Multiplayer Futures
If the future really does belong to those who think about it (and we believe it does), then we believe that should include more, and we mean way more of the population than it does today. We’re not talking about individual daydreaming or even about creating new pathways into the same old industries. Rather, we’re talking about engaging the collecti... See more
Keely Adler • Multiplayer Futures
To ‘instigate’ is to enable and empower the dispersal of leadership throughout an organization. It’s to create a network of trust between members, with safe spaces for people to show up as their whole selves and step into positions of leadership. It’s to know how to create momentum for a cause (or simply, a vibe). It’s to build an environment that ... See more
Matt Weatherall • Multiplayer Futures
We don’t just report research, we bring to life visions of better worlds in better futures to motivate the many and activate change. Because when you think of better futures like memes (by which we mean, the academic, Richard Dawkins, OG definition of memes), you can start to see the potential in their propagation. You open up, in Kiana’s words onc... See more
Em Howell • Multiplayer Futures
Collective ownership unlocks what was previously behind closed doors; the second stage of emergence: communities of practice.
“When local efforts connect as networks, then commit to work as a community of practice, a new system emerges at a greater level of scale.” — The Berkana Institute
“By making (ownership) a multiplayer game, it becomes a t... See more
Keely Adler • Multiplayer Futures
“Rather than providing pre-packaged images of possible futures, it is important to encourage do-it-yourself and do-it-together attitudes towards the creation and exploration of futures.”
— FoAM, The Art of Futuring
Keely Adler • Multiplayer Futures
“Maybe we need to go underground — working in networked, symbiotic companionships, like mycelial arrangements, to generate infinite micro-revolutions.” — Anab Jain
Keely Adler • Multiplayer Futures
Simply being aware of the chaos and complexity isn’t much comfort if our focus remains on the efforts of the individual. In Western strategic tradition, change is viewed as the result of struggle, conflict, and force. The hero is the one who defeats the odds to impose their vision on reality. Exceptional individuals wrestle chaos, complexity, and u... See more
Keely Adler • Multiplayer Futures
We knew we wanted to create a multiplayer moment that engaged builders in bringing A Future In Sync closer to reality — and we successfully did it. But what we didn’t count on was just how much energy we’d generate, how many connections we’d make, and the kind of network that would start to gather full of individuals aligned behind the desire to ma... See more
Fancy • Multiplayer Futures
What may seem like disparate philosophies are all rooted in the same belief: that facilitating multiplayer futures means cultivating a healthy, generative, mutually-beneficial, and vibe-rich environment where people want to be , where people care about the outcomes, yes, but more importantly the people and the process, and where people can activate... See more