How Agencies Can Combat Illicit Threat Actors With Intelligence
All of the pieces of a puzzle are important when agencies are trying to identify the risks to their organizations, and actionable intelligence is key.
Posts Tagged: intelligence
What You Should Know About Data Analytics
The central idea of data analytics is taking datasets or groups of information and analyzing them in a meaningful way to determine something useful in government.
Don’t Fear Artificial Intelligence, Plan For It
The key is not to think of artificial intelligence as an existential threat, but rather an event we can plan for and build around.
5 Tips for Managing Millennials
Over the next decade, millennials will be the largest demographic group in the workforce. Take time to understand how to manage them and you’ll be rewarded with a great performance from your team.
Intelligence Analysis Methods in Scientific Literature
Intelligence analysis methods in scientific literature In a case study I recently completed I had the welcome opportunity to explore in more detail an interesting phenomenon in scientific publications: selective presentation of study results to scientific audience. The example below illustrates publication bias and multiple publication bias at its “best”. Whilst I do not underestimateRead… Read more »
Transforming Federal Data Into Smart Business Analytics
Transforming Data Into Smart Business Analytics Check out my in-studio Tech Talk interview with John Gilroy at WFED Federal News Radio in Washington, DC. Learn how Federal agencies can achieve more by leveraging Tableau Software to see and understand all sizes and types of data. The segment titled Transforming Data Into Smart Business Analytics airedRead… Read more »
Leading Across Boundaries in an Era of Complex Challenges
Governments today face serious, seemingly intractable public management issues that go to the core of effective governance and leadership. Government leaders are presented with difficult choices, but also unprecedented opportunities. The right kind of leadership approach and style can drive change in government. From budget reductions to a struggling economy, disasters to pandemics, the seeminglyRead… Read more »
Geospatial Intel Meets Entity Resolution: The Who, What, When, Where — and Quest for Why
Inspired by the many conversations we had at the recent GEOINT Symposium about how geospatial data can become an ideal pivot point for an entity resolution system, the time is here to transition from When and Where to Who and What –as well as the elusive Why. Eyes On the Earth Geospatial imagery abounds. ThereRead… Read more »
Gaming For Clarity Recognizes Intelligence Biases
A recent press report quoted unnamed US intelligence sources saying Russia had no intention of invading the Ukraine. The appraisal became the subject of considerable debate when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nation’s military into Ukraine’s Crimea region. Follow-on media reports said strategic assessments had been made by US intelligence and defense authorities thatRead… Read more »
Are You Ready for Analytics 3.0?
Analytics guru Thomas Davenport says that the field of strategic analytics has been upped a notch to “3.0” with the recent trend of shifting the use of analytic methods from improving internal operational efficiency to improving the operation of products and services. Dr. Thomas Davenport, in a recent Harvard Business Review article, says “Some ofRead… Read more »