The phrase "a direction forward" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate progress or a positive movement towards a goal or improvement.
Example: "The new policy provides a direction forward for our company's growth and sustainability."
Alternatives: "a path ahead" or "a way forward".
I wanted to learn to drive because I wanted to make a vehicle move in an orderly direction forward and around corners and to necessary places.
But as snooper in chief, he has been in the unenviable position of having to both rationalise the NSA's choices and plot a new direction forward.
The pseudo-dipeptide 39 and related compounds may serve as a promising direction forward in the design of competitive inhibitors of falcipains for the effective treatment of malaria.
The Typhoon and F-35 may offer the best clues as to what the fighter cockpits of the future will look like, but there is another aircraft which points an intriguing direction forward.
"They all have a sense of direction (forward and backward), and they can sense light, but not with eyes; heat; moisture; chemicals; and touch," said Mark Siddall, curator in the division of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
"This is a critical moment for this country to bring together all of the people of Afghanistan, their representatives, in an opportunity to set the direction forward and create a national consensus behind the overall approach to security, to development, to reconciliation," Mr. Sedwill said.
After playing her first season of professional soccer, the short-lived league, Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), folded at the beginning of 2012, leaving Press without a club or clear direction forward and, agonizingly, with no national team caps to her name.
The result is a policy mess, with no clear direction forward.
"It's been a really useful exercise this weekend... now we've got an awful lot of information through three days of running to settle on a direction moving forward".
