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<![CDATA[ISR Intelligence Solutions - ISR Blog and Announcements]]>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:03:18 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Intelligence - What You Don't Know Can Hurt You ]]>Sat, 18 Jun 2016 17:06:55 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/intelligence-what-you-dont-know-can-hurt-youAs a senior leader, or a manager, what keeps you awake at night? Is there something that you feel you don't know enough about, whether it be about your own internal metrics, your market, your customers, your business area, the future, or your competition. It is important to ensure that you have as complete a picture as possible so that you can make the best informed decisions. There is a constant struggle to stay on top of information, and the pace of change, that which is referred to as creative destruction, is exponentially gaining pace. How do you manage your information needs, if at all?

In my personal opinion, there are several categories of information and intelligence that must be regularly updated in order to keep an organization well informed so that senior leaders can make plans to shift strategy in anticipation of changes. It is not a matter of if, but a matter of when something will change, that will dramatically impact your organization, for better or for worse.

1. Business Intelligence - has become related to something more like an automated dashboard used to monitor a businesses bottom line. Necessary to keep track of a company's internal metrics, and maximize the bottom line. However, if not conducted correctly, misinformation can feed the company's real time dash board.

2. Market Intelligence - Keeping track of trends in your market or your niche, keeps you in touch with your customers, and also what your competitors customers needs and desires. We need to look at the macro and the micro levels in order to fully understand your company's position in the market, and if there is opportunity for growth or not. If there is opportunity, how to best take advantage before your competitor does. Knowing what the customer needs or desires, and how to get it to them and maintain a profit is the key. Understanding the market and sector in which you intend to concentrate your marketing, advertising and sales efforts is essential to turning leads into sales.

3. Geographic Intelligence - Understanding your business area of operations and business area of interest is essential. Every company must think globally today due to ever increasing volatility, and any company is potentially impacted by the ever increasing global interconnectivity. Geographic intelligence covers more than just your customers. It covers the geography of your area of operations and the impact of weather on that geography. It covers your suppliers, your supply lines and their routes. Being familiar with the potential impact of goods or services to your company by a disruption in your geographic supply lines, or situations within areas than influence sources of raw material that feed the main supplier of your subcomponents is essential. Dare I say, this is vital. Knowing the truth of the climate of the area of operations and the area of interest enables the anticipation of disruptions, and the planning of contingencies. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can really help a company understand the relevance of big data, or the big picture in order to make the best decisions possible. The use of GIS is only limited by the imagination of the user or the requester of information.

4. Cultural Intelligence - I have separated this into a separate category from Market Intelligence for the same reason that I separated Geographic Intelligence. You need to really understand the cultures and beliefs of the people your company is dealing with, and/or the cultures and beliefs of the countries that your supply lines run through, or cultures that are close enough to your supply lines or sources of raw materials to impact your company. These cultural differences can be drastic when going global, and can be the difference between success and failure for a company. Let us not forget the multitude of examples where major corporations paid multiple millions of dollars for advertising in another country, but did not consult or use a true translator that was familiar with the culture, with the end result being complete disasters from which some companies never recovered. You can't use an automatic translation service or pay for translation for something this big without consulting a true cultural expert or native speaker from the region.

5. Competitive Intelligence - Knowing who your competitor is and what they are doing. Putting a face or faces to the competition. This includes everything about their companies, their management, psychological profiles, are they aggressive or timid. What is the life cycle of their products? Do they have a discernible and predictable innovative pace? Where are there supply lines? Are there weaknesses or potential weaknesses to their main suppliers? From a military perspective, we utilize order of battle analysis in order to determine an enemy's strength's, weaknesses, and most likely and most dangerous courses of action. The same model can and should be applied to your competitors in order to truly understand their capabilities, and predict their viable courses of action.

6. Political Intelligence - Understanding political history, current politics and situations which may impact future politics, and therefore, possibly your business. Changes in politics can result in increased taxes or tariffs on products. These changes can happen with little or no warning, especially as political tensions rise. Understanding how business is conducted in a foreign county is of utmost importance. In some countries, corruption is rampant.

7. Information Intelligence - Simply stated, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of information capability in a nation in which you are conducting or plan to conduct business. For example, how do the people in a particular country get their information and how old is it? Is the information censored by the State in any way? Being able to discern truth from propaganda is a powerful tool. This can also bring a reality check to your marketing and advertising sections.

