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DIALOGUE is a privately held, founder-owned boutique strategy advisory firm in San Francisco that helps Fortune 500 CEOs and senior executives shape organizational futures through curated convenings, executive advisory, leadership programs, and premium retreats.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC), Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAE)

Keywords

• Executive strategy advisory
• Leadership development programs
• Strategic consulting services
• Executive coaching services
• Business transformation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Strategy Advisory & Consulting: Core revenue from providing strategic advisory services to CEOs and senior executives of Fortune 500 companies and emerging businesses. Includes executive coaching, behavioral and cultural insights, alignment and engagement, and strategic planning.
2. Briefings (Future of Work Series): Research and insights publications on Future of Work topics sold as downloadable/purchasable content. Four-part series covering Business Culture and Belonging, The Place of Work, People and Transformation, and Digital Strategy. Sold at $249 per briefing.
3. Leadership Retreats: Intimate leadership retreats for women in premium locations (Scottish Highlands, Provence). A Life Well Lived retreat priced at $4,850 USD including all private accommodations, programming, and meals. Limited to 7-8 participants for exclusivity.
4. Creative Leadership Studio™ Program: Six-week virtual transformational program for creative directors, heads of brand, entrepreneurs, strategists. Sold as a multi-session cohort-based program with inquiry-based registration.
5. Collective(s) Membership: Invite-only highly curated communities of practice bringing together senior leaders across sectors. Generates revenue through curated engagement and thought leadership facilitation for senior executives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DIALOGUE is a strategy advisory firm that helps Fortune 500 CEOs and senior executives stop reacting to cultural shifts and start shaping them. The firm delivers strategic advisory, executive coaching, behavioral and cultural insights, and facilitated convenings through proprietary methodologies including PopUp ThinkTank™, Co.Lab, Creative Leadership Studio™, and Collective(s), supported by Future(s) Briefings research products and premium leadership retreats.

Product overview

DIALOGUE is a strategy advisory firm offering a portfolio of human-centered consulting programs and products. The core offerings include the PopUp ThinkTank™ and Co.Lab for addressing complex business challenges through curated thought leader convenings, Creative Leadership Studio™ for leadership development, Collective(s) as an invite-only think tank for senior leaders, and Future(s) Briefings as research products. These offerings are grounded in services such as leadership strategy, behavioral and cultural insights, transformation consulting, ecosystem design, and brand activation. DIALOGUE operates at the intersection of business strategy, culture, and human behavior to help leaders shape organizational futures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Advisory & Executive Coaching
• PopUp ThinkTank™
• Co.Lab
• Creative Leadership Studio™
• Collective(s)
• Future(s) Briefings
• A Life Well Lived Retreat

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered key advisor, minor advisor, key creative partner and minor co-host.

