Simpler is always better. This entire site is about intelligence, and steele is the primary author and architect for Era Three in intelligence (Era One was secret war, Era Two strategic analysis–Era Three is smart nations and M4IS2).
Graphic: Linear versus Diamond Paradigm
First developed for the Canadian Association for Intelligence and Security Studies (CASIS) conference in 1994; subsequently published as:
1995 INS 10/4 Private Enterprise Intelligence: Its Potential Contribution to National Security