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The Art of Source Development in Corporate Intelligence
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Dear Decision Maker, Many executives think intelligence is about collecting data. They're wrong. Real intelligence is about building relationships. After nearly two decades in this business, I've learned that the most valuable insights come from people, not online data. The art isn't in what you ask…It's in who trusts you enough to answer. Last week, a client needed ground truth on regulatory changes in a West African country (would they privatise its mining industry or not?). Open source intelligence showed nothing. Government databases were months behind. News reports were speculative at best. But a single phone call changed everything. A source I'd been cultivating for three years, someone who'd watched me deliver accurate analysis without compromising anyone's position. He shared what no database could: The regulatory framework would shift within 90 days, creating a brief window for market entry that would close for two years. This is source development. Not extraction. Not interrogation. Relationship building. You earn trust by:
The best corporate intelligence isn't bought… It's earned through years of consistent, ethical relationship building. Your spreadsheets tell you what happened yesterday. Your sources tell you what happens tomorrow. In your industry, who would trust you with their most valuable insights? Ground truth intelligence requires ground-level relationships. The companies winning in uncertain markets understand this. The ones losing are still waiting for their next data dump. Ahmed Hassan Want to Think Like an Intelligence Officer?Most people scroll. Professionals structure. |
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