Dave Baber is a senior strategy executive and trusted advisor who helps leaders navigate complexity, uncertainty, and accelerating change by turning foresight into actionable strategy.

As a leader at Toffler Associates, Dave works with government and commercial organizations to anticipate emerging risks, align strategy with future operating environments, and build the organizational resilience required to compete and lead in the decades ahead. His work focuses on enabling decision-makers to move beyond reactive planning and instead make deliberate, future-informed choices that create durable value.

Dave brings deep experience in defense, national security, and complex enterprise environments, where long-term consequences, systemic risk, and strategic alignment matter. He applies Toffler’s futures-first methodology to help clients identify early signals of change, pressure-test assumptions, and translate foresight into practical actions across strategy, workforce, technology, and operations.

Known for his ability to connect strategic insight with execution, Dave partners closely with senior leaders to clarify priorities, strengthen decision frameworks, and position organizations to adapt and thrive amid disruption. His approach is grounded in rigor, relevance, and a clear focus on helping clients shape the future rather than react to it.

What is your favorite client story?

I’m passionate about the Veterans that have served our Nation. I led an engagement with Department of Veterans Affairs that explored change and the impact on the Future Veteran Social Contract. The project explored broad facets of the relationship our Nation has with our Veterans and directly influenced how Toffler Associates supported the subsequent development and direction of the VA’s 2024 Strategic Plan.

What do you enjoy most about Toffler Associates client work?

In the future, everything has a connection, it is our job to draw out the convergence of those future developments to understand and show our clients the impact on their most pressing challenges. We have the opportunity to shape the future from a strategic down to an individual level, making a positive impact for our client and their customers.

What is your favorite part about TA culture?

Our employees advise clients on how to create value in the future, the project work is intellectually stimulating and culturally enriching.

How do you spend your free time?

I am the father of two young and energetic boys, we can typically be found outside biking, kayaking, camping, or at the pool.