8. Military Intelligence - While understanding a military's capability and intent may seem like it is out of the realm of business, in my opinion, it is very important. The military is ultimately a nation's hammer, and normally used when political efforts fail. In many countries corruption extends to the military. Nothing is more indicative of a country's intent and pending actions than what they are doing with their military. Stay informed and stay alive.

9. Economic Intelligence - This one requires no explanation. Understanding the economic conditions, forecasts, capabilities and intentions of a country is absolutely key to determining if conducting business in a country is beneficial or not. Looking at both the micro and macro levels are important in order to predict the impact of conducting business in any country.

10. Operational or Regional Intelligence- Almost at the strategic level, but one step removed. Operational or regional intelligence is very important in understanding the potential benefits and risk to your business, especially if it is global. This are of intelligence analyzes regions, and as the name suggests, seeks to understand the cultural, political, information, military and economic realities that exist between countries that are neighbors or near neighbors. Are there trade pacts, embargo, or tariffs between countries of a region? What are the logistics lines of communication between countries and regions?

11. Strategic Intelligence - The big picture, the strategic forecasts, the crystal ball, the think tanks that sometimes get it right, and sometimes get it wrong. The bottom line is that we need to keep up with what the future predictions are at the strategic level, and plan accordingly in order to be in a position to maximize your company's opportunity and minimize its risks. Those with the competitive edge, look not just out two years, but 10 or more. How far out does your organization conduct intelligence operations and competitive intelligence operations? It can make the difference between a big win or a complete loss.

The bottom line is that for a company to be truly informed, it takes a full time effort by real intelligence professionals to ensure the organization has the most recent and relevant information and intelligence to ensure that it is fully informed, and can make informed decisions, as well as contingency plans in an ever increasingly volatile world. No matter if you conduct it internally, or outsource to another company, it is vitally important that you incorporate all facets of intelligence into your planning and decision making process.

Sincerely,
Robert D. Jenkins

]]><![CDATA[Missing Persons, Abductions, Cold Cases, Human-Traficking]]>Thu, 17 Dec 2015 08:52:44 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/missing-persons-abductions-cold-cases-human-trafickingWe are proud to announce a partnership with a highly acclaimed intuitive. This partnership gives ISR the unique ability to key in on things unseen, and to key investigators or intelligence assets to where to look for further clues or evidence that can move a case along when it has come to a dead end. Our psychic has been pivotal in locating and returning 4 people to date. We offer a 2 hour free consultation to discuss if this service is right for you, and if it can possibly meet your needs and bring resolution to a case, return of an abducted person, or prosecution of an offender. Please contact us using the contact form on the front page of our website if interested in finding more out about this service. ]]><![CDATA[ISR's WMD 101 Awareness Seminar for October price cut ]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:59:28 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/isrs-wmd-101-awareness-seminar-for-october-price-cutWe are proud to announce that we are reducing the price of the scheduled Blended WMD 101 Awareness Seminar by almost 50% for the October 19-22, 2015 training. This training is for Law Enforcement, Patrol Officers, Detectives, SRT Teams, Fire Departments, HAZMAT Teams, First Responders, EMS, and Emergency Managers. See our purchase ISR Training tab under more on our web page for details on the course and how to register, but basically use our contact us form on our home page and request the training. We will bill you, as we can eliminate sales tax this way if you work for a Government Agency. Thank you for your consideration. Take care, stay safe, and please pass the word.

Kind Regards,
Robert Jenkins]]><![CDATA[Crowd Funding Update for Project Hermes]]>Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:09:20 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/crowd-funding-update-for-project-hermesAre you tired of paying $3 or more for gas. Our design eliminates fuel points of any type. Imagine the extra discretionary income available to a family if they did not have a vehicle fuel bill. Our unique design does not require recharging. You can drive an electric vehicle without the fear of running out of electricity, or the requirement to visit a recharge station. We can make this happen. It is within our grasp to bring to fruition. We can't do it without your help. Any amount will help. If you can't contribute please share the word with as many people as you can.

