Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics Podcast! This week we are talking to Michael Blicher Soerensen. Michael is a veteran of the Danish army, specialising in Electronic Warfare and SIGINT. He is currently a Global Security Site lead at Meta (Facebook). We discussed what makes a good analyst, deploying to Iraq, corporate intelligence and much more. Enjoy!
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We spoke about:
- 2:40 – Michael’s background
- 5:15 – Opportunities after working in SIGINT and Electronic Warfare
- 9:17 – Killings your darlings
- 10:40 – Adjusting to work outside of the army
- 14:09 – Learning to build rapport with collegues in the workplace
- 16:22 – What makes a good intelligence analyst
- 20:21 – Discovering new career opportunities and staying open minded
- 24:49 – Michael’s experience on deployment
- 28:17 – Michael’s experience working with allied intelligence counterparts
- 32:07 – Commentary on how training and background can heavily influence analyst’s perspectives
- 36:32 – Tailoring intelligence to the consumers needs and creating valuable products
- 38:08 – Issues in the field of OSINT
- 48:30 – Intelligence professionals being able to educate consumers on intelligence can and cannot do
- 51:30 – Competing with other internal and external intelligence professionals in the corporate world
- 1:01:50 – Lack of Tactical intelligence in the private sector
- 1:03:24 – Intelligence products currently consumed by in the corporate world
- 1:05:47 – Cultural Recommendations
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