04 Notes
Field notes from the practice.
Working notes on intelligence methodology, weak signals I'm tracking, and applied-AI workflows from real engagements. Not opinion pieces, process notes.
- Technology Intelligence · Sun Jul 05 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · 4 min readTechnology intelligence starts with a decision, not a databaseMost technology intelligence begins with a tool and a data dump, and dies in a landscape deck nobody reopens. Start from the decision, work back to the questions, then touch the data.
- Competitive Intelligence · Fri May 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · 3 min readWeak signals: what they are and where I look in 2026Three-layer framework for surfacing weak signals, and the source categories most analysts still miss.
- Technology Intelligence · Fri May 08 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · 3 min readTechnology scouting vs. technology intelligence, the working distinctionScouting is acquisition-oriented; intelligence is decision-oriented. Same data, different outputs. Mixing them up wastes both.
- IP Intelligence · Fri May 01 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · 3 min readWhy patent landscape work is broken, and what to fix firstMost patent landscape reports are visualization theater. They show what a database can plot but skip the harder question: what should the IP team actually do differently?
- AI for Intelligence · Fri Apr 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · 3 min readWhat Namířeno taught me about translating expert language with AIBuilding a tool that translates Czech parliamentary legislation into plain language taught me three things about where AI translation actually works, and where it fails predictably.