Rogue Union fuses cutting-edge, neuroscience-backed courses with the magic of real community.
Built for misfits, movement-makers, and rebels done with the old, tired ways of working.
THE ROGUE UNION WAY
We’re not just a course platform. We’re not just a community.
We’re both — and that’s our magic.
COURSES that work: Neuroscience-backed, built for changemakers, teaching the skills most spaces ignore — from Futures Thinking and Campaign Mischief to Hope-based Strategy and the Inner Work of Leadership. These four courses are just the opening shot. We’re building the place changemakers come back to whenever it’s time to retool and recharge.
COMMUNITY that has soul: Every course comes with a year of access to a global community that makes the learning stick—practice labs, spaces for connection, and regular intel by leaders in the field.
COURSES THAT MOVE YOU
Featured
Rogue Futurism
→ Led by Krizna Gomez
Imagine boldly. Strategize wisely. Stay ready.
Learn the art and science of foresight, and build a futures thinking practice rooted in clarity, creativity, and calm. Stay ahead of the curve and feel more in charge of the future.
New
Rogue Campaigning
→ Led by Ishtar Lakhani
Build campaigns that feel, move, and disrupt.
Learn a 6-step framework that fuses psychology, persuasion, and joyful rebellion. This isn’t just about tactics, it’s about transformation. Learn how change works then go make it happen.
Featured
Rogue Hope
→ Led by Thomas Coombes
Hope as a smart strategy for social change. Activate change. Inspire action.
Train your hope muscle and learn how to lead with narratives people care about. Learn the method, train the mindset, join the movement!
Coming in Early 2026
Rogue Leadership
→ Led by Taaka Awori
Rebel against self-doubt. Lead with clarity, calm, and authenticity.
Quiet your inner critic, strengthen your resilience, and reconnect with your purpose—so you can lead from a place of wholeness, even in uncertainty.
WHAT YOU CAN
COUNT ON
01
Self-paced courses that work with the rhythms of your life
01
Self-paced courses that work with the rhythms of your life
02
6-Month Money-Back Guarantee
02
6-Month Money-Back Guarantee
03
Equitable, income-based pricing
03
Equitable, income-based pricing
04
Top instructors and community curators who are leaders in their field
04
Top instructors and community curators who are leaders in their field
05
The most practical tools, especially designed for social impact leaders
05
The most practical tools, especially designed for social impact leaders
YOU'LL FIT RIGHT IN IF...
You’re a changemaker, strategist, innovator or movement leader who’s:
Craving something real because you're
Craving something real
because you're
Burnt out by rigid systems
Burnt out by rigid systems
beein wanting soul, structure, and spark because you yearn for
Strategy that moves you
Strategy that moves you
Tired of surface-level spaces BECAUSE YOU'RE
Longing for true connection
Longing for true connection
WHY WE
STARTED
It began with a pattern we couldn’t unsee—changemakers running on empty, armed with tools that no longer worked.
We’ve spent years working with changemakers—movement leaders, policy gurus, grassroots organizers, systems strategists—brilliant humans with fire in their bellies. And over and over again, we saw that fire start to dim. Not because people didn’t care. But because the world kept coming at them faster and harder, while the tools they were handed—dusty playbooks, soulless webinars, recycled tactics—just weren’t built for this moment.
We’ve seen that look in people’s eyes: a mix of despair, numbness, and deep fatigue. The sense that everything is happening to them, and they’re stuck reacting. Alone. Depleted. Disconnected.
That’s what made us build Rogue Union.
MEET THE
ROGUE MENTORS
Your Rogue Mentors aren’t just instructors — they’re co-conspirators in your rise. They are the top leaders in their field, bringing their own method, deep experience and magic.
