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Barnett’s ability to provide critical insight into America’s pacing security threats, as affected by demographics, climate change, political polarization, and more is superb.
No one ties these threads together better than him.”
Brigadier General Mark Kalin
Land Component Commander
Massachusetts Army National Guard
Thomas P.M. Barnett is a leading security geopolitical strategist and bestselling author, who has worked in U.S. national security circles since the end of the Cold War.
He is known for his work at the Naval War College and at the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense under the direction of the late Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski (U.S. Navy, Ret.) – the father of “network-centric warfare.”
Thomas now serves as Principal Business Strategist at Throughline, Inc., where he is focused on scenario planning. His current work and thinking about the converging forces of geo-political security, climate change, technology, supply chain, and America’s ability to lead are valued by the Throughline’s clients, including the U.S. national security community, major U.S. government agencies, multinational corporations, and non-profits.
Throughline, Inc. is a privately held enterprise design strategy firm headquartered in Washington, DC with a global reach, a presence in 10 states, and an office in Leonardtown, MD. Since 2005, Throughline has supported more than 90 clients, including associations, federal government agencies the U.S. Postal Service, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the Department of Defense—and commercial leaders, such as Campbell Soup Company, Northrop Grumman, and World Wildlife Fund. Throughline specializes in harnessing the power of visual communications to transform established organizations into adaptive enterprises using design strategy, iterative co-creation and creative business solutions.
