Adrian Cowderoy, story-teller and corporate innovator

Adrian at the Bournemouth 2019 Triathlon

New ideas from the intelligence profession

Short stories to illustrate intelligence practices and their ethical challenges. Analysis to explore further.

Innovations to help industry use intelligence practices for everyday problems. Methods, ready for anyone to use. Examples, written as short stories.

Elegant business woman, used to illustrate the stakeholder engagement example.
Adobe stock images.
Eye of a beautiful woman, with digital imagery applied to imply talent intelligence.

Intelligence practices

Use them to avoid and manage crises at work.

Learn how professionals use them.

Featured themes

Professionalism

– Work to high standards
– Commit to continual learning
– Help others to achieve their dreams

Intelligence roles

Intelligence-led project management

– Build an effective team
– Manage unknown unknowns
– Protect the business

Duty of care in intelligence

– Watch for innocents touched by your activities
– Be wary of the impact of extreme secrecy
– Continually build on public trust

About me

Independence

I am entirely independent of the intelligence services, and always have been.

My fiction writing is inspired by the struggle of young professionals to make a better world.

My application of intelligence techniques to industry are to help things work better

— Adrian Cowderoy
Story-teller, innovator and Chartered IT Professional

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Story topics

Bias Cleverness Confidence Despair Failures Fear Hope Individuality Keeping up Leadership Morality Overload Recognition Sanity Self-discovery