Recording this from a hotel room in Amman because I couldn’t sleep and figured I’d update you all on where we’ve been and where we’re going.
We took a break this summer – mainly because my family comes first, full stop. But Grey Dynamics hasn’t been sitting still. We’ve grown significantly across all three domains:
- Our reporting (which now includes human sources on every piece)
- Our online school (which is getting a human intelligence course from Ray White, who ran the CIA’s famous “Farm”)
- Our bespoke intelligence work
The big shift? We’re doubling down on “ground truth” – the human element that most intelligence work misses, especially in the global south.
Technology first, people second was flawed thinking. Our clients kept asking: what’s in people’s heads? What about the “greyware”?
This is transforming everything we do. Ray’s developing the HUMINT course, Gabe (former SF SIGINTer, now SOCOM/JSOC OSINT instructor) is building our operational OSINT courses, and we’re expanding into face-to-face training and live interview events – though those will be selective.
I also need to be clear about Gaza. It’s genocide. Period. If that bothers you, don’t listen. There are receipts of what everyone said when it mattered, and I’ll take the professional costs that come with speaking up.
Quick hits on what I’m reading, watching, and thinking about – including why Petraeus and Roberts’ “Conflict” book misses the mark on modern warfare, critical minerals as the new battlespace, and my recommendations from London to comedy podcasts.
The podcast stays weekly, the company’s breaking records, and family remains the priority. That’s the update.
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