StarCore Nuclear
How StarCore Nuclear introduced helium-cooled Small Modular Reactor technology through Powering Together, an award-winning documentary and communications platform built on transparency, respect, and shared opportunity.
Research reveals what is true. Strategy determines what to do about it. Marketing carries that thinking into the world. For 40 years, HCP has brought all three together.
HCP has never been defined by a single discipline. Research helps us understand. Strategy turns insight into direction. Marketing and communications put that thinking to work. For 40 years, we’ve brought those disciplines together to help organizations solve problems and seize opportunities.
Not departments. Not packages. Each discipline builds on the one before it.
Public opinion, stakeholder, employee, customer and market research that replaces assumption with evidence.
Strategic planning, positioning and executive counsel that turn evidence into direction and direction into action.
Brand, communications, digital and production that turn strategy into work people can see, understand and act on.
Organizations bring us in when the answer isn’t obvious, the stakes are real, and more than one part of the organization is affected.
Research & intelligence to understand audiences, stakeholders, markets and the conditions shaping the decision.
Strategic counsel that turns evidence into priorities, positioning, and a clear course of action.
Executive counsel that helps leadership navigate competing priorities, change, risk, and complex decisions.
Brand, communications, digital, and production that carry the strategy into the market.
The people you meet at the beginning remain engaged throughout the work.
Recommendations are grounded in research, experience and the realities surrounding the decision.
Research, strategy and execution remain part of one continuous process.
We stay close enough to the work to know whether the strategy is actually working.
Four decades of research, strategy, and creative work across government, technology, tourism, healthcare and private enterprise. Different challenges. Different audiences. One standard: work that delivers.
How StarCore Nuclear introduced helium-cooled Small Modular Reactor technology through Powering Together, an award-winning documentary and communications platform built on transparency, respect, and shared opportunity.
How the Hillsborough County Hotel & Lodging Association turned a strong market position into a three-year strategy with accountability built in.
Perspectives on the issues shaping organizations, communities, and markets, drawn from four decades of research, strategy and experience.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 29, 2026—HCP Associates recently completed the fifth iteration of the Commercial Recycling Awareness Survey for Pinellas
THIMPHU, Bhutan., June 12, 2026—Some client relationships last for a project. Others span decades. More than 20 years after HCP
TORONTO, Ont., June 5, 2026–One of HCP Associates’ 2026 Telly Awards recognized Powering Together, an award-winning mini documentary produced for
The story behind HCP begins with Pat Hill’s belief that better decisions start with understanding. His leadership helped shape the firm’s approach to research, strategy, and meaningful client work. Visit the tribute page to explore the insight, relationships, and legacy that still guide HCP today.
HCP brings together strategists, researchers, communicators, designers, and creators who share one thing: curiosity about the problem in front of them.
Tell us what your organization is facing. We’ll start by asking the right questions, understanding what’s at stake, and determining what should come next.
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