VOICES FROM
THE ROUGES
VOICES FROM
THE ROUGES
"I’ve been lucky to benefit from Kriz‘s ideas and advice over the years so I shouldn’t be surprised at how amazing the course is. It’s a great introduction to futures—- it distills so much wisdom and knowledge into a framework that is easy to apply and incredibly useful. Even better is being part of a community of amazing fellow ‘Rogues’ to carry on my journey with. It’s often a challenge to put what I’ve learned on a course into practice but you’ve created the perfect framework to enable that to happen. More power to your elbow!"
James Logan
Independent Consultant to NGOs & Philanthropies
"I’ve been lucky to benefit from Kriz‘s ideas and advice over the years so I shouldn’t be surprised at how amazing the course is. It’s a great introduction to futures—- it distills so much wisdom and knowledge into a framework that is easy to apply and incredibly useful. Even better is being part of a community of amazing fellow ‘Rogues’ to carry on my journey with. It’s often a challenge to put what I’ve learned on a course into practice but you’ve created the perfect framework to enable that to happen. More power to your elbow!"
James Logan
Independent Consultant to NGOs & Philanthropies
"More often than not, it’s the people you meet who change you. For me, Kriz is living proof of that. She introduced me to people and ideas that permanently changed how I approach my work. What makes Kriz unique for me is how much she brings who she is into her work — mindful, creative, and deeply attentive to nuance and detail. In her Future Readiness course, she gently blurs the boundaries of personal and professional, as she takes you on a journey into a meticulously crafted world that dares you to step out of your comfort zone, make the effort, honor your constraints, and imagine new futures with grounded, joyful courage."
Kerem Çiftçioğlu
Communications Director, Hafiza Merkezi
"More often than not, it’s the people you meet who change you. For me, Kriz is living proof of that. She introduced me to people and ideas that permanently changed how I approach my work. What makes Kriz unique for me is how much she brings who she is into her work — mindful, creative, and deeply attentive to nuance and detail. In her Future Readiness course, she gently blurs the boundaries of personal and professional, as she takes you on a journey into a meticulously crafted world that dares you to step out of your comfort zone, make the effort, honor your constraints, and imagine new futures with grounded, joyful courage."
Kerem Çiftçioğlu
Communications Director, Hafiza Merkezi
“Ishtar has an infectious spirit of creativity and a skillfully strategic mind. Working with her is like lighting a match in a room full of wet ideas, suddenly everything catches fire. Her blend of strategic mischief, deep care, and creative rebellion has a way of making impossible things feel inevitable. Somehow she made rebellion feel like an act of deep care. I walked away from every campaign or workshop feeling braver, bolder, and more in love with the work. Seeing examples of creative activism from around the world just solidified that this is the only way to campaign. Be ready to dream and see real impact!”
Ivana Merckel
Impact Project Consultant
“Ishtar has an infectious spirit of creativity and a skillfully strategic mind. Working with her is like lighting a match in a room full of wet ideas, suddenly everything catches fire. Her blend of strategic mischief, deep care, and creative rebellion has a way of making impossible things feel inevitable. Somehow she made rebellion feel like an act of deep care. I walked away from every campaign or workshop feeling braver, bolder, and more in love with the work. Seeing examples of creative activism from around the world just solidified that this is the only way to campaign. Be ready to dream and see real impact!”
Ivana Merckel
Impact Project Consultant
“I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Ishtar for many years, through some of the most challenging, creative, and meaningful advocacy efforts of my career. Our collaboration has spanned high-level advocacy, campaign design, policy submissions, and public engagement, often under enormous pressure and in emotionally charged environments. And through all of it, Ishtar has been a steady force. She has a rare ability to move between legal, emotional, and political terrain, without dropping the thread. She brings people together, she helps clarify what matters, and has an incredible gift for making the complex feel human and urgent.”
Stacey-Leigh Manuel
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch
“I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Ishtar for many years, through some of the most challenging, creative, and meaningful advocacy efforts of my career. Our collaboration has spanned high-level advocacy, campaign design, policy submissions, and public engagement, often under enormous pressure and in emotionally charged environments. And through all of it, Ishtar has been a steady force. She has a rare ability to move between legal, emotional, and political terrain, without dropping the thread. She brings people together, she helps clarify what matters, and has an incredible gift for making the complex feel human and urgent.”
