Quest Labs

Five creatures. One question each. Ninety minutes to see your organization, your system, and your future differently.

The Black Menagerie is a futures literacy tool rooted in postnormal times theory. Each creature holds a different kind of uncertainty:

🦢 The Black Swan asks: what change is coming that we haven't named yet?

🐘The Black Elephant asks: what do we all know but haven't spoken aloud?

🪼The Black Jellyfish asks: what are we feeling in our bodies about what's next?

🐢The Black Turtle asks: what do we need to slow down with?

🐑The Black Sheep asks: what playful disruption wants to emerge?

Bring your coworkers. Bring your friends Bring your staffroom. Bring whatever is sitting with you right now.

🏜️ Part of the Summer Sandbox series, a sneak peek into the next FLIP Cohort launching Fall 2026.

Registration required. Donations welcome. No one turned away.

🧩Game Night: Black Menagerie

Tracey Lenhardt

Makēda

Has a lived experience in the world as a Black person.
(African and Afro-diasporic heritage)

Underground Futures

Has a lived experience as a Black, indigenous, or Person of Color. 

Note: I am aware that the label BIPOC erases the unique lived experience of those who fall under that label. 

However, if you've found your way to safe® spaces when spaces have been labeled like this, this space is for you. 

These are the kind of questions we'll be inviting into these spaces. 

Who made these words up? Is there something that better fits me? Suits me? Adorns me than a label?

Let's talk about it. 