Chapter 11 Crafting and Sustaining an Organizational Intelligence Strategy

Chapter Summary This chapter lays out a strategic approach that an organization might follow to grow its intelligence capacity and competencies. The authors identify the elements of a strategy, explain how the strategy might be translated to a plan, and finally aligned with specific methods. This chapter intends to help an organization shift from the traditional tactical and reactive approach to doing intelligence to a more forward-looking, proactive, and strategic approach. This chapter also calls out specific factors to address in drafting an organizational intelligence strategy.