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We need to protect the rare time and space required to produce radical futures. Profound possibilities come from self-direction. From learning to navigate through meaningful obstacle-courses to gain wisdom that only comes from the front row seat of living.

 
 

The School for Radical Futures is dedicated to co-authoring how the next chapter will unfold. Shared experiences guided by new abilities, sensibilities, and moral models for flourishing.

A collective learning experience for:
1. Questioning commonly held beliefs 
2. Immersing ourselves within communities in the transformation
3. Developing proposals to challenge legacies no longer relevant
4. Engaging the public in the stories of possibility.

Journey in four parts:


IDEAS SALON

PROGRAM 1: APRIL – SEPTEMBER

ASKING ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Reorientation by Disorientation
Raise your critical consciousness and learn how to ask more essential questions in this five-month digital discourse, alongside a small group of members and thought leaders that share an optimistic vision for a better future.


FIELD TRIP

PROGRAM 2: SEPTEMBER – FEBRUARY

UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX CHANGE

Deep Listening by Immersion
Fully immerse in communities undergoing profound cultural change as a practice of deep listening and active research on the complexity of transformation.


AUDACITY LABS

PROGRAM 3: OCTOBER – FEBRUARY

PROPOSING NEW MODELS

Possibilities by Design
Co-author new ways to thrive in the world by collaboratively framing design possibilities for the next decade alongside a team of challengers and a Lead Investigator in your field of interest.


STORY STUDIO

PROGRAM 4: FEBRUARY - APRIL

CATALYZING CULTURAL IMPACT

Proposals by Public Storytelling
Explore the storytelling ecosystems that propel cultural movements and inspire people, communities, organizations and social systems towards positive change.

The method to our madness

Radical Curiosity

ˈradək(ə)l   kyo͝orēˈäsədē

is the practice of questioning commonly held beliefs to imagine better futures.

Radical Curiosity is the operating system of The School for Radical Futures.  It serves as an interdisciplinary pedagogy and position of our values for how to enter and contribute to the world.

It is inward as we work on ourselves, and cultural as we work on the institutions and systems that are the building blocks of great societies.

You will be introduced to a lifestyle of inquiry as a member of this learning community.

 
 

Enrollment:

 
 

SRF
Overview

The School for Radical Futures is a unique experimental learning and professional community that seeks to embrace the possibility of the future and the collaborative work required to realize transformative change. Because of the collaborative nature of this work, we have created multiple ways to participate. We are anticipating launching our first phase of the school early 2022 by offering the option to participate as a drop-in enrollee in one of the school’s signature programs or as a team working on a shared proposal through your organization. Our membership and subscription programs will be offered during future phases.

Enroll in
an Experience

We’ve spent the past decade producing remarkable, multi-sensorial, and immersive experiences that offer transformative new lenses through which to view the world and compel people to seek-out new frames of possibility. In this flexible option, you may choose to enroll in one (or more) of our signature experiences as a drop-in participant.

As always, if you have any questions or need any help at all just let us know.

Join
As a Team

We have spent the past 10 years working with more than 100 of the Fortune 500 companies, from Apple to American Express, and now we’re bringing our methods, team, and expertise to The School for Radical Futures. 

If you’re a team, institution, or organization, please visit For Teams to learn more about how we might flex our collaboration to fit your needs.

 
 


Who should join?

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BUSINESS LEADERS
embracing possibilities as intrapreneurs inside organizations and independent voices working across boundaries

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LIFELONG LEARNERS
searching for the new knowledge that comes from living robust lives with our whole selves and from unexpected sources

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CULTURAL TRAVELERS
visiting places and communities beyond our comfort zones to expand and diversify ways of being in the world

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RESILIENT ELDERS
holding up new frames for conversation that require deep listening across generations, valuing timeless wisdom

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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
creating new models that generate ethical and resilient impact for people, communities, and living systems

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CIVIC INNOVATORS
defining new inclusive spaces and processes in public life that will propel collective transformation for more of us to flourish

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NEXT-GEN ACTIVISTS
experimenting with new strategies to understand, design, and realize radical futures of justice, well being, strong ecologies

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MULTI-GENERATIONAL GROUPS
of families, teams, or communities committed whose journeys are enriched taken together as cohorts

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