2003 Medina (US) 21st Century Analysis–The Coming Revolution in Intelligence Analysis: What to do when the Traditional Model Fails

Carmen Median retired–her brilliance and innovative spirit surfaced at the top too late in the game.  She is, however, like General Peter Schoomaker, USA (Ret), one of those bright lights that in our view should be brought back in to manage a global multinational information sharing and sense-making grid.  She is not forgotten, and we …

2003 Pak (US) & Zdanowicz (US) An Estimate of 2001 Lost U.S. Federal Income Tax Revenues Due to Over-Invoiced Imports and Under-Priced Exports

Academics can be cool and useful. These two guys are worth over $50billion a year to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but the U.S. Government does not seem to care about intelligence-driven revenue-collection. These guys ROCK and represent all that academics should be in the service of their country and theircommunity. Dr. Simon J. Pak …

2003 Pelton (US) World’s Most Dangerous Places

PLATINUM LIFETIME AWARD, Robert Young Pelton Mr. Robert Young Pelton is perhaps the greatest journalist-adverturer on the planet.  This is a man that gets kidnapped by accident, is recognized by the leader of the kidnappers, and is promptly released with apologies and an honor guard.  His book World’s Most Dangerous Places and his TV series …

2002 Hohhof (US) Competitive Intelligence Analysis Tools

When Jan Herring, former National Intelligence Office (NIO) for Science & Technology, and co-founder of the Academy of Comptetitive Intelligence, wants an information broker as a partner for a complex assignment, Ms. Bonnie Hohhof is who he turns to. Although dated, the below presentation is a model for what analysts should be thinking about as …

2002 Hock (US) The World of Information: Content, Content, and Content

PLATINUM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, Dr. Ran Hock Dr. Ran Hock has done more than any single individual to educate both government and private sector parties with respect to the value of the deep web.  He has single-handedly trained hundreds of individuals in the nuances of this major new intelligence resource base.  Emphasizing individual analytic skills and …