Move From Information to Assessment

You take a full file and practice the step most people skip, weighing the facts against each other and committing to a judgment you can stand behind.

Name the Assumptions Holding It Up

You surface the assumptions underneath a conclusion and test them, so the finding rests on evidence rather than on something you never said out loud.

Write the Judgment With Its Confidence

You practice stating what you found and how well you know it, so the reader can act on the assessment with their eyes open.

About the course

Gathering is trained into most professionals. Analysis is not. This workshop is two hours of hands-on practice in the discipline that turns a pile of information into a judgment someone can act on, built for people who were never trained as intelligence analysts and now have to think like one. You work the real transition. A file that looks like an answer and is not one yet. A conclusion resting on assumptions nobody named. An assessment that has to be written so its confidence level is visible rather than hidden. Each exercise moves you from collecting to concluding. This is the practitioner tier, so the emphasis is on doing. You leave having practiced the reasoning, not just recognized the need for it.

Practice moving from a full file to a defensible assessment, the step between collection and conclusion.

Learn to surface and test the assumptions a conclusion rests on before you commit to it.

Write a judgment that carries its confidence level, so your reader knows both what you found and how well you know it.

Sean Mahon

A senior intelligence professional with over 20 years of experience across military intelligence, KYC/AML compliance, open-source intelligence instruction, and forensic due diligence. He has directed analytical teams in regulated, high-stakes environments where incomplete or misattributed information can have significant operational and legal consequences. As the founder of The Collective Risk Intelligence, he provides structured, evidence-based due diligence and investigative analysis to law firms, private equity firms, investment firms, and high-net-worth individuals. His expertise lies at the intersection of investigative intelligence, identity verification, and litigation support, where the standard of proof is uncompromising. The course content is derived from analytical methodologies used in real-world engagements rather than theoretical frameworks developed in academic settings.

What You'll Work Through

Two hours of hands-on work, from the intelligence hierarchy to a judgment stated with confidence.  •  Understanding the Intelligence Hierarchy  •  Recognizing and Mitigating Cognitive Biases  •  Applying Structured Analytic Techniques  •  Communicating Analytical Judgments with Confidence  •  Scored Assessment (80% to pass) The certificate and downloadable job aids unlock on completion. Drawn from real engagements, reworked for practice.

From Collecting to Concluding.

Intelligence Analysis for Business Decisions is a two-hour practitioner workshop. Enroll now and practice the analytic discipline on files built from real engagements.

$179.00

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