Stacey-Leigh Manuel
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch
“Working with Thomas and becoming a Hope-Based Communications trainer has given me language for and a confidence in the kind of change I always sensed was possible, but didn’t quite know how to articulate. Learning the five shifts and putting them into practice has of course changed how I approach my work, but it's also changed my daily conversations and how I approach everyday life. What I love most about the Hope-Based framework is how intuitive it is. The shifts activate hope and make it accessible — anyone can learn them, anyone can practice them, and anyone can become an expert in spreading active hope. As a trainer, Thomas holds space with clarity, humility, care, and humor, and models how to move from reacting to the world to reimagining it. Since becoming certified, I've led workshops for private sector groups, philanthropy, and civil society, using the five shifts to point our collective gaze toward the world we want to build.”
Michael Braithwaite
Founder of Big Bite Communications + Next Big Thing Consulting
“Working with Thomas and becoming a Hope-Based Communications trainer has given me language for and a confidence in the kind of change I always sensed was possible, but didn’t quite know how to articulate. Learning the five shifts and putting them into practice has of course changed how I approach my work, but it's also changed my daily conversations and how I approach everyday life. What I love most about the Hope-Based framework is how intuitive it is. The shifts activate hope and make it accessible — anyone can learn them, anyone can practice them, and anyone can become an expert in spreading active hope. As a trainer, Thomas holds space with clarity, humility, care, and humor, and models how to move from reacting to the world to reimagining it. Since becoming certified, I've led workshops for private sector groups, philanthropy, and civil society, using the five shifts to point our collective gaze toward the world we want to build.”
Michael Braithwaite
Founder of Big Bite Communications + Next Big Thing Consulting
"HBC became a solid baseline for my work as a communications strategist and goes far beyond communications content or professions. Focusing on the things you want to grow applies to almost any context, and the phrase "Say what you're for" is one I use often - both in my personal and professional life.”
Gesine Schmidt-Schmiedbauer
Co-Founder of One Step Beyond
"HBC became a solid baseline for my work as a communications strategist and goes far beyond communications content or professions. Focusing on the things you want to grow applies to almost any context, and the phrase "Say what you're for" is one I use often - both in my personal and professional life.”
Gesine Schmidt-Schmiedbauer
Co-Founder of One Step Beyond
Rogue Union fuses cutting-edge, neuroscience-backed courses with the magic of real community.
Built for misfits, movement-makers, and rebels done with the old, tired ways of working.
THE ROGUE UNION WAY
We’re not just a course platform.
We’re not just a community.
We’re both — and that’s our magic.
COURSES that work: Neuroscience-backed, built for changemakers, teaching the skills most spaces ignore — from Futures Thinking and Campaign Mischief to Hope-based Strategy and the Inner Work of Leadership. These four courses are just the opening shot. We’re building the place changemakers come back to whenever it’s time to retool and recharge.
COMMUNITY that has soul: Every course comes with a year of access to a global community that makes the learning stick—practice labs, spaces for connection, and regular intel by leaders in the field.
COURSES THAT MOVE YOU
Featured
Rogue Futurism
→ Led by Krizna Gomez
Imagine boldly. Strategize wisely. Stay ready.
Learn the art and science of foresight, and build a futures thinking practice rooted in clarity, creativity, and calm. Stay ahead of the curve and feel more in charge of the future.
New
Rogue Campaigning
→ Led by Ishtar Lakhani
Build campaigns that feel, move, and disrupt.
Learn a 6-step framework that fuses psychology, persuasion, and joyful rebellion. This isn’t just about tactics, it’s about transformation. Learn how change works then go make it happen.
Featured
Rogue Hope
→ Led by Thomas Coombes
Hope as a smart strategy for social change. Activate change. Inspire action.
Train your hope muscle and learn how to lead with narratives people care about. Learn the method, train the mindset, join the movement!
