Learn to shape
what’s next.

Future Studies Academy helps leaders, coaches, consultants, and educators develop the human capabilities to navigate uncertainty, make meaningful choices, and create what comes next.

10 capability areas. Online certifications. One Academy for what’s next.
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WHY NOW?

Change is constant. Preparing for what's next is a choice.

The Future of Jobs Report points to a significant shift in the capabilities people will need by 2030. The challenge extends beyond keeping pace with new tools to navigate complexity, make sound choices, and lead through change.

Creative capacity opens possibilities. Strategic and systems thinking create direction. Coaching and leadership capabilities help people align, adapt, and move forward with purpose.

Together, they form the foundation of our certification programs and help people shape what comes next.
*Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025

39%

of workers’ core skills are expected to change by 2030.*

77%

of employers expect training investments to improve productivity.*

67%

of the North American workforce is expected to require training by 2030.*

Our Roadmap

Ten capabilities.
One vision for what’s next. 

Informed by our ongoing research into the future of skills, Future Studies Academy is building a portfolio of online certification programs across ten interconnected capability areas.

Each capability will become a dedicated certification program, creating a growing pathway for leaders, coaches, consultants, and educators to keep learning, adapting, and shaping what comes next.
Certification programs will be introduced progressively.

What the future asks of us.

Tools will continue to change. The capabilities to think, choose, relate, create, and adapt will matter more than ever.


             Future Studies Academy develops these capabilities through distinct learning experiences, each complete in itself and connected by a shared orientation toward what comes next.

Different paths. A shared direction.

Each Academy course is a complete learning experience with its own focus, structure, and methodology. Choose the course that meets your needs now, or explore complementary perspectives across the Academy.

Learning becomes valuable when it changes what you can do.

Each Academy program combines conceptual grounding with structured tools, reflection, and application. Participants connect ideas to their own context and develop capabilities they can use in leadership, coaching, consulting, and facilitation.

1- Understand

Research, theory, and contemporary thinking provide a strong conceptual foundation.

3- Practice

Activities, assessments, tools, and reflection turn ideas into personal understanding.

2- Connect

Frameworks help participants recognize patterns, relationships, and the wider system. 

4- Apply

Participants bring their learning into real leadership, coaching, consulting, and facilitation contexts.
Understanding informs practice. Practice develops capability.

Get to know us

ROOTS + FACULTY

Rooted in futures thinking. Built for practice.

Futures studies challenges the idea that there is only one inevitable future. It invites us to explore possibilities, question assumptions, and participate more consciously in shaping what comes next.

Future Studies Academy brings this perspective into conversation with strategy, human development, and creativity. Our certification programs translate scholarship, research, and professional experience into capabilities people can apply in practice.

Meet the Faculty

Each program is taught by people who developed its methodology or are bringing its underlying research into professional practice.
Dr Timothy Tiryaki
Founding Partner, Phd. PCC 
A co-founder of the Big 5 of Strategy methodology and creator of North Star Coaching, Timothy brings together research, strategy, coaching, and years of experience working with leaders, individuals, and teams.

Teaches: Big 5 of Strategy · North Star Coaching
Chloe Tiryaki
Founding Partner, Educator
An educator and coach completing her M.Ed. at Simon Fraser University, Chloe brings creativity literature into conversation with reflective practice, practical frameworks, and tools for developing and facilitating creative capacity.

Teaches: Creative Capacity Certification Program
Jeroen Kraaijenbrink
Phd. Educator
A co-founder of the Big 5 of Strategy methodology, Jeroen connects the research and thinking behind strategy with a practical approach to making clearer choices and turning strategy into action.

Teaches: Big 5 of Strategy

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