Jump Associates is strategy and innovation consulting firm based in San Mateo, CA.

Its business was launched with a project for the office furniture company Steelcase, and its clientele has since scaled to include various Fortune 500 clients.

[2] Jump Associates takes what it has termed a “hybrid thinking” approach to business strategy, combining elements of management consulting, product design, and “the art of innovation.”[3] Jump believes that this interdisciplinary approach to strategy and advisory allows them to take a broader and more nuanced view of the business landscape and find innovation opportunities that might otherwise be missed.

[4] The firm uses a variety of methods including improv theatre-inspired brainstorming, strategic foresight sessions,[5] ethnographic interviews, and immersion experiences.

[7] Organizations may hire Jump to “think on [their] behalf,” or to teach them how to generate better ideas through executive training sessions.