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Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Paul Fernhout

Paul Fernhout has been helping his wife (Cynthia Kurtz) develop Rakontu, a free and open source software communications and sensemaking tool for small purpose-driven communities that focuses on exchanging stories. He has hopes to expand Rakontu eventually into a broader Public Intelligence platform including a semantic desktop, simulations, narrative methods, visualization tools, and structured arguments. …

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Tom Atlee: New Developments in Co-Intelligence Work

Dear friends, This last six months most of the Co-Intelligence Institute’s best work has been in behind-the-scenes exploratory conversations, research and development.  We expect the results of all that to become increasingly evident soon. Here’s a sky-view of what we’ve been up to.  I invite you to consider what impact this kind of work has …

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Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Cynthia Kurtz

Cynthia Kurtz is an independent researcher, writer and software designer who consults in the field of organizational and community narrative for decision support, conflict resolution and collective sensemaking. Her free online book at workingwithstories.org helps people use narrative techniques to benefit their own communities and organizations. She is building open source software at rakontu.org to …

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Review: Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective — The Need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs

William Lahneman Rock Solid Starting Point for Ethical Revolution in Intelligence Affairs May 14, 2011 This is a solid four-star piece of work with the right intellectual and moral attitude. It is noteworthy for recognizing that a “revolution in intelligence affairs” has not taken place, and that everything done to date has been at best …

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U.S. Intelligence Community as Land of Make Believe

To the Editor: The Intelligence Community Group at LinkedIn is full of smart folks whose thinking either supports or complements the long-standing views of the Phi Beta Iota collective.  Specifically, there is a general feeling that the U.S. Intelligence System is really morally and systematically broken.  RW The U.S. Intelligence Community as the Land of …

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Public Intelligence Forensics: Atomic Untruths

The Atomic Cafe: Lampooning America’s Nuclear Obsession By Maria Popova What vintage bomb survival suits have to do with Dr. Stragelove and Richard Nixon. The recent tragedy in Japan has triggered a tsunami of terror, founded and unfounded, about the potential risks of nuclear reactors. While there are people better equipped than us to explain …

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