Category: Professionalism
About professionalism
Many professions have mechanisms to certify practitioners as having recognised levels of competence and standards. Chartered Accountants and Chartered IT Professionals, are examples.
– What does it mean to be professional?
– Can professionalism be achieved with being certified?
– Could there ever be a Certified Espionage Professional?
These are the questions covered by the stories and articles in this category.
St0ries and commentary
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![When the Door Closed [1-page story]](https://adriancowderoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/When-the-Door-Closed-150x150.png)
When the Door Closed [1-page story]
Suzanne closed the door carefully, as wary of its ancient wood as of the publishing house’s history. She turned her back on the stone pillar and faced her colleague. “He used to say nothing would stop a publication date. Something’s happened to him.” She shook her head, not a strand of her bob out of…
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![Cheating the system [1-page story]](https://adriancowderoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cheating-the-system-150x150.png)
Cheating the system [1-page story]
The perfect AI job, at last—Maarisa figured. Her enthusiasm was met by an HR person with a stained tea mug and a frown: “Your CV is… unusual.”
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The Intelligence Cycle: an alluring strategy for Workforce Capability Management
Workforce Capability Intelligence (WCI) answers questions about highly skilled roles and teams. Key is the intelligence cycle. The intelligence cycle was developed for handling national threats. Its methods are adaptable to understanding individual’s capabilities in the workplace. It can be used ethically. And it provides data that can be used in Workforce Capability Assessment. For…
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“Stop the panic” – crisis communications example
This is a stakeholder engagement example from a project that hits a crisis, and the previous strategy breaks down. A new strategy is needed immediately.
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Workforce Capability Intelligence – a new future, beyond talent intelligence
Workforce Capability Intelligence is the future beyond talent intelligence. It uses science, AI and the same methods as intelligence agencies. With this, it will support high-skill roles, and provide the framework for a complete transformation of workforce management. Talent intelligence vision looks at skills, and how to improve hiring, upskilling, workforce planning and internal mobility.…
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Talent Intelligence and AI – 4 hopes and 4 fears for the future
Talent Intelligence help us understand the skills and experience of people in an organisation. With good intelligence about talent we can make better decisions, reduce costs, help individuals and ready ourselves for the changes and crises ahead. This article is about the future of talent intelligence using AI (artificial intelligence). It includes aspirations, fears and…
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“Fightback” – manage a technology failure – a case study
A technology failure. This is a case study of a quality assurance manager facing his worst nightmare, and how he reacted. It’s an example of intelligence-based project management.
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“Today will be different” – how to achieve chaos resolution
Chaos surrounds Libby’s work. She dreams of order. Then a new manager arrives and claims he has a magic wand. … This is a story of chaos resolution.
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Sweet and Sour Chaos – escape from an intelligence agency to industry
An intelligence analyst tries to find a “purpose” after escaping from the “Agency” to industry. Konstantina must save her colleagues from disaster. … The story illustrates challenges of taking intelligence practices and adding them to project management in industry.
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Rehan Haque and Metatalent.ai – what makes an entrepreneur?
This is an account of the creation of Metatalent.ai and the emergence of its founder, Rehan Haque as an entrepreneur. It’s a true story, written by an insider.