Show Notes
Welcome back to the Grey Dynamics Podcast! This week we are talking to Michael Blicher Soerensen. Michael is a veteran of the Danish army, specialising in electronic warfare and SIGINT. He is currently a global security site lead at Meta. We discussed what makes a good analyst, deploying to Iraq, corporate intelligence and much more. Enjoy!
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We spoke about:
2:40 - Michael's background 5:15 - Opportunities after working in SIGINT and Electronic Warfare 9:17 - Killings your darlings 10:40 - Adjusting to work outside of the army 14:09 - Learning to build rapport with collegues in the workplace 16:22 - What makes a good intelligence analyst 20:21 - Discovering new career opportunities and staying open minded 24:49 - Michael’s experience on deployment 28:17 - Michael's experience working with allied intelligence counterparts 32:07 - Commentary on how training and background can heavily influence analyst’s perspectives 36:32 - Tailoring intelligence to the consumers needs and creating valuable products 38:08 - Issues in the field of OSINT 48:30 - Intelligence professionals being able to educate consumers on intelligence can and cannot do 51:30 - Competing with other internal and external intelligence professionals in the corporate world 1:01:50 - Lack of Tactical intelligence in the private sector 1:03:24 - Intelligence products currently consumed by in the corporate world 1:05:47 - Cultural Recommendations
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