Most thinking about the future trapped in short horizons, quarterly goals, and the tired stories of progress or doom. Mutant Futures is a course for people who who sense that their lives are not just five-year plans but part of an epic unfolding across centuries, and who want to make a real difference in these chaotic times. Through deep time narratives of change, you’ll discover how your own life connects to the great transformations moving through society — and meet the future version of yourself these times are calling for.


Across the course you’ll develop three core capacities: crafting narratives of social change that inspire and resonate, building inner alignment between what matters personally and what matters socially, and ideating “mutant methods” — creative hybrid approaches to the genuinely new challenges of the 21st century. You’ll leave with tangible artefacts: your own narrative of change to use in life and work, mutant method concepts or prototypes, and personal imagery to keep guiding you — plus membership in the Mutant Futures alumni community with monthly lab gatherings, and an optional Certificate of Completion from Futures Lab Academy.

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José Ramos is a researcher, writer and advocate for commons-based social change. He focuses on such areas as future political economy, planetary stewardship, innovations in democracy and governance, the conjunction of foresight and action research, and transformative social innovation.