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DOUG RANDALL

Managing Partner

Doug is Managing Partner of Monitor 360 and a Partner at Monitor. He has nearly 20 years of professional experience serving governments and private sector organizations in strategic planning, scenario thinking, networking, and complexity management. Doug is a recognized thought leader on managing uncertainty, designing effective institutionalization programs, and a select set of geopolitical issues. He has lectured at the Wharton School, Stanford, and National Defense University; and has published in the Financial Times, Wired magazine, and Strategy & Learning.

Doug was previously co-head of the consulting practice at Global Business Network (GBN). Before that, he was a Vice President at Snapfish, a senior consultant at Decision Strategies, Inc., and a senior research fellow at the Wharton School. Doug received his BA, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from the Wharton School. He practices Ashtanga yoga and meditates daily. He is on the board of directors of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. 

Selected Publications

Strategic Planning as Though the Future Matters

Outreach for Insight: Lessons from Business for the Intelligence Community

Ahead of the Curve: Anticipating Strategic Surprise

Climate Change Impacts Report

Disruptive Scenarios: Crisis of Disruptive Imagination

Thinking of the Unthinkable: An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and its Implications for United States National Security

Moving Beyond the Official Future