Total Intelligence Solutions LLC

The year 2024 will require a reorientation to new realities, largely driven by the acceleration of disruptive technologies grinding against the inertia of stale institutions that would rather we snack on the comfort food of the past than the buffet of the future. In past Almanacs we’ve talked about the rapid acceleration of technology and the power of exponentials and 2024 forward will mark the move from theoretical disruption to practical disruption. Those technologies we could not comprehend utilizing over the past five years will feel commonplace after the next five years.

Each year, the OODA Almanac is the edgiest piece we publish as we take the opportunity to not only provoke your thinking with disruptive ideas but also seek to peer out over the edge into the unknown. We hope the concepts discussed here help you reorient around what’s next, but also around what is possible.

OODA Almanac 2024 - Reorientation The year 2024 will require a reorientation to new realities, largely driven by the acceleration of disruptive technologies grinding against the inertia of stale institutions that would rather we snack on the comfort food of the past than the buffet of the future.  In past Almanacs we’ve talked ab...

This is the 3rd installment of our annual OODA Almanac series. It is intended to be a quirky forecasting of themes that the OODA Network think will be emergent in the coming year.

The theme for last year was exponential disruption, which was carried through into our annual OODAcon event. This year’s theme is “jagged transitions” which is meant to invoke the challenges inherent in the adoption of disruptive technologies while still entrenched in low-entropy old systems and in the face of systemic global community threats and the risks of personal displacement.

OODA Almanac 2023 – Jagged Transitions This is the 3rd installment of our OODA Almanac series which are intended to be a quirky forecasting of themes that the OODA Network think will be emergent each year. The theme for last year was exponential disruption, which was carried through into our annual OODAcon event. This year’s theme is ....

Top 10 Security, Technology, and Business Books of 2022 as curated by OODA CEO Matthew Devost

Top 10 Security, Technology, and Business Books of 2022 Welcome to the 2022 edition of my top 10 books of the year list. This year, I’ve decided to split the fiction books into an additional category and gave you two bonus books for your consideration written by close friends of mine. With the launch of the Hack Factory this

In this 100th episode, co-hosts Matt Devost and Bob Gourley review some of the key insights from the series. Matt and Bob also discuss a OODA’s recent assessment of risks and opportunities given the geopolitical and technological environment, leading to a discussion of recommended actions for C-suite leaders.

100 Episodes of OODAcast: Providing actionable insights for future risks and opportunities. In 2020, we launched the OODAcast video and podcast series designed to provide insightful analysis and actionable intelligence to decision makers. In this 100th episode, co-hosts Matt Devost and Bob Gourley review some of the key insights from the series. Matt and Bob also discuss a OODA’s recent ...

Former Total Intel/TRC VP Ric Prado has written a best-selling book about his life and legendary career in the CIA. A highly recommended read!

https://amzn.to/3hHYl0q

Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

Here are the Top 10 Security, Technology, and Business books of 2022 as selected by OODA CEO Matt Devost. Each year, Matt reads over 100 books and posts his favorite ten books on the site.

https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2021/11/29/top-10-security-technology-and-business-books-of-2021/

Top 10 Security, Technology, and Business Books of 2021 Welcome to the 2021 edition of my top 10 books of the year list. This year’s list includes 8 non-fiction and 2 fiction books as I believe fiction can always inform our perspectives on security, technology, and business. If I had to define one theme for this year, I would

https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2021/09/24/inmans-rules-the-enduring-principles-of-operational-intelligence/

Inman’s Rules: The Enduring Principles of Operational Intelligence Admiral Bobby Ray Inman retired from the US Navy in 1982. But his influence endures. His principles, which he codified into a list still exchanged among intelligence community leaders today, is now known as Inman's Rules. In this OODAcast interview of Admiral Inman we review these rules, seeking ins...

https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2021/09/11/decision-making-inside-the-cia-counterterrorism-center-before-during-and-after-9-11/

Decision-Making Inside the CIA Counterterrorism Center Before, During and After 9/11 We started the OODAcast as a way of highlighting insights and lessons learned from leaders and decision-makers in the OODA Network including former intelligence community leaders and operators. Themes emerge throughout these interviews on topics such as how clearly the intelligence community warned....

https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2021/09/16/clapper-and-ashley-on-joint-ops-intel-operations-decision-making-the-history-and-future-of-intelligence-and-the-cyber-threat/

Clapper and Ashley on Joint Ops/Intel Operations, Decision-making, the History and Future of Intelligence and Cyber Threats We started the OODAcast as a way of highlighting insights and lessons learned from leaders and decision-makers in the OODA Network. In the Spring of 2021, Bob Gourley had a conversation with General Jim Clapper and Lieutenant General Robert Ashley. We continue our effort to underscore certain patter...

