REVIEW OF 'STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY' This book provides a wide-ranging overview of the history and current state of intelligence – mostly secret intelligence, but also business intelligence – and ends with a provocative argument on how intelligence ought to be reformed. The book is in three parts. The first part covers intelligence-related definitions and background, including the intelligence cycle, intelligence sources, and the history of intelligence. The second part is a briefing on some current issues facing the modern intelligence practitioner, including propaganda, conspiracies, economic globalization, the internet, and culture (especially cultural bias). The third and final part of the book sets out proposals for intelligence reform (after a short review of some more background, e.g. on intelligence supervision and business intelligence). These reform proposals are radical, seeking to address the challenges of the information age. Mainly, the ‘mosaic method’ capitalizes on information technologies in order to integrate the exploding range of open-source information with the secret intelligence that is the traditional focus of intelligence agencies. The book’s arguments for such ‘mosaic’ approaches to intelligence make sense – these enhance the understanding of decision-makers (the intelligence ‘customer’) by putting secret intelligence into context; these methods help intelligence analysts ‘connect the dots’ on apparently unrelated issues or individuals; and these approaches use IT systems to turn ‘footsoldiers’ who do routine work into intelligence assets. I, personally, read the book from the perspective of a person working in corporate strategy. Hence the first two parts (and first chapters of the third part), which essentially cover context, included much that was new to me. Readers who are intelligence specialists will probably want to focus on the book’s final two chapters, which contain the main ‘mosaic method’ and ‘network approach’ arguments. Overall, as a business reader, I found the background sections, which take up most of the book, informative. Some topic highlights include Machiavelli’s The Prince, the dawn of human language, Clinton’s fascination with

Having been lucky enough to have worked with Alfred during his tenure as the CEO of Jane's Information Group I have directly benefited from his knowledge of Open Source Intelligence and it's applications. This insight was built over many years working directly with major military and intelligence agencies, helping them to leverage the changing nature of the intelligence mix and developing solutions to address gaps he identified. Having worked with others before and since in this area he was and remains a visionary in the application of intelligence bringing a unique perspective to many of the emerging challenges faces by governments.

REVIEW OF 'STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY' This book provides a wide-ranging overview of the history and current state of intelligence – mostly secret intelligence, but also business intelligence – and ends with a provocative argument on how intelligence ought to be reformed. The book is in three parts. The first part covers intelligence-related definitions and background, including the intelligence cycle, intelligence sources, and the history of intelligence. The second part is a briefing on some current issues facing the modern intelligence practitioner, including propaganda, conspiracies, economic globalization, the internet, and culture (especially cultural bias). The third and final part of the book sets out proposals for intelligence reform (after a short review of some more background, e.g. on intelligence supervision and business intelligence). These reform proposals are radical, seeking to address the challenges of the information age. Mainly, the ‘mosaic method’ capitalizes on information technologies in order to integrate the exploding range of open-source information with the secret intelligence that is the traditional focus of intelligence agencies. The book’s arguments for such ‘mosaic’ approaches to intelligence make sense – these enhance the understanding of decision-makers (the intelligence ‘customer’) by putting secret intelligence into context; these methods help intelligence analysts ‘connect the dots’ on apparently unrelated issues or individuals; and these approaches use IT systems to turn ‘footsoldiers’ who do routine work into intelligence assets. I, personally, read the book from the perspective of a person working in corporate strategy. Hence the first two parts (and first chapters of the third part), which essentially cover context, included much that was new to me. Readers who are intelligence specialists will probably want to focus on the book’s final two chapters, which contain the main ‘mosaic method’ and ‘network approach’ arguments. Overall, as a business reader, I found the background sections, which take up most of the book, informative. Some topic highlights include Machiavelli’s The Prince, the dawn of human language, Clinton’s fascination with

Having been lucky enough to have worked with Alfred during his tenure as the CEO of Jane's Information Group I have directly benefited from his knowledge of Open Source Intelligence and it's applications. This insight was built over many years working directly with major military and intelligence agencies, helping them to leverage the changing nature of the intelligence mix and developing solutions to address gaps he identified. Having worked with others before and since in this area he was and remains a visionary in the application of intelligence bringing a unique perspective to many of the emerging challenges faces by governments.

REVIEW OF 'STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY' This book provides a wide-ranging overview of the history and current state of intelligence – mostly secret intelligence, but also business intelligence – and ends with a provocative argument on how intelligence ought to be reformed. The book is in three parts. The first part covers intelligence-related definitions and background, including the intelligence cycle, intelligence sources, and the history of intelligence. The second part is a briefing on some current issues facing the modern intelligence practitioner, including propaganda, conspiracies, economic globalization, the internet, and culture (especially cultural bias). The third and final part of the book sets out proposals for intelligence reform (after a short review of some more background, e.g. on intelligence supervision and business intelligence). These reform proposals are radical, seeking to address the challenges of the information age. Mainly, the ‘mosaic method’ capitalizes on information technologies in order to integrate the exploding range of open-source information with the secret intelligence that is the traditional focus of intelligence agencies. The book’s arguments for such ‘mosaic’ approaches to intelligence make sense – these enhance the understanding of decision-makers (the intelligence ‘customer’) by putting secret intelligence into context; these methods help intelligence analysts ‘connect the dots’ on apparently unrelated issues or individuals; and these approaches use IT systems to turn ‘footsoldiers’ who do routine work into intelligence assets. I, personally, read the book from the perspective of a person working in corporate strategy. Hence the first two parts (and first chapters of the third part), which essentially cover context, included much that was new to me. Readers who are intelligence specialists will probably want to focus on the book’s final two chapters, which contain the main ‘mosaic method’ and ‘network approach’ arguments. Overall, as a business reader, I found the background sections, which take up most of the book, informative. Some topic highlights include Machiavelli’s The Prince, the dawn of human language, Clinton’s fascination with

Having been lucky enough to have worked with Alfred during his tenure as the CEO of Jane's Information Group I have directly benefited from his knowledge of Open Source Intelligence and it's applications. This insight was built over many years working directly with major military and intelligence agencies, helping them to leverage the changing nature of the intelligence mix and developing solutions to address gaps he identified. Having worked with others before and since in this area he was and remains a visionary in the application of intelligence bringing a unique perspective to many of the emerging challenges faces by governments.