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]]><![CDATA[Crowd Funding for Project HERMES]]>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 02:29:12 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/crowd-funding-for-project-hermesWe have launched a crowdfunding opportunity to support Project HERMES, which shows promise in greatly extending the range of electric vehicles, decreasing their cost, increasing their reliability. The line below will take you to the crowdfunding site. Thank you for your consideration. You can support by donations or simply spreading the word to others. Thank you.

http://igg.me/at/IQBe32PCd0g/x/11027769

]]><![CDATA[Business Intelligence Services ]]>Fri, 22 May 2015 17:26:53 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/business-intelligence-services

ISR Intelligence Solutions announces the launch of its signature intelligence services for business
In an ever increasingly connected and volatile world, it is vitally important to stay informed
Our Intelligence products are customized to your needs
We offer varrying degrees of depth and customization to fit your budget and needs
If you don't have an intelligence section, this is a great affordable option to conducting it in house
Stay informed to stay ahead
If you don't know your competitor, maybe you should
Keeping informed of strategic world events can help your business take advantage of opportunity and avoid threats

]]><![CDATA[ISR announces it will host Ms. Angela Benedict to conduct TTSCT training]]>Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:20:35 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/isr-announces-it-will-host-ms-angela-benedict-to-conduct-ttsct-trainingISR proudly announces it will be hosting Ms. Angela Benedict from MHC, a Canadian Company, to teach her acclaimed tactical trauma self care training at a location to be determined in Burlington County NJ on April 2nd and April 3rd 2015. The cost is $205 US and is paid via her Company MHC. The course is only one day and is being offered twice. For an idea of the training see her website at militaryhealingcenter.net

This course is highly recommended and seeks to provide personnel in high stress positions the tools to handle stress before they become an issue Such as PTSD. Please see her website or email training@militaryhealingcenter.net for more information.

Please pass along to anyone who you feel may be interested in attending.

Kind Regards,
Robert Jenkins

]]><![CDATA[Free Offers Are Rare]]>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:13:07 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/free-offers-are-rareISR Intelligence Solutions, LLC is now accepting a limited number of applicants for a beta test of its specialized open source B2B strategic intelligence services, as well as a beta test of its B2B competitive intelligence services. The ideal candidates are the decision makers of start ups and small to medium sized US businesses for the beta trial. Our beta test products are free, will run for a limited time, and there is no obligation to purchase the service. All we ask is for your feed back on the quality of the products and services and how we can improve them before we launch them as an official service. If interested in taking advantage of this offer, and to see if this service is right for you, mailto:robert.d.jenkins@isr-intelligencesolutions.com and indicate which service you are interested in for further details. We are only accepting a limited number of applicants because we want to ensure the highest quality possible as we beta test our service.

]]><![CDATA[Does your company suffer from a lack of information?]]>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:57:26 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/does-your-company-suffer-from-a-lack-of-informationAs a senior leader, or a manager, what keeps you awake at night? Is there something that you feel you don't know enough about, whether it be about your own internal metrics, your market, your customers, your business area, the future, or your competition. It is important to ensure that you have as complete a picture as possible so that you can make the best informed decisions. There is a constant struggle to stay on top of information, and the pace of change, that which is referred to as creative destruction, is exponentially gaining pace. How do you manage your information needs, if at all?

In my personal opinion, there are several categories of information and intelligence that must be regularly updated in order to keep an organization well informed so that senior leaders can make plans to shift strategy in anticipation of changes. It is not a matter of if, but a matter of when something will change, that will dramatically impact your organization, for better or for worse.

1. Business Intelligence - has become something more like an automated dashboard used to monitor a businesses bottom line. Necessary to keep track of a company's internal metrics, and maximize the bottom line. However, if not conducted correctly, misinformation can feed the company's real time dash board.

2. Market Intelligence - Keeping track of trends in your market or your niche, keeps you in touch with your customers, and also what your competitors customers needs and desires. We need to look at the macro and the micro levels in order to fully understand your company's position in the market, and if there is opportunity for growth or not. If there is opportunity, how to best take advantage before your competitor does. Knowing what the customer needs or desires, and how to get it to them and maintain a profit is the key. Understanding the market and sector in which you intend to concentrate your marketing, advertising and sales efforts is essential to turning leads into sales.

