What We Do

Radical Futures partners with changemakers to design and prototype worlds beyond capitalism and crisis.

How can we help you?

Radical Imagination

Our touchstone is radical imagination - creative approaches that visualize possibilities beyond status quo realities.

These imaginative futures, inspired by sci-fi, fantasy, film and art, use speculative storytelling to stretch perspectives. By questioning "what could be?", they provoke expanded mindsets, spark fresh ideas and catalyze daring dreams that can shape transformative change.

Radical Imagination

When we start with what we’re against, we remain stuck opposing the status quo on its terms. Radical imagination courageously starts with an enthusiastic "YES" - envisioning the alternate futures we're for, centering the destination, not just the present obstacles.

The communities that have been pushed to the margins – the poor, the indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ+ folks, and others – have had to develop unique ways of surviving and thriving in the face white modernity. We look to the creativity and wisdom of marginalized communities to lead the way in remaking society.

We don't need flashy gadgets or quick fixes. What we need are ideas that strike at the root of inequality, exploitation, and environmental destruction. Radical imagination means digging deep to unearth the fundamental causes of our crises, not settling for superficial solutions.

Radical imagination time travels between past, present and future. By reckoning with history, planting visions of liberation, and taking pragmatic action, it drives social change rooted in honoring those who struggled before us.

“Dream a little before you think.”

Toni Morrison

At the center of our work is Ruha Benjamin’s invitation

Radical Futures emerged from a cascade of crises exposing the deep cracks in our systems. As COVID-19, climate disasters, racial injustice, and economic turmoil collided in 2020, we felt called to action. We asked ourselves: how can we harness the power of design to dismantle the oppressive structures that exploit both people and the environment? How can we create a sustainable future in which design is a tool for healing and supporting communities to thrive?

Who we are

We are powered by a network of diverse designers and creatives who've spent decades tackling complex global challenges. We've helped organizations design breakthrough innovations in learning, workforce, health, food, and beyond.

Radical Futures is proudly Black woman-owned and led.

Tracee Worley

Founder (she/her)

As founder of Radical Futures, Tracee Worley weaves together myth, fantasy, and speculative design to craft portals to ecological futures worth inhabiting. A consummate worldbuilder and mythmaker, she harnesses storytelling's ancient power to shape collective imagination, helping organizations and movements tell new stories about what's possible when we dream beyond crisis.

Through immersive world-building and playful futuring, Tracee guides communities in designing detailed visions of regenerative futures where humans and more-than-human life flourish together. Her kaleidoscopic career spans design, education, and futurism, infusing her work with a rich understanding of how fantasy and myth can mobilize transformative change.

Drawing inspiration from Afrofuturism's legacy of radical imagination, Tracee creates experiences that blend play and purpose, celebration and challenge. She treats fantasy not as escape, but as a sophisticated technology for ecological and social transformation. Her practice focuses on helping communities craft rich, nuanced visions of futures where humans rediscover their place in Earth's living systems while building new forms of solidarity and collective care.

Tracee's approach recognizes that in times of systemic collapse, our most powerful tool might be our ability to imagine differently. She works with organizations to move beyond both dystopian narratives and techno-optimism, instead crafting deeply textured stories of how we might live in right relationship with each other and the more-than-human world.