FutureThink

What FutureThink does

FutureThink (legally Future Think LLC) is a private, New York-based learning and development company founded by Lisa Bodell in 2003, with a team of 11–50 employees. The firm designs and delivers human-skills training to enterprise clients, organized around four skill categories — Lead with Impact, Navigate Change, Ignite Innovation, and Simplify Work — and built on three registered proprietary methodologies: Kill the Company™, Kill a Stupid Rule™, and Let Leaders Lead™.

The product portfolio spans instructor-led workshops (in-person, virtual, and hybrid) delivered by a named facilitator roster; on-demand micro-course collections and 4-week Skill Challenges delivered via the Learning Hub member portal at learninghub.futurethink.com; LinkedIn Learning nano-courses featuring Lisa Bodell; and motivational keynote presentations. Underlying technology consists of proprietary content frameworks, a video- and quiz-based learning platform, and an email-nudge delivery system for the Skill Challenges — there are no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or integrations. The IP moat is reinforced by a stack of registered trademarks covering methodologies, program names, and brand assets.

Revenue is generated through two channels: professional services (customized workshops and keynotes, quote-based with multi-year contracts) and recurring online learning subscriptions via the Learning Hub and LinkedIn Learning. Customers are concentrated among Fortune 500 enterprises (Microsoft, AT&T, Google, Nike, Novartis, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Pepsi-Cola, CVS, EY, Accenture, Deloitte, Roche, AbbVie, HBO, NBCUniversal, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Vontier). Distribution is hybrid — direct enterprise field sales for workshops, self-serve for online learning, and a channel partnership with LinkedIn Learning. The company is bootstrapped, founder-led, and has no disclosed funding, M&A, or leadership changes in the available materials.

Name

FutureThink

Legal name

Future Think LLC

Website

https://futurethink.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FutureThink (Future Think LLC) is a private, New York-based learning and development firm founded in 2003 that delivers workshops, online courses, and keynotes to Fortune 500 enterprises, building human skills such as leadership, innovation, and change management that the company positions as complementary to AI.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Training and Development

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Creativity & Innovation Mindset (EDABAMAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Learning & Training Content Development (EDAGAKAC), Innovation & Design Thinking Programs (EDAMAHAD)

Keywords

• Leadership development training
• Corporate learning workshops
• Human skills training
• Innovation training programs
• Online learning platform

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Corporate Training Workshops: FutureThink generates revenue primarily through customized corporate training workshops delivered either in-person or online. These are tailored experiences designed for specific organizational challenges and goals, run by expert facilitators.
2. Online Learning Subscriptions: Revenue from on-demand micro-course collections and skill challenges delivered through their Learning Hub platform. Courses include video content, quizzes, and downloadable resources.
3. Keynote Speaking: Keynotes by Lisa Bodell, the company's CEO, serve as a revenue stream for speaking engagements at corporate events and conferences.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

FutureThink delivers customized corporate training workshops, on-demand online micro-course collections, and four-week skill challenges organized around four skill categories (Lead with Impact, Navigate Change, Ignite Innovation, Simplify Work). It uses proprietary trademarked methodologies (Kill the Company™, Kill a Stupid Rule™, Let Leaders Lead™) and a teach-reflect-apply learning approach, delivered via in-person workshops, virtual sessions, a Learning Hub member portal, and keynote presentations by CEO Lisa Bodell.

Product overview

FutureThink is a global learning and development company founded in 2003 that offers a comprehensive portfolio of human skills training solutions. The company provides instructor-led workshops, on-demand online learning (Micro Course Collections), and 4-week Skill Challenges organized around four essential skill categories: Lead with Impact, Navigate Change, Ignite Innovation, and Simplify Work. Core methodologies include Kill the Company™, Kill a Stupid Rule™, and Let Leaders Lead™. The company also offers LinkedIn Nano Learning Courses, downloadable tipsheets, and keynote presentations by CEO Lisa Bodell. Content is delivered through a Learning Hub member portal and targets individual contributors, team leaders, and executives seeking to build power skills that AI cannot replace.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workshops

Quantifiable outcome

• AT&T teams spent 20% less time on admin tasks
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LinkedIn LearningcoreTechnology or IntegrationFutureThink partners with LinkedIn Learning to deliver nano learning courses featuring content from CEO Lisa Bodell. These courses are available on the LinkedIn Learning platform, expanding FutureThink's reach to LinkedIn's professional learning audience. The partnership provides accessible micro-learning content on topics including innovation, leadership, simplification, and decision-making.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• BTS: BTS is a global professional services firm specializing in experiential learning, leadership development, and strategy execution simulations for Fortune 500 clients — a near-direct analog to FutureThink's workshop-led, methodology-driven model.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): CCL is a research-backed leadership development provider offering workshops, coaching, and assessments to enterprise clients — closely aligned with FutureThink's executive leadership and change-management offerings.
• Second City Works: Second City Works delivers improv-based corporate training and storytelling workshops; notably, multiple FutureThink facilitators (John Loos, Butch Jerinic) came from Second City, making it a direct talent-and-method peer.

Emerging players

• Maven: Maven is a cohort-based learning platform for professional and leadership skills, representing the digital-first delivery model FutureThink is moving toward with its Learning Hub subscription product.
• Six Seconds: Six Seconds is a global emotional intelligence (EQ) network delivering training, assessments, and certifications to enterprises — adjacent to FutureThink's 'human skills AI cannot replace' positioning and overlapping on leadership/EQ content.

Broad incumbents

• Skillsoft: Skillsoft is a large enterprise learning platform offering content across leadership, business, and technology skills, competing for the same enterprise L&D wallet share as FutureThink at a different scale and delivery model.
• Korn Ferry (Leadership Development): Korn Ferry's Leadership Development division provides enterprise executive coaching, assessment, and learning programs, competing with FutureThink for the same corporate L&D budgets at a much larger scale.
• FranklinCovey: FranklinCovey is a large, established provider of leadership, execution, and productivity training (e.g., '7 Habits') sold to global enterprises, overlapping with FutureThink's 'Lead with Impact' and 'Simplify Work' categories at much greater scale.
• Dale Carnegie & Associates: Dale Carnegie is a legacy global training brand focused on leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skill development for enterprise customers, directly competing in the same human-skills training category as FutureThink.

Others

• Brainshark / Mindtickle / Lessonly: Mindtickle and similar sales/customer-readiness platforms represent an adjacent digital-learning category that increasingly bundles soft-skills and enablement content into enterprise SaaS — a structural threat to FutureThink's enterprise L&D share over time.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/futurethinktank
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/futurethink
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/125819
• Instagraminstagram.com/_futurethink_
• Facebookfacebook.com/futurethinktank

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

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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