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Season 7—Spring 2026  Â·  11 episodes  Â·  Through-line: the human architecture of institutional change
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Montgomery Singman

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Montgomery Singman

Montgomery (Monte) Singman is Managing Partner at Radiance Strategic Solutions, specializing in connecting developers with Chinese publishers and bringing celebrity licenses to Asian markets. With 39 years in gaming, he has generated over $100M in revenue, licensing 50+ major titles, including Monument Valley, Toy Blast, GardenScapes, and Sonic the Hedgehog into China. Monte's career includes iconic roles as lead programmer on EA's John Madden Football, technical lead on Capcom's Street Fighter series, and studio director on Atari's Test Drive franchise. As a serial entrepreneur, he founded Zona Inc. (acquired by Shanda Games in 2003) and Radiance Digital Entertainment (acquired by iDreamSky in 2013). Fluent in English and Mandarin, he serves as an honorary professor at Shanghai Theatre Academy and founded the IGDA Shanghai Chapter.

Contributions to UXM

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Book Excerpt  Â·  Crisis Engineering

The Crisis Worth Using

The five indicators of a genuinely useful crisis—and the difference between the kind that opens a window for transformational change and the kind that merely accelerates collapse. Excerpted from Crisis Engineering.

7 min read April 2025 â—† The Useful Crisis
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Guest Article

When the Window Opens: A Field Guide to Crisis Seizing

Written for UXM as a companion to the episode. Not theory—what Marina actually does when she walks into a failing system with a 90-day mandate and no authority to hire. Practical, specific, and unsettling in the best way.

11 min read April 2025 â—† The Useful Crisis

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The Useful Crisis
S7 Ep. 4  Â·  7 pieces  Â·  April 2025