About Possibility Sciences
Possibility Sciences asks a different class of questions than traditional innovation disciplines. Not just what the future will be, but how futures actually get built.
It asks: How do breakthroughs really emerge? How do they spread, and why do they stall? What makes some dreams dormant and others activated? How do structures like incentives, governance, culture, and capital shape what becomes possible and what quietly gets ruled out?
Possibility Sciences was formed when a group of builders, researchers, and system designers came to the same conclusion: innovation itself needs to be redesigned. Not because we lack ideas, but because the systems meant to carry them are outdated. So we came together to build a new discipline for designing, simulating, and mobilizing the futures we actually need.
Possibility Sciences is the study of how imagination becomes reality and why, so often, it does not. It draws on systems thinking, cultural analysis, behavioral science, design, advanced computation, network theory, and public interest technology to create a methodology for designing futures rather than merely predicting them.
At the center is what we call the Possibility Gap, the distance between what we can imagine and what our systems can reliably activate. In practical terms, Possibility Sciences offers tools for narrowing that gap. It helps us build environments in which imagination can be explored, tested, simulated, and mobilized with intention.
It takes seriously the full journey from early signal or hunch to system-level change and builds the methods to carry that journey all the way through.
Scroll to meet the Advisory Board shaping the field and the first cohort of Possibilians, and to explore the moonshots they believe we should imagine and pursue together.
Possibilian Advisor Board
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Vivienne Ming
a neuroscientist and entrepreneur who builds AI systems and ventures that advance human potential, applying deep research to real-world inclusion, health, and societal impact.
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Geraldine Moriba
a media and nonprofit executive who builds AI-informed storytelling strategies and teams that grow global audiences, revenue, and impact for underrepresented communities.
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Paul Butler
a systems thinker and institutional strategist working at the intersection of equity, policy, media, and democratic renewal, translating complex social challenges into structural reforms that reshape how power, trust, and opportunity move through institutions.
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Andy Walshe
a human performance architect who trains elite athletes, creatives, and leaders, blending neuroscience, extreme environments, and AI to expand global collective potential.
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Jonathan Jackson
a storyteller–founder who builds culture-rooted media worlds, from co-founding Blavity and AfroTech to crafting franchises at the frontier of the creator economy and institutions.
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Jennie Baird
a former BBC Studios product leader and ethical tech advocate who builds and scales global digital platforms, embedding responsible AI and human-centered design to ensure technology delivers lasting societal impact.
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Terry Young
a strategist, founder, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of AI, science, and culture. Former CEO of sparks & honey, he built the Q AI platform and a global culture lab that transformed how organizations understood and navigated change. His work now focuses on democratizing breakthrough innovation and rebuilding the systems that shape society’s long-term trajectory.
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Jennifer Brown
an award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, and inclusive-leadership expert who advises global brands and keynotes around the world on building future-ready, truly inclusive workplace cultures.
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Eric Lau
an award-winning multidisciplinary creative director and strategist working at the intersection of AI, design, and culture. A globally exhibited artist shown at Sotheby’s and the New York Stock Exchange and featured by The New York Times, he is also a professional scuba diver, overlander, and co-founder of an independent watch brand. His work focuses on applied AI and creative systems that help organizations navigate cultural and technological change.
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Annalie Killian
a strategic connector who builds partnerships and advisory boards, aligning innovators, institutions, and resilience leaders to tackle global challenges at the intersection of technology, business, culture, and society.
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Bryan Janeczko
a transformational finance and strategy leader who scales high-growth ventures—optimizing capital, operations, and enterprise value with the combined vision of a founder and discipline of a CFO.
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Zoe Mendelson
a writer and strategist. Co-founder of pussypedia.net and author of Pussypedia the book, she turns important, complex information into engaging content. Her new obsession is water.
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Faith Legendre
a holistic strategist and Aspen Fellow applying Natural Foresight, circularity, and future-of-health research to connect ecosystems, forge unlikely partnerships, and guide organizations toward healthier, more regenerative futures.
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Sanjay Purohit
a systems thinker and institutional builder who convenes change leaders across 20+ countries, designing societal frameworks through the Centre for Exponential Change and apurva.ai; author of the Think Books and advisor to initiatives including the Don Norman Design Award, the UN DPI Safeguards Initiative, and Fundamentum.