Dean Baratta بطبطبطDec 26, 2022

This by @IskanderRehman is excellent! What can we learn from the lessons learned from court advisors, diplomats, & civil servants of the #Renaissance and #Baroque eras? #history #intelligenceAnalysts #policymakers

https://warontherocks.com/2022/12/how-to-get-ahead-in-washington-lessons-from-the-renaissance-and-baroque-eras/

How to Get Ahead in Washington: Lessons from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, Part 1 - War on the Rocks

Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series.  In the winter of 1935, a freshman senator from Missouri arrived in the District of Columbia after

War on the Rocks
Show threadDean Baratta بطبطبطDec 26, 2022
I wanted to do #intelligenceAnalysis before I ever knew it was a profession so I couldn't resist works "aimed not so much at rulers as at those toiling underneath them, the ink-stained hands scribbling away at the frontlines of power and policy — from the impecunious young secretary to the conniving cardinal or esteemed ambassador." Like, who wouldn't want to do that?!? 🤓
Show threadLinn PittsDec 28, 2022
@TwShiloh I had a Captain when I was in law enforcement in the early 2000’s that used us regional investigators to place color coded pins on a massive wall map as we went through our daily crime reports. I quipped, “I can do this via an excel spreadsheet and list locations based on neighborhoods.” She replied “but the squads will not see it everyday day when they walk into briefing.”
Show threadDean Baratta بطبطبطDec 28, 2022

@LinnPitts YES! If intelligence isn't accessible and understandable, it's useless. Great anecdote!

Hopefully that wall got eyeballs on it and folks thinking about what those patterns of pins meant.

Show threadLinn Pitts
@TwShiloh she would show up for squad briefings and ask questions to the patrol deputies assigned to those areas. It became a culture as every patrol briefing sheet said “map review” as a header.
Dec 28, 2022 at 7:42pmWeb
Show threadDean Baratta بطبطبطDec 28, 2022
@LinnPitts that's brilliant...So good to hear about leaders doing it right!
Show threadLinn PittsDec 28, 2022
@TwShiloh we had a system based on NY’s Compstat, known as PRO-Act. Data was critical and she took me up on the spreadsheet idea as well as keeping the map.