TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING FOR INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE STUDIES
TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING FOR INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE STUDIES

Summary/Abstract: Intelligence professionals work in a global environment that is complex and rapidly-changing. Intelligence analysis calls for individuals and organizations to adapt their thinking to emerging situations that may challenge existing mental frameworks. Changes to mental frameworks are considered transformations within transformative learning theories. Transformations occur when an individual person’s beliefs, values and assumptions that filter incoming information undergo a shift or expansion (Mezirow, 1997). This paper applies the concepts of transformative learning theories to the development of intelligence professionals. The paper proposes that transformative learning among intelligence analysts is important for the performance of analysis and explores how organizations can intentionally foster transformative learning and development.

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