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  • - Thomas Foley, Director of Policy, PA Department of Labor and Industry

    To build the Future of Workers Strategy for Pennsylvania, we went directly to the future of work expert. Anne's expertise and experience, plus the process and products, wowed us."

    - Thomas Foley, Director of Policy, PA Department of Labor and Industry

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    "In less than six months, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania arrived at surprising results and broad areas of agreement. Anne saved us years of work."

    - Thomas Foley, Director of Policy, PA Department of Labor and Industry

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    "Anne gracefully led our community through a facilitated process. It produced a very valuable and sophisticated analysis to guide our future decisions."

    - Superintendent Robert Fisicaro, Haddon Township School District

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    "Gemmell's policy and advocacy expertise is deep. We now think about old problems in new ways."

    - Opeola Bukola, Founder of Lillo, Executive Director of 10K Independents

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    "Anne adds a terrific value to our company and the Board dynamic with her expert input, creative ideas, and futuristic outlook. It's a pleasure working with her."

    - Surinder Sharma, CEO of Smart Kidz Club

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    "Anne is not only an established future of work expert, but she's shown she possesses a natural talent for the theory and practice of strategic collaborations."

    - Michael Taylor, Principal of Schelling Point

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  • "Anne solved an employee engagement problem for us in a few minutes. It went unsolved for weeks while working with a large consulting firm."

    -Chief of Staff from a major Southeastern PA institution


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The future of leadership

 is collaboration. 

Collaboration is fragile and often, frustrating. Humans dislike disagreement. Louder voices can overpower important projects. Yet, the future of leadership requires highly effective collaborations to navigate rapid change.  Our methods can conserve valuable time to capture the powerful creative energy necessary for ongoing and successful teamwork.

The future is now.

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Anne Gemmell, Principal

Anne is a pragmatic futurist who translates vision into concrete, actionable plans. She builds deep, intentional and successful collaborations.  As a public servant from 2017-2020, she led the City of Philadelphia's cross-collaborative future of work analysis and response. In 2016, she led the equitable design of the PHL-PreK program, a public-private partnership serving thousands of families with quality early childhood education. She is a thought leader, educator, writer, advocate, entrepreneur and collaboration architect.