Intelligence Tools for the Digital Age
Beginner
Online
3 Weeks
Free Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Course Overview
- The World of Intelligence
- 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
- 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
- Secrets are like Pringles
- Conclusion to Module I
Readings
- The Chess Master and the Computer
- Suggested Readings
Practice exercise
- Module I
Videos
- Introduction to Module II
- Question Clustering
- Long- Term Strategic Understanding
- The Intelligence Cycle
- Why Disproving is Important
- A Map of Knowledge and Ignorance
- A few Words on the Readings for Module II
- Relevance vs. Rigor
- Start with an 0utside View then Work Inside
- A Few Traps
- Conspiracies: A Skeptic´s View
- Conclusion to Module II
Readings
- The Intelligence Cycle Explained
- Thinking Straight: Cognitive Bias in the US Debate About China
- Suggested Reading
Practice exercise
- Module II
Videos
- Introduction to Module III
- What are Rare Earth Elements?
- Chronologies and Timelines
- Key features: Life as a chess game
- Rational /Unitary Actor Model: Finding the evidence
- Rational /Unitary Actor Model: Who are the actors?
- Key features: Life as a soccer match
- Organizational Process Model: Finding the evidence
- Organizational Process Model: Who are the actors?
- 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
Readings
- Required
- Suggested Reading
Practice exercise
- Module III
Videos
- Introduction to Module IV
- The limits and the dangers
- What is “Placing”?
- Where to start the Timeline
- Placing Milo Jones
- Making Deductions and finding “hooks”
- 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
- Conclusion to the Course
Readings
- Strategic Empathy
- Turning Gadflies into Allies
- The Evolution of Market Campaigns
- Suggested Reading
Practice exercise
- Module IV