1. Strategic intelligence (STRATINT) pertains to the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at the national and international level.

• Most but not all of the information needed for strategic reflections comes from Open Source Intelligence
  Open source intelligence
  Open-source intelligence is a form of intelligence collection management that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence...
  
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2. Strategic intelligence pertains to the following system of abilities that, according to Michael Maccoby

Michael Maccoby

Michael Maccoby is a psychoanalyst and anthropologist globally recognized as an expert on leadership for his research, writing and projects to improve organizations and work...

, characterize some of the most successful leaders in business and government:

• foresight, the ability to understand trends that present threats or opportunities for an organization;
• visioning, the ability to conceptualize an ideal future state based on foresight and create a process to engage others to implement it;
• system thinking, the ability to perceive, synthesize, and integrate elements that function as a whole to achieve a common purpose.
• motivating, the ability to motivate different people to work together to implement a vision. Understanding what motivates people is based upon another ability, personality intelligence .
• partnering, the ability to develop strategic alliances with individuals, groups and organizations. This quality also depends on personality intelligence. Michael Maccoby and Tim Scudder "Becoming A Leader We Need with Strategic Intelligence", Personal Strengths Publishing

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