3. Geographic Intelligence - Understanding your business area of operations and business area of interest is essential. Every company must think globally today due to ever increasing volatility, and any company is potentially impacted by the ever increasing global interconnectivity. Geographic intelligence covers more than just your customers. It covers the geography of your area of operations and the impact of weather on that geography. It covers your suppliers, your supply lines and their routes. Being familiar with the potential impact of goods or services to your company by a disruption in your geographic supply lines, or situations within areas than influence sources of raw material that feed the main supplier of your subcomponents is essential. Dare I say, this is vital. Knowing the truth of the climate of the area of operations and the area of interest enables the anticipation of disruptions, and the planning of contingencies. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can really help a company understand the relevance of big data, or the big picture in order to make the best decisions possible. The use of GIS is only limited by the imagination of the user or the requester of information.

4. Cultural Intelligence - I have separated this into a separate category from Market Intelligence for the same reason that I separated Geographic Intelligence. You need to really understand the cultures and beliefs of the people your company is dealing with, and/or the cultures and beliefs of the countries that your supply lines run through, or cultures that are close enough to your supply lines or sources of raw materials to impact your company. These cultural differences can be drastic when going global, and can be the difference between success and failure for a company.

5. Competitive Intelligence - Knowing who your competitor is and what they are doing. Putting a face or faces to the competition. This includes everything about their companies, their management, psychological profiles, are they aggressive or timid. What is the life cycle of their products? Do they have a discernible and predictable innovative pace? Where are there supply lines? Are there weaknesses or potential weaknesses to their main suppliers? From a military perspective, we utilize order of battle analysis in order to determine an enemy's strength's, weaknesses, and most likely and most dangerous courses of action. The same model can and should be applied to your competitors in order to truly understand their capabilities, and predict their viable courses of action.

6. Political Intelligence - Understanding political history, current politics and situations which may impact future politics, and therefore, possibly your business. Changes in politics can result in increased taxes or tariffs on products. These changes can happen with little or no warning, especially as political tensions rise. Understanding how business is conducted in a foreign county is of utmost importance. In some countries, corruption is rampant.

7. Information Intelligence - Simply stated, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of information capability in a nation in which you are conducting or plan to conduct business. For example, how do the people in a particular country get their information and how old is it? Is the information censored by the State in any way? Being able to discern truth from propaganda is a powerful tool. This can also bring a reality check to your marketing and advertising sections.

8. Military Intelligence - While understanding a military's capability and intent may seem like it is out of the realm of business, in my opinion, it is very important. The military is ultimately a nation's hammer, and normally used when political efforts fail. In many countries corruption extends to the military. Nothing is more indicative of a country's intent and pending actions than what they are doing with their military.

9. Economic Intelligence - This one requires no explanation. Understanding the economic conditions, forecasts, capabilities and intentions of a country is absolutely key to determining if conducting business in a country is beneficial or not. Looking at both the micro and macro levels are important in order to predict the impact of conducting business in any country.

10. Operational or Regional Intelligence- Almost at the strategic level, but one step removed. Operational or regional intelligence is very important in understanding the potential benefits and risk to your business, especially if it is global. This are of intelligence analyzes regions, and as the name suggests, seeks to understand the cultural, political, information, military and economic realities that exist between countries that are neighbors or near neighbors. Are there trade pacts, embargo, or tariffs between countries of a region? What are the logistics lines of communication between countries and regions?

11. Strategic Intelligence - The big picture, the strategic forecasts, the crystal ball, the think tanks that sometimes get it right, and sometimes get it wrong. The bottom line is that we need to keep up with what the future predictions are at the strategic level, and plan accordingly in order to be in a position to maximize your company's opportunity and minimize its risks.

The bottom line is that for a company to be truly informed, it takes a full time effort by real intelligence professionals to ensure the organization has the most recent and relevant information and intelligence to ensure that it is fully informed, and can make informed decisions, as well as contingency plans in an ever increasingly volatile world.

Sincerely,

The ISR Analytical Team

]]><![CDATA[ISR is Entering the R&D Field]]>Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:18:31 GMThttp://isr-intelligencesolutions.biz/isr-blog-and-announcements/isr-is-entering-the-rd-fieldISR is a private detective agency and a B2B intelligence service agency. However, we are pleased to announce that ISR has entered the research and development field as well. Our intent is to use our intelligence and analytical skills to provide innovative and viable solutions to world problems. In our first R&D project, we are currently working on a project that may greatly extend the range of electric vehicles and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. This project will also greatly reduce our carbon footprint. Stay tuned for further updates.
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