Strategic Intelligence, for Business and Government

Consistency. Such a strong word. Many of us, at least in Western cultures, were raised on a mindset where consistency is a must. You can't constantly change your thoughts or opinions. You have to stick to your practical choices. If you're not consistent, you're just "blowing in the wind". Your backbone might break. Philosophically, this is an Enlightment-influenced cultures, and even somewhat scientific-influenced. For practitioners of Strategy and Intelligence, in national

We are all familiar with the traditional approaches to knowledge or problems,. The traditional "Intelligence Cycle", for instance, is all about Known Unknowns. We know what we are looking for, and we know that knowledge is missing. Now we have to collect, analyze, produce, and disseminate. Extremely relevant for tactical and operational intelligence, in national security and in business. AI is a force multiplier here. The age of data has highlighted the value of Unknown Known

In recent years I have written quite a bit about the challenges facing strategic intelligence, including what I see as a declining demand for this type of intelligence, at least in Israelן and the US national security. Many others have written about similar issues. For instance, an article by Me'ir Finkel which discusses this from a cognitive perspective. Another interesting article in Hebrew criticizes the notion of "strategic early warning". And in my private sector intelli