Roger Spitz’s 2019 “Metaruptions” term reaches the art world in London interview

The Disruptive Futures Institute released a recorded London TV interview bringing together futurist Roger Spitz and artist Dylan Gill around “Metaruptions,” a term Spitz coined in 2019. The conversation shows how the idea has moved from a foresight concept into art, media and institutional use as systemic disruption becomes a broader real-world concern.

Why it matters: - Metaruptions is moving beyond foresight circles and into art, media, policy and professional training. - The term is being used to describe systemic change that cascades across sectors, geographies and time horizons, which matters for leaders trying to plan under deep uncertainty. - The London interview gives the concept a cultural foothold as well as a strategic one.

What happened: - The Disruptive Futures Institute released an exclusive broadcast interview recorded in a London TV studio between futurist Roger Spitz and British contemporary artist Dylan Gill. - Spitz coined Metaruptions in 2019. - Gill created a January 2026 Neo-Cubist painting titled Metaruptions, using the term as the work’s title and visual frame. - The interview was recorded during Spitz’s UK and European 2026 speaking and media tour. - That tour included a keynote appearance at Meta’s Conversations 2026 in London in June 2026.

The details: - Spitz first published the concept’s foundations in “The Future of Strategic Decision-Making” in the Journal of Futures Studies on July 26, 2020. - He later codified the idea across The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption, a four-volume series published by the Disruptive Futures Institute in 2022–2023, and in Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World, published by Kogan Page in 2024. - Metaruptions combines the prefix meta with the Latin rumpere, meaning to rupture, erupt, interrupt or disrupt. - The concept describes systemic disruptions that are multidimensional, self-reinforcing and self-perpetuating. - The term also refers to disruptions that interact, amplify and cascade nonlinearly across sectors and geographies. - Spitz describes Metaruptions as value-neutral, with outcomes that depend on agency, mindset, preparation and response. - Gill said the London conversation was a rare chance to unpack the painting with the person who coined its title. - The interview and excerpts are available on the Disruptive Futures Institute YouTube playlist: Metaruptions playlist. - The full London interview is available here: Metaruptions: Roger Spitz in Conversation with Artist Dylan Gill. - The full conversation and excerpts are also available on the Metaruptions playlist on the Disruptive Futures Institute YouTube channel.

Between the lines: - The timing suggests the term is gaining legitimacy outside the original foresight context. - Forbes contributor Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva designated “Metaruption” a Word of the Year for 2026, and Forbes Japan translated the piece for Asian leadership audiences. - The International Training Centre of the ILO used the term in its 2026 Futures Toolkit. - Other references have appeared across the UK National Preparedness Commission, the CFA Institute, IDOS, the Association of Professional Futurists, MIT Technology Review Brasil, Kirkus Reviews and CNN Brasil. - The art collaboration shows the concept is now functioning as a cultural shorthand for complexity, not just a technical label. - Spitz argues that trend-based forecasting is no longer enough when disruptions collide and produce second- and third-order effects. - That framing positions imagination, not extrapolation, as the core skill for navigating systemic change.

What’s next: - The Disruptive Futures Institute is directing media inquiries to media@disruptivefutures.org. - The institute is also promoting speaking inquiries through its website: Roger Spitz speaker information. - The Metaruptions concept is likely to keep spreading as organizations look for language that captures compounding disruption more precisely than megatrends or polycrisis.

The bottom line: - What started as a 2019 foresight term is now showing up in art, institutional toolkits and public discourse as a shorthand for the messy, networked nature of modern disruption.