Nate Fick’s career has been eclectic, but with a common element of demonstrating superior leadership abilities in a diverse array of successful opportunities. Nate is currently a General Manager at Elastic, having joined the firm with their acquisition of Endgame where he served as CEO.

Graduating from Dartmouth, Nate took an unconventional path of joining the military and serving as a USMC officer leading some of the first U.S. troop deployments into Afghanistan and Iraq after the September 11th terrorist attacks. His service in the military is chronicled in his New York Times best selling book One Bullet Away. The book was also a Washington Post “Best Book of the Year,” and one of the Military Times’ “Best Military Books of the Decade.”

https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2021/03/25/oodacast-nate-fick-on-dynamic-leadership-and-adapting-to-change/

OODAcast: Nate Fick on Dynamic Leadership and Adapting to Change Nate Fick's career has been eclectic, but with a common element of demonstrating superior leadership abilities in a diverse array of successful opportunities. Nate is currently a General Manager at Elastic, having joined the firm with their acquisition of Endgame where he served as CEO.

Some of China's latest thinking on countering Weaponized Interdependence.

https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2021/03/08/chinas-plan-for-countering-weaponized-interdependence/

China’s Plan for Countering Weaponized Interdependence In an article entitled

Michele Wucker is specialist in risk management and crisis anticipation and is author of the book “The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore”. While we’ve all become familiar with Taleb’s concept of Black Swans, we must equally become intimately aquatinted with Wucker’s Gray Rhinos as they provide more obvious opportunities for actually anticipating and managing risk.

During this interview, Michele takes us through the concept of Gray Rhinos with real-world historical examples, discussion of future Gray Rhinos, and strategies for engaging in real actions to identify, respond to, and mitigate future Gray Rhinos in business, society, and global affairs. The concept of a Gray Rhino is hugely important and has become embedded in how we evaluate risks at OODA with our customers.

https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2021/02/19/oodacast-michele-wucker-on-identifying-and-confronting-the-obvious-risks-of-gray-rhinos/

OODAcast: Michele Wucker on Identifying and Confronting the Obvious Risks of Gray Rhinos Michele Wucker is specialist in risk management and crisis anticipation and is author of the book

Rob Richer is a highly regarded advisor to international executives and global government leaders including several heads of state. Rob has a well informed perspective on international risks and opportunities and an ability to analyze and distill observations in a way that is meaningful for your decision making process. In this OODAcast we cover the current state of global and domestic affairs, key leadership and decision-making lessons learned derived from Rob’s extensive CIA career.

As a bonus, we talk to Rob about how the character Mitch Rapp is based upon him. Rapp is the main character in a 18 book series by the late bestselling author Vince Flynn. One of the books was also produced into the film American Assassin.

Rob Richer retired in November 2005 from the Central Intelligence Agency as the Associate Deputy Director for Operations (ADDO). Prior to his assignment as the ADDO in 2004, Richer was the Chief of the Near East and South Asia Division, responsible for Clandestine Service Operations throughout the Middle East and South Asia.

Mr. Richer has been awarded numerous awards and commendations from a number of foreign governments. Additionally during his Agency career, he has received commendations and awards to include the Intelligence Commendation Medal in both 1993 and 1996; the Director’s Award in 2004 and in March 2006, Mr. Richer was awarded the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal.

https://www.oodaloop.com/archive/2021/02/05/oodacast-former-cia-officer-rob-richer-on-the-geopolitical-landscape-leadership-lessons-learned-and-supporting-decision-makers/

OODAcast – Former CIA Officer Rob Richer on the Geopolitical Landscape, Leadership Lessons Learned, and Supporting Decision-makers Rob Richer is a highly regarded advisor to international executives and global government leaders including several heads of state. Rob has a well informed perspective on international risks and opportunities and an ability to analyze and distill observations in a way that is meaningful for your dec...