The author offers a nice, four-part critical thinking approach in the first section of the book and warns about cognitive biases in the second section. The third section seems to cover some miscellaneous thoughts that didn't fit in other places, but, importantly, it includes an application of the author's critical thinking process to dangers of social media for democracy.

I’m not sure what to rate this book, so I’ve given it four stars, but I don’t think I’m quite the right audience for it. Dit is echter geen vanzelfsprekendheid, wat Omand er in deel twee (over “checking our reasoning”) toe brengt aandacht te besteden aan mentale belemmeringen als tunnelvisie, groepsdenken en allerlei vormen van onbewuste bias, zowel op persoonlijk als op institutioneel niveau. I found the section on {REDACTED} especially useful and the discussion of {REDACTED} quite interesting. g. Heuer tables, Bayesian thinking (although the content on the latter is overwrought)) are insightful.How Spies Think’ by Sir David Omand is an insight into how senior intelligence officials make decisions, anticipate threats, maximise opportunities and build strategic partnerships. If democracy as a form of society to survive and thrive, then measures will have to be taken to protect it.

It is just an extension of critical thinking and moreover they listen to their enemy or event information with utmost care.Enige geconcentreerde aandacht is vooral in de eerste hoofdstukken vereist, maar gelukkig doorspekt hij zijn betoog met talloze aansprekende voorbeelden uit de praktijk. Partnerships endure when both parties bring something different to the table (for example, the UK’s expertise and the USA’s resources). It also might work slightly better in a print edition, because a lot of material is covered in this modest length, and some of it is frightening.

A former Director of GCHQ and Cabinet Office security and intelligence coordinator turned academic, Omand is a well-qualified guide. In particular the SEES model with four phases: Situational awareness, Explanation, Estimates and forecasts and Strategic Notice. The book is not as thorough in the discussion of the author's critical thinking approach as I would like, but it's certainly enough to get interested readers started in the approach. Het zijn de inlichtingenanalisten wier taak het is wijs te worden uit de vaak tegenstrijdige en onvolledige informatie die hen door anderen wordt aangereikt.

YES: How Spies Think is truly essential reading for anyone looking to understanding our modern, digitised world. Bullet-pointed summaries at the end of each chapter allow the reader to easily take in these insights.