Wednesday, September 16, 2009

An Interview with the US National Intelligence Officer for Warning

Kenneth Knight describes his job as helping the president of the United States and his administration "avoid surprise." As the national intelligence officer for warning, Knight oversees a small team of analysts who serve as an institutionalized safeguard against risk-monitoring and challenging the analyses and assumptions of the broader intelligence community. In this interview, he discusses evaluating threats, overcoming cognitive biases, and constructing scenarios -- challenges familiar to most private-sector strategists. McKinsey's Drew Erdmann and Lenny Mendonca spoke with Knight in Washington, DC, in June 2009.

Outward Insights' business early warning services are modeled on many of the same techniques as used by the US Intelligence Community, including scenario building, indicator definition, and the proactive communication of warning assessments.











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Miranda said...

interesting video