From its origin in 1979 as Career Futures of America, The Futures Corporation has quietly grown into a widely respected firm specializing in public sector leadership and organization development with particular interest in strategic thinking and planning that promotes economic growth, program performance, productivity, and broad-based community development. Having provided programs and services to over 4,500 organizations, the company continues to focus its attention on services that promote agency, professional, and community success. The Futures Corporation is concerned with FUTURES- those of people, organizations and communities. Importantly, it was one of the first public sector consulting practices to embrace the relationship between strategic thinking and the development of communities through systems planning linked to organization design and performance-based program management. It also recognized the critical importance of both employee and agency development to maximize quality, creativity, productivity, and performance.