Coming in Early 2026
Rogue Leadership
→ Led by Taaka Awori
Rebel against self-doubt. Lead with clarity, calm, and authenticity.
Quiet your inner critic, strengthen your resilience, and reconnect with your purpose—so you can lead from a place of wholeness, even in uncertainty.
WHAT YOU CAN
COUNT ON
01
Self-paced courses that work with the rhythms of your life
02
6-Month Money-Back Guarantee
03
Equitable, income-based pricing
04
Top instructors and community curators who are leaders in their field
05
The most practical tools, especially designed for social impact leaders
YOU'LL FIT
RIGHT IN IF...
You’re a changemaker, strategist, innovator or movement leader who’s:
Craving something real
because you're
Burnt out by rigid systems
beein wanting soul, structure, and spark because you yearn for
Strategy that moves you
Tired of surface-level spaces BECAUSE YOU'RE
Longing for true connection
WHY WE
STARTED
It began with a pattern we couldn’t unsee—changemakers running on empty, armed with tools that no longer worked.
We’ve spent years working with changemakers—movement leaders, policy gurus, grassroots organizers, systems strategists—brilliant humans with fire in their bellies. And over and over again, we saw that fire start to dim. Not because people didn’t care. But because the world kept coming at them faster and harder, while the tools they were handed—dusty playbooks, soulless webinars, recycled tactics—just weren’t built for this moment.
We’ve seen that look in people’s eyes: a mix of despair, numbness, and deep fatigue. The sense that everything is happening to them, and they’re stuck reacting. Alone. Depleted. Disconnected.
That’s what made us build Rogue Union.
MEET THE
ROGUE MENTORS
Your Rogue Mentors aren’t just instructors — they’re co-conspirators in your rise. They are the top leaders in their field, bringing their own method, deep experience and magic.
VOICES FROM
THE ROUGES
"I’ve been lucky to benefit from Kriz‘s ideas and advice over the years so I shouldn’t be surprised at how amazing the course is. It’s a great introduction to futures—- it distills so much wisdom and knowledge into a framework that is easy to apply and incredibly useful. Even better is being part of a community of amazing fellow ‘Rogues’ to carry on my journey with. It’s often a challenge to put what I’ve learned on a course into practice but you’ve created the perfect framework to enable that to happen. More power to your elbow!"
James Logan
Independent Consultant to NGOs & Philanthropies
"More often than not, it’s the people you meet who change you. For me, Kriz is living proof of that. She introduced me to people and ideas that permanently changed how I approach my work. What makes Kriz unique for me is how much she brings who she is into her work — mindful, creative, and deeply attentive to nuance and detail. In her Future Readiness course, she gently blurs the boundaries of personal and professional, as she takes you on a journey into a meticulously crafted world that dares you to step out of your comfort zone, make the effort, honor your constraints, and imagine new futures with grounded, joyful courage."
Kerem Çiftçioğlu
Communications Director, Hafiza Merkezi
“Ishtar has an infectious spirit of creativity and a skillfully strategic mind. Working with her is like lighting a match in a room full of wet ideas, suddenly everything catches fire. Her blend of strategic mischief, deep care, and creative rebellion has a way of making impossible things feel inevitable. Somehow she made rebellion feel like an act of deep care. I walked away from every campaign or workshop feeling braver, bolder, and more in love with the work. Seeing examples of creative activism from around the world just solidified that this is the only way to campaign. Be ready to dream and see real impact!”
Ivana Merckel
Impact Project Consultant
“I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Ishtar for many years, through some of the most challenging, creative, and meaningful advocacy efforts of my career. Our collaboration has spanned high-level advocacy, campaign design, policy submissions, and public engagement, often under enormous pressure and in emotionally charged environments. And through all of it, Ishtar has been a steady force. She has a rare ability to move between legal, emotional, and political terrain, without dropping the thread. She brings people together, she helps clarify what matters, and has an incredible gift for making the complex feel human and urgent.”
