A Guide to Producing ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

Good analysis is now more important than ever - whether we're drowning in information, choking on fake news, or simply trying to get a handle on what's going on. To understand events and make sound decisions in international relations, national security, politics, economics, business, and even our personal lives, we need analysis.

• Actionable intelligence comes from understanding the underlying drivers of developments and enables someone making a decision to identify where they can influence events to promote the direct and indirect interests of their country, community, institution, or selves.

• It takes analysis out of the black box some of its practitioners, including high-priced consultants, keep it in and shows that good analysis is, ultimately, common sense made conscious, deliberate, and even fun. You will learn how to produce analysis for action in a straightforward format that is, if you wish, as easy as filling in a form.

• The model also helps you check your biases, test your conclusions, and prepare your analysis for solid, punchy, interesting written or oral presentations.