New ideas from the intelligence profession
Short stories to illustrate intelligence practices and their ethical challenges. Analysis to explore further.
Innovations to help industry use intelligence practices for everyday problems. Methods, ready for anyone to use. Examples, written as short stories.
Latest posts:
Featured short stories
Stories about using intelligence practices to manage crises at work.
Most recent:
- “Fightback” – manage a technology failure – a case study
- “Today will be different” – how to achieve chaos resolution
Tales about intelligence workers in intelligence agencies.
Most recent:
- Sweet and Sour Chaos – escape from an intelligence agency to industry
- Drumhead Trial – an example, and 6 ways to fight it
- An agency man – a story of an ex intelligence officer in industry
- Spy catcher rivals – using AI in counter intelligence
Featured themes
Take pride in professionalism, for any discipline
– Work to high standards
– Commit to continual learning
– Help others to achieve their dreams
Use intelligence-led project management to control projects with extreme risk
– Build an effective team
– Manage unknown unknowns
– Protect the business
The impact of secret intelligence, and how to provide a duty of care
– Watch for innocents touched by your activities
– Be wary of the impact of extreme secrecy
– Continually build on public trust
Independence
I am entirely independent of the intelligence services, and always have been.
My fiction writing is inspired by the struggle of young professionals to make a better world.
My application of intelligence techniques to industry are to help things work better:
- so people can cope with project crises,
- and managers can handle staffing crises and reorganisations.
— Adrian Cowderoy, story-teller, innovator and Chartered IT Professional
Story topics
Bias Cleverness Confidence Despair Failures Fear Hope Individuality Keeping up Leadership Morality Overload Recognition Sanity Self-discovery