• Susan Magsamenkey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Executive Director of International Arts + Minds Lab at Johns Hopkins. Contributes healthcare and arts integration expertise to DIALOGUE's collective.
• Sarita Mohanty, MD, MPHkey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. CEO of The SCAN Foundation. Expertise in healthcare for aging populations and future of care models.
• john a. powellkey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Executive Director of Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley. Expertise in belonging, equity, and belonging frameworks.
• BJ Miller, MDkey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Palliative Care Physician and Founder of Mettle Health. Contributes end-of-life perspective and human-centered care insights.
• Brad Lukanickey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. CEO of CannonDesign, integrated design solutions firm. Expertise in designing places and strategies for organizational flourishing.
• Jordan Shlain, MDminor advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Primary Care Physician and Founder of Private Medical. Healthcare innovation and primary care transformation perspective.
• Nico Arcinominor advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Health Tech Advisor, Former Head of Strategic Partnerships at Kaiser Permanente. Healthcare technology and partnership expertise.
• Thomas Goetz, MPHminor advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Author, Entrepreneur, Co-founder of Building H. Health innovation and behavioral change expertise.
• David Rhew, MDkey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Global Chief Medical Officer and VP of Healthcare at Microsoft. Enterprise healthcare technology and AI expertise.
• Marcus Osborneminor advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Former Senior Vice President at Walmart Health. Healthcare retail and consumer health strategy perspective.
• Suchi Reddykey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Architect, Artist, and Founder of Reddymade Architecture. Design thinking and neuroaesthetic spaces expertise.
• Sonia Millsom, MPHkey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. CEO of Oxeon. Healthcare innovation and policy expertise with experience at Maven Clinic and WRI.
• Ivy Rosskey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. VP of Hardware Design at Google. Design leadership and innovation perspective. Featured speaker at Creative Leadership Studio.
• Mary-Clare Racekey advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Chief Product & Innovation Officer at Lee Hecht Harrison. Leadership development and organizational strategy expertise.
• Tia Kansaraminor advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. CEO of Replenish.Earth. Sustainability and environmental innovation expertise.
• Ryan Andersonminor advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. VP Digital Innovation at Herman Miller. Workplace design and organizational wellbeing perspective.
• Eric Rodenbeckminor advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Founder/CEO of Stamen Design. Data visualization and spatial analysis expertise.
• Udana Bandaraminor advisorOthersCollective(s) Advisor. Computational Wellbeing at Rakuten. Technology and wellbeing intersection expertise.
• Studio Riebenbauerkey creative partnerOthersDesign partner providing creative brand partnership on projects. Franz Riebenbauer is Founder, CEO and Creative Director with studios in Vienna, Berlin, and Los Angeles. Almut Becvar is Creative Director and Partner.
• Dianne Dainminor co-hostOthersCo-host for A Life Well Lived Retreat in Scottish Highlands. Doctoral researcher on ancient technology innovation, Honorary Professor at Wise Center for Economic Justice, Oxford. Advisor to World Humanitarian Forum and Daughters for Earth.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Heidrick & Struggles: Executive search and leadership advisory firm with leadership assessment, coaching, and team-effectiveness practices that overlap DIALOGUE's executive coaching and leadership development services.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting incumbent with a Future of Work practice and executive-level advisory engagements. DIALOGUE competes for senior executive mindshare but McKinsey serves a much broader, globally distributed client base with larger teams.
• Bain & Company: Global strategy consultancy serving C-suite clients on transformation and organizational change. Comparable in buyer (Fortune 500 senior executives) and topic overlap (strategy, transformation, leadership).
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG): Top-tier strategy consultancy with deep CEO advisory and transformation practices. Comparable to DIALOGUE in serving Fortune 500 strategic conversations but operating at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Korn Ferry: Organizational consulting firm with leadership development, executive coaching, and culture transformation services. Comparable to DIALOGUE on the leadership coaching and human capital dimensions.

Direct peers

• The Ready: Boutique organizational transformation and leadership development consultancy serving executive teams. Comparable to DIALOGUE on transformation methodology and senior-executive buyer profile.
• IDEO: Design-led strategy and innovation consultancy known for human-centered facilitation, executive convening, and proprietary workshop formats — closely aligned with DIALOGUE's PopUp ThinkTank™ and Future(s)/Of methodology.
• frog (Capgemini Invent): Design and innovation consultancy with a strong human-centered, culture-strategy orientation and Fortune 500 client base. Closely comparable to DIALOGUE on methodology (immersive workshops, design thinking) and customer profile (Apple, Google-tier enterprises).
• Reboot (Reboot.io): Boutique strategy and leadership consultancy using convening and dialogue methodologies with senior executives. A closer peer in size and methodology than the global incumbents, operating in adjacent transformation and human-centered strategy space.

Others

• Pentagram: Independent design consultancy working with major brands and institutions on strategy, identity, and convening. Adjacent to DIALOGUE's design-thinking-driven advisory practice and shared customer base in design-led Fortune 500 organizations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dialogue_co
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dialogue-co

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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