Roger Spitz’s ‘Metaruptions’ gain traction across geopolitics and security

The Disruptive Futures Institute says Roger Spitz’s 2019 term “Metaruptions” is now appearing in geopolitics, national security, cyber risk and AI research as the world confronts overlapping shocks. Thinkers360 also ranked Spitz No. 6 globally in national security, underscoring the spread of his foresight framework beyond the futures field.

Why it matters: - The spread of “Metaruptions” signals that a foresight concept has moved into mainstream strategy, security and policy debates. - The term captures how technology, climate, geopolitics, economics and society can trigger one another in cascading disruption. - The Disruptive Futures Institute says the wider adoption matters because leaders now need tools for systems that change faster than traditional planning models.

What happened: - The Disruptive Futures Institute said Roger Spitz coined “Metaruptions” in 2019 and codified the idea in work published from 2020 to 2024. - Thinkers360 ranked Spitz No. 6 globally in National Security, alongside top-10 placements in artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, leadership, management and risk management. - Spitz said the second half of the decade is defined by “deep, interdependent, transdisciplinary system shifts” across technological, ecological, geopolitical, economic and societal forces.

The details: - The term describes multidimensional systemic disruptions that reinforce one another and create unpredictable cascades. - The concept is now being cited in geopolitics, military strategy, national security, cyber risk, artificial intelligence, government foresight and development policy. - In Military Strategy Magazine, U.S. Army War College authors Aaron Blair Wilcox and Chase Metcalf cited Spitz’s 2020 Journal of Futures Studies paper, “The Future of Strategic Decision-Making,” in an analysis of AI and wargaming. - The Army War College authors argued for antifragile planning systems that improve under chaos instead of replacing mission command with fragile algorithms. - At West Point, Chris Mayer reviewed Spitz’s book “Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World” and highlighted “Disruption 3.0” and the 6 i’s toolkit: Intuition, Inspiration, Imagination, Improvisation, Invention and Impossible. - Germany’s IDOS used the term in a 2024 policy brief on the geopolitical consequences of a “metaruption” linked to the United States. - The UK’s National Preparedness Commission used the definition in work on the shift from prediction to strategic foresight. - Latin American cyber strategy research used Spitz’s “Complex Five” risk metaphors, including the black jellyfish and black elephant, to model AI-automated offensive operations. - Other citations appear in Greek government foresight, military AI research, tech diplomacy from a Global South perspective, strategic planning journals in Turkey and a Millennium Project report on the futures of work. - The term has also appeared in finance, accounting, engineering and media coverage, and circulated in Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Spanish and Korean. - A Forbes contributor named “Metaruption” a Word of the Year for 2026, and the International Training Centre of the ILO opened its 2026 Futures Toolkit on the future of work with the term. - British artist Dylan Gill used the word as the title for a painting, also called Metaruptions. - The Disruptive Futures Institute says its Geopolitics Center for Grand Strategy formalizes this shift and helps leaders operationalize Anticipatory Governance across the Three Gs: Geopolitics, Geoeconomics and Geotechnology. - Spitz’s newer keynote, “The Quantum Metaruption: AI, Cyber Convergence, and the Antifragile Leadership Shift,” focuses on quantum risks now reaching the board agenda. - The presentation warns that “store now, decrypt later” tactics could make encrypted data vulnerable once meaningful quantum capability arrives, possibly within five to ten years. - Spitz’s framework also includes “Info-Ruption,” his term for radical changes in global data dynamics that weaponize information. - Spitz writes in “Disrupt With Impact” that epistemic security and cybersecurity are now comparable to national security.

Between the lines: - The citations suggest Spitz’s vocabulary is being adopted because institutions now need language for overlapping risks that do not fit neat sector boundaries. - The broad use across military, policy and academic settings points to a shift from forecasting single threats to preparing for interacting systems. - The quantum example shows how a once-theoretical issue is moving into near-term operational planning.

What's next: - The Disruptive Futures Institute is expanding its Geopolitics Center for Grand Strategy and related keynote and masterclass offerings for CEOs, boards, policymakers and investors. - Spitz is positioning the AAA Framework — Antifragile, Anticipatory, Agility — as the operating model for future-prepared decision-making. - The institute says its next phase will keep focusing on convergence across AI, cyber, quantum, geopolitics and climate. - Media inquiries go to media@disruptivefutures.org, and speaking requests are directed to the speaking hub.