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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.

Name: Leapfrog Projects
Address: Helsinki, FI

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.

A sober assessment cuts through the noise: we are nearing planetary-scale tipping points. Exponential technology, institutional decay, and cultural fragmentation are converging, creating cascading existential risks—not just for humanity, but for all of life. And yet, rather than responding with clarity, we remain caught in win-lose games that are rapidly becoming all-lose.

Current trajectories point to two likely endpoints

A near-total collapse of the infrastructures on which our survival depends—accelerated by our attempts to protect what must be released.
A drift into techno-fascist authoritarianism—where radical hubris drives us to impose stability through ubiquitous surveillance and top-down control.

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. In a time between worlds.

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

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

We engage in public discourse through provocations and curated spaces that invite deep reflection and dialogue. This includes:

Situational assessments to inform institutional strategy in a time of cascading crises.
Sense-making sessions on critical shifts in innovation, democracy, business, education, and societal resilience.

Prototyping Multi-intelligence Decisionmaking

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 scale.

Advancing Systemic Innovation and Funding

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.

Knowledge Creation

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 teach on sustainability, systems innovation/ transformation, and metacrisis.

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Contact

Leapfrog operates as two legally distinct entities under Finnish law: a social enterprise registered limited company (Oy) and a non-profit association (Ry).

Arkadiankatu 33, 00100, Helsinki, Finland

WE LIVE IN A TIME BETWEEN WORLDS

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.

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.

​

Current trajectories point to two likely endpoints

A near-total collapse of the infrastructures on which our survival depends—accelerated by our attempts to protect what must be released.

A drift into techno-fascist authoritarianism—where radical hubris drives us to impose stability through ubiquitous surveillance and top-down control.

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. In a time between worlds.

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

​

Provocations and Spaces for Reflection

​

We engage in public discourse through provocations and curated spaces that invite deep reflection and dialogue. This includes:

Situational assessments to inform institutional strategy in a time of cascading crises.

Sense-making sessions on critical shifts in innovation, democracy, business, education, and societal resilience.​

​

​Prototyping Multi-intelligence Decisionmaking

​

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 scale.

Advancing Systemic Innovation and Funding

​

​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.

​Knowledge Creation

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