Greg Treverton was a brilliant conceptualizer of the competing influences on policymakers, and also a major voice in the original discussion of tribes in relation to intelligence focused on the intelligence production tribe and the political consumer tribe.
Graphic: Competing Influences on the Policymaker (Treverton)
This was a contributing foundation for Robert Steele's conceptualization–with Alvin Toffler while driving away from a lunch at DIA of the eight tribes of information-sharing and sense-making
Graphic: 1997 Toffler-Steele Building Blocks
The two concepts are distinct because the first focuses on competition and accepts information stovepipes and hoarding as a given, while the second shows the larger benefits to all from sharing information and making sense together.
Graphic: Information Commons & Eight Tribes
See Also:
Greg Treverton at Phi Beta Iota
Graphic: Meeting 21st Century Transnational Challenges – Building a Global Intelligence Paradigm
Graphic: Open Source Agency Clients & Commanders
Graphic: The UN and the Eight Tribes of Intelligence
