Jane Greenthal
Executive Advisor
What inspires me
Beautiful design. It is seemingly effortless, thoughtful, functional, joyful and uplifting, all at the same time. Whether it’s an object, place, process or organization, beautiful design has the universal potential to improve the human condition.
In Demand Skills
Strategic and human-centered design thinking to drive organizational transformations at scale. Pattern recognition and synthesizing large and seemingly disparate data sets to create actionable, value-creating insights. Facilitating alignment with diverse stakeholder groups.
Memorable Moment @ Frontier
Probably more a series than a singular moment: I was struck by how each “first” moment with Frontier colleagues felt instantly genuine, warm, and laden with delightful anticipation, realizing that we all shared the same deeply held values and passion to make a positive difference.
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continuously be afraid you’ll make one.
–Elbert Hubbard
Bio
Having held a variety of roles throughout her career, Jane brings a unique skillset across finance, management consulting, industry, entrepreneurship, design strategy, and change facilitation honed over three decades. She has developed a holistic approach to architecting customer and employee experiences that has helped organizations emerge with greater user focus, innovation and resilience. Using the lens of human-centered design, Jane seeks to create meaningful and sustainable change at scale.
A strong believer in the power of purpose and collective action, Jane is passionate about enabling ambitious visions, fortifying strategic positioning, and improving designed experiences at all levels. She helps clients and teams creatively solve thorny challenges with a rare combination of incisive analytics with strategic and systems thinking.
She has a proven track record with diverse clients, ranging from local non-profits and tech start-ups to global brands and complex governmental organizations. Her multidisciplinary perspective never loses sight of the big picture while advancing data-driven, actionable insights for measurable impact.
Jane holds degrees in economics and interior architecture from UCBerkeley and the Academy of Art, respectively, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. In her free time, she enjoys playing golf and pickleball, volunteering through HBS Community Partners, reading, traveling, painting, and writing.
Frontier uses this assessment to identify our unique strengths and maximize our teamliness - how we collaborate effectively as cross-functional teams. We often pair colleagues with opposite strengths to turbocharge our creativity and impact.
Over 90% of Fortune 500 companies have used the CliftonStrengths assessment to improve their workplace and meaningfully engage their employees.
Jane’s Clifton Strengths
Strategic
People with Strategic thinking are able to spot relevant patterns and issues. They can quickly identify alternative routes and sort through clutter to find the best way forward. They instinctively anticipate potential obstacles and create contingency plans.
Learner
People with the Learner strength have a deep desire to learn and continuously improve. The process of learning is as exciting to them as the outcome. They are energized by acquiring new information and skills, regardless of whether they receive formal recognition.
Achiever
People with the Achiever strength have great stamina and work hard. They take immense satisfaction in being productive and accomplishing tasks. They have an internal fire that pushes them to do more, to achieve more. Their vigor often inspires others to work harder.
Input
People with Input are inquisitive and collect information, ideas, artifacts, or even relationships. They are curious about many things and find the world exciting. They keep acquiring and compiling things because it brings them enjoyment to have information or collections that others might find interesting.
Individualization
People with Individualization excel at spotting each person's unique qualities. They notice what makes someone special and can naturally customize their approach to fit others' styles. They build productive relationships by appreciating the subtle differences in people's motivations and how they work.