The future needs conscious, purpose-led leaders, starting with YOU!

Real change - big, bold, world-shifting change starts within.
To shape what’s next, start by reshaping how you think, choose, and lead today.

I'm Ready To Lead With Purpose Today!

You are not just here to manage what’s now. You are here to shape what’s next.
To build a future that’s resilient, sustainable, and transformational.

That future starts with YOU!

Real transformation doesn’t begin with strategy decks or quarterly goals.
It begins with you: your awareness, your choices, your clarity of purpose.

At Joy Forward Strategy, we blend Strategic Foresight and Mindfulness to help you lead with vision, resilience, and intention.

This is Mindful Foresight - a practice to:

Stay grounded in the present while exploring bold possibilities
Embrace uncertainty as fuel for innovation and sustainable change
Make strategic decisions rooted in values and vision

The future doesn’t arrive all at once—it begins with the small, intentional choices you make today.

I'm Making A Mindful Choice Today!

Strategic Foresight is a practice that provides a framework to identify emerging trends and issues, and then uses these insights to map out possible futures to support better decision-making in the present.

Mindfulness is an intention to cultivate awareness, giving attention to what is occurring in the present moment with an attitude that is non-judgmental, curious, and kind.

Mindful Foresight is a way of being and doing that allows continuous refinement through awareness and curiosity to empower strategic and nimble decision-making in the present, thus creating the future.

Are you building the future you believe in or letting it be shaped by default?

Lead with purpose.

Decide with clarity.

Let’s create what’s next - on purpose.

FIND THE METHOD THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU!

Learn and implement tools and strategies to build resilience for yourself, your team, or your organization.

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COACHING

Coaching offers a personalized space for reflection, clarity, and growth—helping you align values with vision and take confident, strategic action.

Say Yes to Your Future!

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CONSULTING

Consulting provides expert guidance and structured problem-solving to help you navigate complexity, design solutions, and accelerate impact.

Let’s Spark Possibility Together!

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CLASSROOM

A classroom setting cultivates collective learning and curiosity, equipping teams with shared language, foresight tools, and new mindsets for shaping the future together.

Come Learn, Imagine, and Lead

Angela D. Cring, Founder

I develop purposeful, resilient strategy.

As a lifelong learner with a deep curiosity, I blend my passion for science and creativity. I look for ways to continuously grow myself and make improvements to the world around me by using qualitative, analytical, creative, and intuitive approaches.

I find joy in helping others grow and imagine possibilities!

Check Out My Story

Is Your Mind Full or Are You Mindful?

Hope & Agency for Better Futures

Seeing the Future: How Looking Up and Out Enhances Strategic Thinking

Angela Cring, thank you so very much for sharing your expertise and your organized, candid and informative training for the Women of Wisdom (WOW) Board members. Your style and delivery were exactly what our team needed. Working with our Board, you made the training enlightening, and you provided information for our understanding and use that we had not considered. The training, exercises, and engagements will definitely help us to lead our organization with heightened success. Board members agreed that selecting you as our facilitator was a great decision.The hours passed so fast! We left the training eager to respond to the lessons learned. Thank you for going beyond by giving WOW Board members additional materials to read. Thank you for propelling us forward - our training was truly Joy Forward

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Phyllis Mouton, WOW Board President

I approached Angela for coaching at a time in my life when I was searching for clarity about my future. I was absolutely amazed by her skill in coaching, her kindness, and her organization! I would 100% recommend her!

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Dr. Melanie Fowler, DDS

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