Stacey-Leigh Manuel
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch
“Working with Thomas and becoming a Hope-Based Communications trainer has given me language for and a confidence in the kind of change I always sensed was possible, but didn’t quite know how to articulate. Learning the five shifts and putting them into practice has of course changed how I approach my work, but it's also changed my daily conversations and how I approach everyday life. What I love most about the Hope-Based framework is how intuitive it is. The shifts activate hope and make it accessible — anyone can learn them, anyone can practice them, and anyone can become an expert in spreading active hope. As a trainer, Thomas holds space with clarity, humility, care, and humor, and models how to move from reacting to the world to reimagining it. Since becoming certified, I've led workshops for private sector groups, philanthropy, and civil society, using the five shifts to point our collective gaze toward the world we want to build.”
Michael Braithwaite
Founder of Big Bite Communications + Next Big Thing Consulting
"HBC became a solid baseline for my work as a communications strategist and goes far beyond communications content or professions. Focusing on the things you want to grow applies to almost any context, and the phrase "Say what you're for" is one I use often - both in my personal and professional life.”
Gesine Schmidt-Schmiedbauer
Co-Founder of One Step Beyond
Rogue Union fuses cutting-edge, neuroscience-backed courses with the magic of real community.
Built for misfits, movement-makers, and rebels done with the old, tired ways of working.
THE ROGUE UNION WAY
We’re not just a course platform. We’re not just a community.
We’re both — and that’s our magic.
COURSES that work: Neuroscience-backed, built for changemakers, teaching the skills most spaces ignore — from Futures Thinking and Campaign Mischief to Hope-based Strategy and the Inner Work of Leadership. These four courses are just the opening shot. We’re building the place changemakers come back to whenever it’s time to retool and recharge.
COMMUNITY that has soul: Every course comes with a year of access to a global community that makes the learning stick—practice labs, spaces for connection, and regular intel by leaders in the field.
COURSES THAT
MOVE YOU
Featured
Rogue Futurism
→ Led by Krizna Gomez
Imagine boldly. Strategize wisely. Stay ready.
Learn the art and science of foresight, and build a futures thinking practice rooted in clarity, creativity, and calm. Stay ahead of the curve and feel more in charge of the future.
New
Rogue Campaigning
→ Led by Ishtar Lakhani
Build campaigns that feel, move, and disrupt.
Learn a 6-step framework that fuses psychology, persuasion, and joyful rebellion. This isn’t just about tactics, it’s about transformation. Learn how change works then go make it happen.
Featured
Rogue Hope
→ Led by Thomas Coombes
Hope as a smart strategy for social change. Activate change. Inspire action.
Train your hope muscle and learn how to lead with narratives people care about. Learn the method, train the mindset, join the movement!
Coming in Early 2026
Rogue Leadership
→ Led by Taaka Awori
Rebel against self-doubt. Lead with clarity, calm, and authenticity.
Quiet your inner critic, strengthen your resilience, and reconnect with your purpose—so you can lead from a place of wholeness, even in uncertainty.
WHAT YOU CAN
COUNT ON
01
Self-paced courses that work with the rhythms of your life
02
6-Month Money-Back Guarantee
03
Equitable, income-based pricing
04
Top instructors and community curators who are leaders in their field
05
The most practical tools, especially designed for social impact leaders
YOU'LL FIT
RIGHT IN IF...
You’re a changemaker, strategist, innovator or movement leader who’s:
Craving something real because you're
Burnt out by rigid systems
beein wanting soul, structure, and spark
because you yearn for
Strategy that moves you
Tired of surface-level spaces BECAUSE YOU'RE
Longing for true connection
WHY WE
STARTED
It began with a pattern we couldn’t unsee—changemakers running on empty, armed with tools that no longer worked.
