Many of you feel a sense of urgency about the future… Like things might spiral out of control around November or shortly thereafter.
And despite that sense of urgency, I know there
are lots of reasons why you might not take my latest online course.
As you may
have heard, the Intel Bootcamp course starts today.
I’m going
to show students how they can build a local intelligence network to facilitate
information-sharing during what disasters may come.
I’m
removing the fogginess of what to do next, the guess work and the
trial-and-error.
If you
watch these instructional videos and complete the tasks I outline, then you’re
going to be head and shoulders above your peers and the competition.
For those
who aren’t going to take this course, I want to outline five things
you need to know… (This stuff is in the course, by the way.)
1. Start a
neighborhood watch. It doesn’t matter how many people join at first — just get it
started. You can use this organization immediately to share information, plus
there are numerous benefits later on.
2. Focus
your efforts. It’s easy to get bogged down by just how much useless
information comes through the news. Use my 60/30/10 model to focus your
collection locally. Sign up for local sources of official information and
automate your collection as much as possible.
3. Be
deliberate. Identify your intelligence gaps — figure out what you need to
know. From these gaps, you generate collection requirements — the pieces of
information that need to be collected. If we’re not deliberate about
collection, we’re going to end up with junk.
4. Develop
people, not sources. Don’t think of developing sources as purely transactional.
Yes, we want them to find useful information and pass it to us, but these
people are our neighbors and community members. They want the same thing we do:
a safe neighborhood and early warning about local threats. Build trust and
friendship as you build our your local network.
5. Lean on
existing groups. Lots of areas have existing civic and political groups. These
groups are not only sources of information, but also recruiting pools for people
who are concerned about the future and interested in communities safe from
crime, mob violence, looting, or worse. Either join yourself, or task members
of your network to join these groups. Many hands make light work.
There is,
of course, a lot to do. And there’s a lot more to it than this.
But if you
internalize these five goals for yourself and act on them, then you’re going to
be well on your way to building a solid information-sharing network for when
disaster does strike.
In
the Intel Bootcamp, I’m going to cover all this
and more, step by step, as I’ve done it in my own local area.
Consider
this an accelerated version of what I’ve already done.
Alright,
I’m going to record the video for today’s lesson. You can enroll in this course
here —> https://www.intelbootcamp.com
Always Out
Front,
Samuel Culper
Samuel Culper is a former
Intelligence NCO and contractor. Iraq(x1)/Afghanistan(x2). He now studies
intelligence and warfare.
https://forwardobserver.com/five-steps-to-setting-up-a-local-intelligence-network/