Vaughn Tan

Prof. Vaughn Tan is a Fellow of the Singapore Government Centre for Strategic Futures, an executive board member for Rethink Food in the United States, a founding partner in Dreddge, and Head of Southeast Asia Executive Education for University College London and an independent strategy consultant who works with governments, businesses, and not-for-profits to build effective strategies for adapting to uncertain futures. He is the author of The Uncertainty Mindset (Columbia University Press, 2020), a book about using uncertainty as a strategic tool for designing innovative and adaptable organizations. Vaughn. Previously, he worked for Google in California. He has a PhD in Organizational Behavior and Sociology from Harvard University and Harvard Business School.

Involved in:

• Risk Cultures and Water Futures (August 2025)