Career advice for 7-18 year olds considering the intelligence sector: police, commercial, defence, security, political, and environmental intelligence.
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
Ex intelligence officers face many challenges adjusting to civilian life. This is a 4 page story to illustrate …
Risk analysis failures in projects have a human impact for those involved, as well as a financial one. …
Spy catchers. An intelligence analyst competes against a researcher armed with artificial intelligence. Who will catch the spy …
Donat dreams of joining a top intelligence agency but he is just an academic researcher.
A young business analyst must confront her feared boss. The 3-page story covers data privacy rights in a …
Unknown unknowns are surprises that create risks or problems, but they can also provide major opportunities. Here is …
The Secret Devil's Advocate is a fictional account of managing “unknown unknowns”. The 7-page story illustrates standard methods, …
A personal take on why it’s important to have examples of unknown unknowns that tell of opportunity as …
Radha reread her resignation letter. It was a huge step. The Agency had been her home, and her …