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From Mandate to Blueprint : Lessons from Intelligence Reform
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From Mandate to Blueprint : Lessons from Intelligence Reform / Thomas Fingar.
ISBN
9781503628687
Publication
Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
1 online resource (264 p.)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
In English.
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Stanford University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739145
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Summary
In From Mandate to Blueprint, Thomas Fingar offers a guide for new federal government appointees faced with the complex task of rebuilding institutions and transitioning to a new administration. Synthesizing his own experience implementing the most comprehensive reforms to the national security establishment since 1947, Fingar provides crucial guidance to newly appointed officials. When Fingar was appointed the first Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis in 2005, he discovered the challenges of establishing a new federal agency and implementing sweeping reforms of intelligence procedure and performance. The mandate required prompt action but provided no guidance on how to achieve required and desirable changes. Fingar describes how he defined and prioritized the tasks involved in building and staffing a new organization, integrating and improving the work of sixteen agencies, and contending with pressure from powerful players. For appointees without the luxury of taking command of fully staffed and well-functioning federal agencies, From Mandate to Blueprint is an informed and practical guide for the challenges ahead.
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De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2021.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2021
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
PROLOGUE Purpose and Perspective
INTRODUCTION From Mandate to Blueprint
PART I What Was I Thinking?
Intelligence Reform Unique Opportunity or Fool's Errand?
Sliding Toward an Offer I Couldn't Refuse
Blank White Board and Ticking Clock
Building a Team and Building Support
Translating Ideas into Actions
Organizing Themes and Goals
Think Big, Start Small, Fail Cheap, Fix Fast
Taking Stock
Training and Tradecraft
Transforming the PDB into a Community Product
Management of the Analysis Mission
Transforming Analysis
Roads Not Taken
Reflections and Lessons
PART II Lessons for New Appointees
Climbing Out of a Deep Hole
Understanding the Challenge
Components of a "Checklist" for New Appointees
The Importance of Context
Scoping the Problem
Building a Team
Getting Everyone on the Same Page
Start Fast
Prioritizing Tasks
Utilizing Strengths and Eschewing Unnecessary Fights
No Magic Formula
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