Graphic: Jan Herring’s Triangle for Decision-Support

Jan Herring, then National Intelligence Officer (NIO) for Science & Technology (S&T) was the first modern OSINT pioneer, along with George Marling and other S&T analyts.  After he retired he devleoped this triangle as part of his training offered via the Academy of Competitive Intelligence, still the best institution around.

Graphic: Six Circles–Earth Intelligence Network Operational Concept

Fairly straight-forward.  All it requires is integrity, intelligence, and imagination. See also: Definitions: M4IS2 (Multinational, Multiagency, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing & Sense-Making Reference: World Brain Institute & Global Game Search: The Future of OSINT [is M4IS2-Multinational] Search: Multinational Engagement (Intelligence) Search: InfoOps (Information Operations (IO)) Search: OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) 1988-2009 OSINT-M4IS2 TECHINT Chronology