We’ve spent years working with changemakers—movement leaders, policy gurus, grassroots organizers, systems strategists—brilliant humans with fire in their bellies. And over and over again, we saw that fire start to dim. Not because people didn’t care. But because the world kept coming at them faster and harder, while the tools they were handed—dusty playbooks, soulless webinars, recycled tactics—just weren’t built for this moment.
We’ve seen that look in people’s eyes: a mix of despair, numbness, and deep fatigue. The sense that everything is happening to them, and they’re stuck reacting. Alone. Depleted. Disconnected.
That’s what made us build Rogue Union.
MEET THE
ROGUE MENTORS
Your Rogue Mentors aren’t just instructors — they’re co-conspirators in your rise. They are the top leaders in their field, bringing their own method, deep experience and magic.
VOICES FROM
THE ROUGES
"I’ve been lucky to benefit from Kriz‘s ideas and advice over the years so I shouldn’t be surprised at how amazing the course is. It’s a great introduction to futures—- it distills so much wisdom and knowledge into a framework that is easy to apply and incredibly useful. Even better is being part of a community of amazing fellow ‘Rogues’ to carry on my journey with. It’s often a challenge to put what I’ve learned on a course into practice but you’ve created the perfect framework to enable that to happen. More power to your elbow!"
James Logan
Independent Consultant to NGOs & Philanthropies
"More often than not, it’s the people you meet who change you. For me, Kriz is living proof of that. She introduced me to people and ideas that permanently changed how I approach my work. What makes Kriz unique for me is how much she brings who she is into her work — mindful, creative, and deeply attentive to nuance and detail. In her Future Readiness course, she gently blurs the boundaries of personal and professional, as she takes you on a journey into a meticulously crafted world that dares you to step out of your comfort zone, make the effort, honor your constraints, and imagine new futures with grounded, joyful courage."
Kerem Çiftçioğlu
Communications Director, Hafiza Merkezi
“Ishtar has an infectious spirit of creativity and a skillfully strategic mind. Working with her is like lighting a match in a room full of wet ideas, suddenly everything catches fire. Her blend of strategic mischief, deep care, and creative rebellion has a way of making impossible things feel inevitable. Somehow she made rebellion feel like an act of deep care. I walked away from every campaign or workshop feeling braver, bolder, and more in love with the work. Seeing examples of creative activism from around the world just solidified that this is the only way to campaign. Be ready to dream and see real impact!”
Ivana Merckel
Impact Project Consultant
“I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Ishtar for many years, through some of the most challenging, creative, and meaningful advocacy efforts of my career. Our collaboration has spanned high-level advocacy, campaign design, policy submissions, and public engagement, often under enormous pressure and in emotionally charged environments. And through all of it, Ishtar has been a steady force. She has a rare ability to move between legal, emotional, and political terrain, without dropping the thread. She brings people together, she helps clarify what matters, and has an incredible gift for making the complex feel human and urgent.”
Stacey-Leigh Manuel
Deputy Director, Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch
“Working with Thomas and becoming a Hope-Based Communications trainer has given me language for and a confidence in the kind of change I always sensed was possible, but didn’t quite know how to articulate. Learning the five shifts and putting them into practice has of course changed how I approach my work, but it's also changed my daily conversations and how I approach everyday life. What I love most about the Hope-Based framework is how intuitive it is. The shifts activate hope and make it accessible — anyone can learn them, anyone can practice them, and anyone can become an expert in spreading active hope. As a trainer, Thomas holds space with clarity, humility, care, and humor, and models how to move from reacting to the world to reimagining it. Since becoming certified, I've led workshops for private sector groups, philanthropy, and civil society, using the five shifts to point our collective gaze toward the world we want to build.”
Michael Braithwaite
Founder of Big Bite Communications + Next Big Thing Consulting
"HBC became a solid baseline for my work as a communications strategist and goes far beyond communications content or professions. Focusing on the things you want to grow applies to almost any context, and the phrase "Say what you're for" is one I use often - both in my personal and professional life.”
Gesine Schmidt-Schmiedbauer
Co-Founder of One Step Beyond