Public Intelligence:

A U.S. military training program designed to enhance soldiers’ abilities to operate in irregular conflicts includes exercises which encourage soldiers to think like terrorists in order to examine opposing ideologies.

Sieht nach interessanter Lektüre für's Wochenende aus (sofern das ohne die Trainings–DVD funktioniert) — allerdings vergleichend zu einem Absatz aus Richards J. Heuer Jr.s Psychology of Intelligence Analysis:

But mirror-imaging leads to dangerous assumptions, because people in other cultures do not think the way we do.

Die Aussage gilt sicherlich noch für weitere Bereiche: Das sich in sein Gegenüber versetzen hat auch einen prominenten Platz in Dale Carnegies How to Win Friends and Influence People, und unterliegt wohl ebenfalls dieser Problematik, wenn man mit Menschen aus anderen Kulturkreisen zu tun hat.

Mark Mateski:

Some time ago, I started a LinkedIn group for red teaming and alternative analysis (called, not surprisingly, “Red Teaming and Alternative Analysis”). I viewed it as an opportunity to engage red teamers and analysts in a forum qualitatively different from this one, which, as readers know, represents the more traditional post-and-comment blog format. I’d forgotten about the LinkedIn group until recently but still see utility in it. I have less time than I’d like to keep up on articles of import, advances in software, and people and companies of interest, and I think a forum to help red teamers do just that would complement RTJ nicely. I invite you to sign up for the group discuss how we might all benefit from it.

Ohnehin scheint es bei LinkedIn eine aktive Intelligence–Szene zu geben. Vielleicht doch mal einen Account in Betracht ziehen (und den bei XING überdenken).

Red Team Journal:

The intangible qualities that characterize a good red team can be difficult to measure but are arguably just as critical to success as a team’s technical proficiency. In fact, a technically proficient but arrogant red team may actually be less useful than a less proficient but more humble and adaptable one. After all, the less proficient but adaptable team can always contract the expertise it needs, particularly if it is first willing to consider and ask the right questions.

Ich bin gerne im “Red Team” (dafür scheint es keinen deutschsprachigen Ausdruck zu geben), besonders in Kunden-Projekten.

Via Shloky Vaidya.