Metafuture: Futures Studies by Sohail Inayatullah and Ivana Milojević

Futures
Learning Lab

Metafuture helps individuals and institutions to make sense of change by building future literacy. 

Whether you’re a government agency, university, business, NGO or city council, we work with you to co-designing engaging future-focused processes that align with your vision and narrative.

Beyond headlines and trends

Metafuture provides methods and tools to understand deep change and actively participate in shaping personal, organizational, and planetary futures.

Six Pillars

See change across systems — from everyday events to deep cultural patterns.

Narrative Foresight

Step into new stories about who you are and the futures you want to create.

Insights from Macrohistory

Gain perspective by recognizing the patterns of history.

Metafuture methods provide a comprehensive framework for foresight and strategic planning. These methods move beyond forecasting to transform the present by mapping, anticipating, and deepening understandings of the future.

▪ The Futures Triangle ▪ 
 
▪ Emerging Issues Analysis ▪ 
 

▪ The Futures Wheel ▪ 

▪ Macrohistory ▪ 

▪ Causal layered Analysis ▪ 
 
▪ Alternative Futures ▪ 
 
▪ Visioning ▪ 
 
▪ Backcasting ▪ 
 
▪ Conflict Transformation ▪ 
 

Learn how to make sense of change

Workshops

Imagine stepping into a world where you can anticipate and shape the future, where your decisions today influence the world of tomorrow.

Dive into the methodologies and mindsets essential for navigating the complexities of the future and start your journey toward mastering the art of futures thinking today.

Begin your futures thinking journey

Learn how to use the future to change today.
Join 1500+ other professionals in learning how to use the future to change today, in embedding futures thinking in your own organization.