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Intelligence Tools for the Digital Age
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 8 hours
  • Course by IE Business School
  • Offered by

About

Digital technologies are changing business, government and society worldwide. Clearly, they're opening up new risks and opportunities for every sector of the world economy. Such "futurology" may offer you the big picture, but what does a digital world mean for you, personally? Will you be ready for an automated, AI-assisted, big-data-driven employment future? This course provides you an answer to these questions, and it does so from a unique perspective: by introducing you to the world of intelligence analysis. First, this course explains some of the skills that will command a premium in the digital age, and why. Then, it offers you mental models and practical frameworks developed by the US intelligence community to give you a cognitive edge understanding the digital world. This edge is not about spying or secrets. It's about better thinking. This analytic toolkit has nothing to do with tired, static MBA-style strategy frameworks. Instead, these tools to help you come to grips with the volatility, uncertainty, ambiguity and deception of the digital age. Ultimately, this course makes the case that as the world becomes more digital, your future success depends most of all on asking better questions of both yourself and others. Therefore, it teaches you how to adopt an intelligence analyst's question-asking mindset. In short, take this course to acquire a sustainable business advantage through clearer, more structured thinking.

Modules

Course Introduction

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Course Overview
  • The World of Intelligence

Free Style Chess & Centaurs

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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5 Videos

  • Introduction to Module 1
  • What is a Digital Centaur?
  • Computing Power vs Brain Power
  • A word on the Readings for Module I
  • Working in Symbiosis with this new form of Intelligence

1 Readings

  • The Chess Master and the Computer

Centrality of Questions

    • 6 Videos
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6 Videos

  • Soft Skills will become the New Hard Skills
  • Are you smart?
  • Hypotheses Generation & ID and Culture
  • Importance in the diversity of team composition
  • What Is Intelligence?
  • Augmented Intelligence

What are Intelligence Tools?

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module I

2 Videos

  • Secrets are like Pringles
  • Conclusion to Module I

1 Readings

  • Suggested Readings

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Introduction to Module II

How to Generate a Better Hypothesis

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Question Clustering
  • Long- Term Strategic Understanding

Breaking Down the Intelligence Cycle

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • The Intelligence Cycle

1 Readings

  • The Intelligence Cycle Explained

The Diagnosticity of Information

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Why Disproving is Important
  • A Map of Knowledge and Ignorance
  • A few Words on the Readings for Module II

1 Readings

  • Thinking Straight: Cognitive Bias in the US Debate About China

Mental Habits of a Good Analyst

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module II

5 Videos

  • Relevance vs. Rigor
  • Start with an 0utside View then Work Inside
  • A Few Traps
  • Conspiracies: A Skeptic´s View
  • Conclusion to Module II

1 Readings

  • Suggested Reading

Understanding and Explaining International Incidents

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Introduction to Module III
  • What are Rare Earth Elements?
  • Chronologies and Timelines

1 Readings

  • Required

Rational/Unitary Actor Model

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Key features: Life as a chess game
  • Rational /Unitary Actor Model: Finding the evidence
  • Rational /Unitary Actor Model: Who are the actors?

Organizational Process Model

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Key features: Life as a soccer match
  • Organizational Process Model: Finding the evidence
  • Organizational Process Model: Who are the actors?

Personal and Bureaucratic Politics Model

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module III

5 Videos

  • Key features: Life as a poker game
  • Personal & Bureaucratic Politics Model: Finding the evidence
  • Personal & Bureaucratic Politics Model: Who are the actors?
  • There are limits to all rational actors
  • Conclusions to Module III

1 Readings

  • Suggested Reading

Two Types Of Strategic Empathy

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Introduction to Module IV
  • The limits and the dangers
  • What is “Placing”?

1 Readings

  • Strategic Empathy

Placing People: How to do it

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Where to start the Timeline
  • Placing Milo Jones
  • Making Deductions and finding “hooks”

1 Readings

  • Turning Gadflies into Allies

Placing Organizations

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module IV

5 Videos

  • Where, Why and When you need to know how to “Place”
  • Timeline/Chronology Technique in Placing Organizations
  • Why Placing Organizations in Important
  • A few Words on the Readings for Module IV
  • Conclusion to Module IV

1 Readings

  • The Evolution of Market Campaigns

Course Conclusion

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Conclusion to the Course

1 Readings

  • Suggested Reading

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"Intelligence Tools for the Digital Age," offered by Coursera, focuses on equipping learners with critical thinking and intelligence analysis skills essential for thriving in a digital world. Targeted at professionals in Business & Management, this foundational course spans 480 minutes and provides practical frameworks from the US intelligence community to navigate the complexities of digital transformation. With a subscription option available at the Starter level, this course is ideal for those seeking to enhance their cognitive edge and ask better questions in an AI-driven, data-centric era.

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