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WE LIVE IN A TIME BETWEEN WORLDS
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Leapfrog is a transdisciplinary network at the intersection of theory and practice. We choose to view this era of escalating global crises as an opportunity for the most meaningful and consequential work imaginable.
About
a time between worlds
Many of us can feel it: the shift. The ground beneath us is softening. The old maps no longer match the terrain, yet we are called to navigate forward.
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A sober reckoning is unavoidable: we are approaching planetary-scale tipping points. Cascading systems—ecological, technological, institutional, and cultural—are converging in ways that increase existential risk by the day. Not just for humanity, but for the entire web of life.
Exponential technologies evolve faster than we can govern them. Institutions strain under outdated assumptions. Political and cultural divides widen. And instead of responding with collective clarity, we remain caught in win-lose games that are rapidly becoming all-lose.
If we continue on this path, two likely futures are fast approaching:
Collapse: A widespread breakdown of the systems we rely on: food, water, energy, health, communication, and public safety. As structural fragility increases, our instinct to grip tighter becomes the very force that cracks the foundation.
Control: A drift into techno-authoritarianism, where the illusion of stability is maintained through surveillance and rigid enforcement. Hubris masquerading as safety.
This is our invitation to explore a third attractor—one aligned with the continuation and flourishing of life in all its diversity, depth, and ineffable wonder.
What we do
what we do
We work to grow societal capacity to respond with wisdom, resilience and creativity. We do this by creating spaces that nurture a relational culture, by building corresponding new societal structures and exploring new ways of knowledge creation.
Growing the movement
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​We work systematically to build collective understanding and coordinated action toward a society that can respond to crises with wisdom and resilience. We support live players—individuals and institutions willing to explore what it truly takes to create an alternative to societal collapse or techno-fascism. This work takes shape most visibly through Waves, a series of gatherings on societal transformation.
Provocations and Spaces for Reflection
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We engage in public discourse through provocations and curated spaces that invite deep reflection and dialogue. This includes:
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Situational assessments to inform institutional strategy in a time of cascading crises.
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Sense-making sessions on critical shifts in innovation, democracy, business, education, and societal resilience. E.g. Provocation: Relational education and AI (w/ SFV & BMR)​
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​Prototyping Multi-intelligence Decisionmaking​
We engage in public discourse through provocations and curated spaces that invite deep reflection and dialogue. This includes: We experiment with new technology-enabled institutional practices. Our current focus is on multi-intelligence decisionmaking, integrating human, ecological, and technological perspectives into governance at the Nordic city level. E.g. Crowdsourcing Futures 2023–24 (w/ Sitra)
Advancing Systemic Innovation and Funding
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​Together with partners, we work to advance systemic innovation and funding practices in technology development and place-based innovation ecosystems. Our goal is to bridge fragmented initiatives and establish coherent approaches that enable transformative change.
E.g. Steps Towards Systemic Innovation (w/ VTT)
​Knowledge Creation
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​We pioneer distributed ways to create and share knowledge, conducting action research in affiliation with Aalto University. Through pilots, methods, and technology exploration, we aim to reshape the space between theory and practice—embracing more diverse ways of knowing in the context of societal transformation. We also provide trainings on systemic innovation and funding, navigating complexity, sustainability transitions, relational education and AI, and the poly/metacrisis.
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