Jo Lepore is widely considered a leading voice in corporate foresight.
Jo established and expanded the foresight practice inside world-leading multinationals, McDonald’s and Mars Wrigley, within their global headquarters in the US, partnering directly with global leadership teams, and across geographies with market MD’s in over 60 countries.
Today, she is the Executive Vice President at Canadian strategy company Dig, building future-readiness and global expansion plans.
With 15 years brand-side experience in Marketing, Strategy and Innovation, Jo has a proven track record of leading strategic transformation within some of the world’s biggest organizations, generating incremental growth in shifting market conditions and re-positioning brands for the future.
Mathias Behn Bjørnhof
Futurist & Founder, ANTICIPATE
Jo is one of the most respected voices in the foresight field. She brings a critical lens that always makes her perspective worth listening to – deeply reflective, clear in her communication of complexity, and committed to building communities that walk the talk.
Philip Ryan
Managing Partner, IPSOS Strategy3
Jo is one of those rare people you meet who immediately sparks your imagination. Her boundless energy, creative analysis and utter focus are what helps her envision the future and what it means for businesses today.
Rodrigo Olivares
Global VP R&D, Tropicana
Jo is one of the best business partners I have come across. She is able to push the organization’s business strategy forward by synthesizing future trends into actions that the business can execute today. She’s also collaborative, empathetic and thoughtful.
An advocate for curiosity and long term thinking, Jo is actively involved in foresight and business communities, through the non-profit professional network she founded in 2024, Foresight Inside Group (FIG), as Partner within futures think tank, the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, with her collaboration on the Dubai Future Forum, the world’s largest gathering of futurists, and via her podcast, Looking Outside.
Jo holds degrees and formal qualifications in Foresight, Marketing, Innovation, Business Management, Writing and Philosophy.
She resides in Australia and is actively present around the world.
