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Top 25 Thought leadership consulting firms based in Minneapolis, United States

Name: Thought leadership consulting firms based in Minneapolis, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 96 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 96 thought leadership consulting firms headquartered in Minneapolis, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 346 professional contacts across them, including 163 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (453 companies); Minneapolis has 96.

This list covers thought leadership consulting firms headquartered in Minneapolis, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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346Contacts tracked

163Verified emails

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The 25 largest thought leadership consulting firms based in Minneapolis, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 96 thought leadership consulting firms based in Minneapolis, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to thought leadership consulting firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	MDA Leadership Consulting	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	64 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1981 on the belief that leadership matters, MDA Leadership helps you to strengthen your leadership capabilities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2	Nemer Fieger	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nemer Fieger combines uncommon insight with common sense solutions that are on message, on time and on budget.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3	People Acuity	Strong evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “People Acuity is a leadership development consulting firm specializing in cutting-edge and research-based leadership development in thirty-two countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4	Spyglass	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Spyglass is a strategic brand consultancy that partners with courageous leaders to solve mission-critical brand and marketing challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5	Rapp Strategies, INC	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Trusted strategy that empowers your vision.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6	Modern Impact	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Today’s on-demand, always-on marketplace is forcing C-suite leadership to cast a critical eye on every element of their brand and business strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7	The Prouty Project	Strong evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “STRATEGIC PLANNING ~LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT We are a strategic planning and leadership development consulting firm working with companies around the world, that range from small…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8	Newpublica	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “NewPublica is a strategic communications firm focusing on creative strategic communications and reputation management plans for what are commonly referred to as "hard-to-reach"…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9	The Disruptive Element	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WOSB and privately held, The Disruptive Element TM (TDE) is located in St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10	Doran Leadership Partners	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Doran Leadership Partners is a woman-owned executive search and leadership advisory firm serving private companies (family-owned businesses and PE-backed businesses), family…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11	Sagepresence	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SagePresence’s distinctive methodology is a product of both art and science.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12	Fluence Media	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The strategic + creative agency meets the media company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13	BBD Leadership	Strong evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are an executive coaching, consulting and leadership development firm with more than 20 years’ of experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14	Calliope	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WHO WE ARE We are skilled marketing consultants, well-versed in both the art and science of marketing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15	Customerworks	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Strategic business and marketing consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16	Aurora Consulting MN	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The nonprofit boosters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17	Roshini Multi-Media, INC	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Roshini is an executive and crisis strategist and licensed attorney whose firm provides executive coaching, media consulting, and personal brand strategy for C-suite executives…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18	Dynasty Leadership Consulting	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A true dynasty surpasses the test of time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19	Transformable Coaching And Consulting LLC	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “I created JEMM Consulting, LLC to combine my expertise in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Presence-Based Coaching with my passion for working collaboratively to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20	Vyway Market & Brand Strategy	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Vyway® Market & Brand Strategy works with you to accelerate your business and brand performance, through thoughtful strategic planning and inspired creative execution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21	Distill	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CEO-friendly + board-approved, DISTILL helps c-suites and boards ask different questions that result in unconventional insights about consumer behavior and the consumer economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22	Adigida Marketing	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Adigida Marketing, where inspiration meets impact, and creativity fuels growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23	Evocent Leadership Development	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Evocent – from the Latin word “evoco” meaning “to evoke or summon”.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24	Authentic Edge, LLC	Strong evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Authentic Edge specializes in executive coaching, innovative techniques and tools to develop leaders, and leadership development consulting for small to mid-size organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25	E Leadership Consulting	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Positive Culture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: thought leadership consulting firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names thought leadership consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of thought leadership consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name thought leadership consulting firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Thought leadership consulting firms based in Minneapolis, United States at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026

47.1%Verified-email coverage

3.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Minneapolis, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Minneapolis, over 96 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among thought leadership consulting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Minneapolis, United States whose own description of what they do matches “thought leadership consulting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names thought leadership consulting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among thought leadership consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Minneapolis are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 163 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names thought leadership consulting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many thought leadership consulting firms are there based in Minneapolis, United States?

RevenueBase identified 96 thought leadership consulting firms headquartered in Minneapolis, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

MDA Leadership Consulting, headquartered in Minneapolis, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most thought leadership consulting firms?

New York leads the United States with 453 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (204) and Los Angeles (188). Minneapolis has 96.

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 163 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 96 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.