Advanced Terrain System
The future is comingfaster and faster.
Don't crash.
Regular futures thinking looks at trends. But the radical is becoming more common as complex adaptive systems combine and morph at accelerating speed.
FuturesApproaching
Tracking emergent patterns and incoming disruptions. The closer to center, the sooner impact. What's on your organization's radar?
You need thinking that is
Pattern Recognition
See what's merging while everyone else is distracted by the obvious.
Fusion Detection
Spot tomorrow's crises while they're still separate problems.
Radical Preparedness
Build resilience for futures that trends can't predict.
What you get
This isn't Silicon Valley futurism or McKinsey trend reports. This is pattern recognition from someone who's watched utopias become killing fields.
Pre-Documentary Design Fictions
"I'll document your industry's future before it happens"
Custom future artifacts—news articles, internal memos, WhatsApp chats—that make tomorrow feel real today.
Fusion Detection Workshops
"Learn to spot tomorrow's crises while they're still separate problems"
Half-day sessions for leadership teams based on pattern recognition from conflict zones.
Quarterly Brief: Dispatches from Tomorrow
"What I'd be filming if I could time travel"
3-4 near-future scenarios per quarter focusing on overlooked fusions and moral inversions.
Documentary Evidence Research
"I'll go where you can't and report back"
On-ground research in emerging edge cases. Early warning signals from unlikely places.
Predictions verified:
Documentary filmmaker turned defense analyst maps tomorrow's conflicts before they merge with your reality.
Using design fiction techniques refined at DSTL, I create immersive future artifacts that help organizations navigate incoming complexity.
"I don't write ABOUT the future.
I publish FROM it."Manifesto Item #1
Ready to see what's merging?
Give me 5 minutes each Monday, and I'll show you what's merging while everyone else is distracted.
You're not crazy. Everything really IS happening at once.