What is Municipal Futures

Municipal Futures Provides Insight

We are a network of people interested in advancing municipal government and municipalities by seeding and growing “capacity for community transformation”. We focus on communities under 100,000 in size and we are seeking to develop 'Master Capacity Builders' with an interest in bringing positive change to our municipalities.

Our communities are facing significant challenges and as a result, we are trying to find ways to prepare our communities for a changing society and economy. To be ready for the future we need to have a better understanding of what that future may hold, and we need to help others understand those issues. We develop improved foresight and bring it to communities so that they can be ready for an increasingly complex and chaotic world.


trying to understand how things work, and then trying to understand how they can be made to work better. It means being curious about people and their backstories. It means using insights to build deceptively simple frameworks and models in their minds to make sense of their industry – and all the other disruptive forces shaping our world – so they can explain it to others. Then they continue asking questions about those models, and it’s those questions that often lead to breakthrough ideas. (Bryant, 2017)

Role of Master Capacity Builders *

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Municipal Futures believes that the ability for our municipalities to change is directly related to the development of 'Master Community Builders' who have an interst in the municipal context. We are looking for others who have an interest in creating change ready communities. Press Here to Access the Contact Page

* Based on the book by Rick Smyre and Neil Richardson, "Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist Yet: Creating a Framework for Communities of the Future"