Word on Fire · Leadership Council Conference

28 – 30 April 2026 · Exercise · Exercise · Exercise

Black Swan Wargaming

Three scenarios. Three days. An inquiry into what Word on Fire becomes when the world breaks — or when it wins too hard, too fast.

"It is better to form an organization that is capable of navigating in a storm over knowing the route. We need to build less of a roadmap, and more of an engine, capable of going wherever it needs to go regardless of the outside environment."

— Father Steve, Guidance to the Leadership Council

Dates

28 – 30 April

Scenarios

Three

Participants

Leadership Council

Format

Executive TTX

Select a Scenario

Black Swan · I

The AI-Driven Economic & Technological Cascade

AI as both accelerant and shockwave.

A systemic economic shock driven by artificial intelligence destabilizes markets, retail, publishing, and the technological substrate WOF depends on. Category collapse, deplatforming, and cascade failure converge.

28 APR · Day 1 AM →

Black Swan · II

Geopolitical Reputation Crisis & Coordinated Attack

Every option draws fire from someone.

WOF is swept up in a defining global story. No-win positioning, coordinated reputation attacks, social media assault, cyberattack, platform eviction, and internal shock converge. There is no neutral ground.

28 APR · Day 1 PM →

Black Swan · III

Charism Drift Under Success

What we become when the breakthrough funds the wrong successor.

Bedrock breaks into the mainstream. A $500M gift arrives. 70+ hires in 4 months from the wrong sector. Five ad-intra whitepaper proposals circulate without LC review. The international chapters begin to secede. The positive black swan — and whether we receive it faithfully.

29 APR · Day 2 PM →

Conference Reference

Full Conference Agenda

Tabletop Exercise Research Brief

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