Shift the
Perspective
Spark the Change.

The world moves fast. Keeping up requires strategies that evolve with how people think and feel. FrameShift partners with advocacy leaders, narrative crafters, and policy shapers to understand what people really feel, build strategies that move them, and activate those strategies where they matter most.

WHAT DRIVES US

We are driven by curiosity, about what shapes how people see the world, what shifts their thinking, and what creates the conditions for something genuinely new to take hold.

That curiosity runs deepest when the work matters most. Advocacy leaders, bridge builders, narrative crafters, and policy shapers are working in complex, fast-moving environments that resist simple answers and demand strategies that evolve as quickly as the people they aim to reach.

At FrameShift we keep digging and keep adapting. We never stop innovating. Because the moment something stops evolving it stops working. And helping organizations find the spark that moves people toward something better is too important to stand still.

When the world moves faster than your strategy

The strategy you built last month is already out of date. Audiences move quickly, sentiment shifts and the window to connect keeps narrowing.

What cuts through is staying close to what people actually feel right now and building strategies from there. That's what moves people.

FrameShift combines behavioral science with the discipline of strategic thinking to uncover what's genuinely driving people beneath the surface. We go beyond what people say to uncover how they feel, think, and make decisions, often before rational thinking even enters the picture.

That depth of understanding becomes the foundation for strategies and innovation opportunities that are original, unexpected, and built from what's actually true about people right now.

Four tools. One methodology. Designed to keep pace with how people think and how the world changes.

Each product stands on its own and delivers clear strategic direction. Together they create a depth of human understanding that compounds with every layer, producing strategies that are original and continuously evolving.

PulseIntel

Know what is shifting before the shift becomes the story.

PulseIntel is an on-demand intelligence report that tracks what is moving through a dozen online platforms in real time. Our analysts identify emerging trends, the moments when people are most open to new perspectives, and the natural language already shaping conversation around a topic.

What you receive is a clear, human analysis covering the narratives worth paying attention to, the language worth adopting, and the strategic openings worth exploring. A powerful gut check, a smart pre-strategy step, and a compass for where deeper research needs to go.

Deep Dive / MindCam℠

A window into the subconscious. Where images tell the real story.

Language only captures part of what people actually feel. A proprietary qualitative research technique conducted one on one, in person or online, MindCam℠ goes beneath conscious thought to reveal what people are truly visualizing about a topic or experience.

Drawing on cognitive and behavioral science, it surfaces the emotions, metaphors, and sensory patterns that shape how people see the world before they ever find the words to describe it. From those patterns emerge strategies and innovation ideas that resonate deeply, open unexpected directions, and are built around your organization's goals.

Innovation Lab

Where insight meets bold ideas worth building.

The Innovation Lab is a rigorous creative process that moves from deep human understanding to bold, original idea. Using proven innovation principles we generate a wide range of creative directions and then focus on the ones most likely to cut through. Writers and creatives from diverse backgrounds fuel that process, bringing a creative instinct that keeps every idea grounded in how people actually think and feel.

The strongest concepts / videos are then tested with real audiences to reveal which ideas resonate, with whom, and why. So the right message reaches the right people at the right moment.

The result: Media (incl. video) that are distinctive, relevant, and built to move people in the real world.

EchoShift

Strategy in motion. In the conversations that matter.

EchoShift is FrameShift's live platform where insight, strategy, and innovation activate in real time. It brings together three integrated components to help organizations stay present, relevant, and responsive as conversations evolve.

  • Intelligence Hub tracks emerging narratives, sentiment, and cultural signals across platforms.
  • Message Lab turns insight into platform-ready content, allowing teams to test, refine, and adapt creative in real time.
  • Conversation Navigator helps teams engage directly and strategically so they can move with the moment, not behind it.

Shifting perspectives on the issues that matter.

Vaccine Hesitancy
Motivating Confident Vaccination Choices
Shifted messenger strategy to trusted local doctors. Framed vaccination as a personal, community lifestyle decision rather than a directive.
Result +1.2% detected in-field, shifting belief that "most Americans will get vaccinated". The campaign's goal was increasing social proof. (~7,000 individuals moved)
Election Trust
Restoring Confidence in Democracy
Reframed election workers as everyday Americans protecting democracy, using emotional storytelling rooted in patriotism.
Result Significant increase in trust among Republicans and Independents, the hardest-to-move segments.
VOTER ENGAGEMENT
Increase voting, volunteering & engagement
Reframe voters as change-makers, passing the torch from one generation to the next, focusing on people's agency to creative positive change with a confident & defiant tone.
Result Increase likelihood to engage in progressive activities, while increasing belief that people's voice is heard.

Other Available Case Studies: Public Education, Policing in Schools, Redistricting, Democracy.

See Our Work in Action

Built on decades of persuasion science.

The Strategic Decoder
Jiao Zhang
Co-CEO & Chief Research Officer
Twenty years decoding how people truly think and feel. Harvard MBA and deep roots in corporate marketing before co-founding FrameShift. She turns what people can't articulate into strategies that move markets, a skill built over two decades of metaphor elicitation, subconscious research, and the strategic clarity to know what to do next. The belief that genuine human understanding is the sharpest strategic tool available is what drives her and what FrameShift was built on.
The Framer
Maya Bourdeau
Co-CEO
Twenty years exploring how the right frame can shift the way people see the world. Harvard MBA and Psychology BA. She shapes how people receive and process ideas, drawing on two decades of applied neuroscience and subconscious framing to reach people at the level where decisions are actually made. Co-founder of FrameShift and a driving force behind how we turn that understanding into messages that move people.
The Bridge Builder
Cathal Lathrop
Director of Operations
Twenty years finding common ground in the most complex and divided spaces. Master of Engineering and MBA, with a career spanning research-driven innovation, civil society engagement, and operational leadership. Cathal connects deep human understanding to the strategic and operational choices organizations actually have to make. The conviction that the most divided challenges are where the real strategic openings live is what he brings to every piece of FrameShift's work.
The Signal Reader
Orla Delpon
Director of Research
Fifteen years shaping research and strategy across corporate, startups, political, advocacy, and nonprofit sectors. Master’s in Business and Marketing. Orla identifies early shifts in how people think, feel, and make sense of the world. She translates these patterns into clear, actionable strategy, helping organizations anticipate change, strengthen positioning, and make confident decisions in complex environments. The belief that early signals, properly understood, create strategic advantage is what she brings to every piece of FrameShift’s work.