Strategic Intelligence

Strategic intelligence (STRATINT) pertains both to the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at the national and international level and to qualities that equip leaders to be effective strategists. Much of the information needed for strategic reflections comes from Open Source Intelligence. Other sources include traditional HUMINT (especially in recent years), Signals intelligence including ELINT, MASINT which overlaps with SIGINT/ELINT to some degree, and 'National technical means of verification' (e.g. spysats).

Strategic intelligence pertains to the following system of abilities that, according to Michael Maccoby, characterize some of the most successful leaders in business, government and military.:

In "Transforming Health Care Leadership, A Systems Guide to Improve Patient Care, Decrease Costs, and Improve Population Health," Jossey Bass, 2013, Maccoby and his co-authors Clifford L. Norman, C. Jane Norman, and Richard Margolies apply strategic intelligence to health care leadership and add to strategic intelligence leadership philosophy and W. Edwards Deming's four elements of "profound Knowledge": understanding variation, systems thinking, understanding personality, and understanding knowledge creation. The concept is further developed and applied in Michael Maccoby, "Strategic Intelligence, Conceptual Tools for Leading Change," Oxford University Press, 2015.

Recent thought leadership on strategic intelligence focuses on the consequences of the modern information age, which has led to the availability of substantial volumes of information than previously encountered. Alfred Rolington, the former CEO of Jane’s Information Group and Oxford Analytica, recommends that intelligence organizations approach the challenges of the modern information age by breaking from their traditional models to become more deeply and continuously inter-linked. Specifically, Mr. Rolington advocates more fluid, networked operating methods that incorporates greater open-sourced information and data in analysis.

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Missouri State University-Springfield

Four or more years; Public; $13,740 average out-state tuition; $6,300 average in-state tuition

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CIA Undergraduate Scholarship Program

Central Intelligence Agency

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CIA Undergraduate Scholarship Program

Central Intelligence Agency

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UCF Astronaut Scholarship

University of Central Florida (UCF)

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Alice P. Gast STEM Scholarship

Lehigh University

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Alice P. Gast STEM Scholarship

Lehigh University

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Joseph P. and Helen T. Cribbins Scholarship

Association of the United States Army

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Joseph P. and Helen T. Cribbins Scholarship

Association of the United States Army

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$10,000

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June 16, 2023
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Nicholas D. Chabraja Scholarship

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Excelerate in STEM Scholarship - MGCCC

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Washington Opportunity Scholarship-PLU

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SBB Research STEM Scholarship

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SBB Research Group

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Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association Scholarship

U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association

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Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association Scholarship

U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association

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Isbel Trejo Women in STEM Memorial Scholarship

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