[tivert]

> The most important factor in building this culture, every veteran I spoke to stated, is the unusual way that INR selects and uses analysts. The CIA and DIA tend to favor generalists. Analysts rotate between roles every two to three years, often changing countries or even regions. At INR, the average analyst has been on their topic for over 14 years. “At most of the other intel organizations you rotate out of your portfolio every two to three years,” McCarthy says. “At INR, they die at their desks.”

That seems like lesson MBAs should take to heart.

[pjc50]

You know they'll take the "die at their desks" part out of context. And not absorb the fundamentally unpalatable truth that expertise is real but specific.