May 2002

No. 005

"The New Reality for Intelligence in the 21^st Century"

The intelligence wars, business and governmental, of the twenty-first century are being fought not only in the mind, in the minds of the competition, but economically. A country’s strength is psychologically enclosed with its economy. Survival of a country’s economic system is survival of the country more so than politically. Economic conditions are determined somewhat by the politic.

The most important defense of a country is education. It is the preparation of a country for its future.

The most critical internal defense of a country is etiquette, the rules of acceptable civil behavior. The decency of country’s people is their ability for one another to get along toward one another, civility.

What is taught, i.e. capitalism and free enterprise versus revolution and indifference, in the classroom determines where a country will be five to ten years from now. One should not forget that it is the teachers who teach, not the administration or the buildings. But what country puts their money where their mouth is?

The answer to tribal conflict amongst different people of different cultures is democracy. Free enterprise is the answer to a country run by force whereby governmental leaders have the luxury of sitting back, letting the systems do the work, and enjoying their tenure.

Bad laws create disrespect for the law. Bad policy creates disrespect for the organization. The greater the number of laws, the less individual freedom. The greater number of policies, the less employee creativity. The fewer laws and policies, the greater the individual freedom, the greater the productivity and creativity. Liberty is the key to prosperity.

Should government become restrictive in personal freedoms and rights to privacy the fermenting of ill will and discontent is the symptom. Rules, regulations, and limits find people suffocating in the embers of freedom. The organization is no different in this regard. History is full of examples, living examples.

The Cold War is over or the business cycle is dead make good emotional headlines, but is misleading and misdirecting efforts. There is much lost in the translation.

The Cold War never was cold, the arms race was never suspended, but the illusion of peace and hope will continue to a world accustomed. History teaches differently.

Competitors may change, but facts remain the same. There is always a threat around to destroy someone else’s way of life or national sovereignty and individual liberty.

As liberty is the key to prosperity, greater creativity is the key to progress.

Communism is going through a transformation toward socialism, as in the United Confederation of Europe (UCE) and not United States capitalism. The intelligence wars (alias “cold”) continue as it always has through history since the period of Moses. Time continues in government and business intelligence gathering, as there is transference to new methods and different arenas. History teaches that a country’s economy seriously disrupted is possibly a prelude to war, world war. Thus is history circuitous.

All governments, sovereignties, and organizations are different with various need requirements that are constantly changing. The fact of the matter is that all countries and organizations are independent entities that only can flourish within their own isolation and sovereignty of freedom. Dominant unity is a destructive force, all through history, as all nations are sovereign acting independently in their personal best interest and not for the greater good or cooperative world order. The business organization is no different.

Market intelligence will become one of the great concepts the 21^st Century for a country’s peace and security when understood and implemented by government intelligence agencies and senior executives of great companies. If this is so, then why have not great governments and great companies embraced the concept? It is because the idea is not understood or its value to a nation or to the CEO and its organizational performance. Not all education begins in the classroom. The world of experience is sometimes the great teacher, of necessity.

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