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Past Event
In-Person
Seminar

How Corporations Use Intelligence to Mitigate Risk and Reduce Uncertainty

RSVP Required Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

The private sector frequently operates in uncertain and dynamic risk environments. While risk reduction is important, intelligence and strategic business decisions also play a large role. On April 16, join the Intelligence Project for a seminar with Sam Talbott, who will bring clarity to these uncertain operating environments and insight into the pursuit of smart upside risks. Sam currently leads John Deere's Center for Global Intelligence, supporting Deere and its subsidiary operations worldwide. Sam will examine the role that the intelligence function plays in supporting and facilitating business decision-making, in additional to the traditional intelligence-security nexus. This seminar will be moderated by the Intelligence Project and held under Chatham House rules. The seminar will be in person only, with light refreshments provided, and will be open to the first 60 registrants with a Harvard ID.

Date: Time: - Location: Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB
Critical infrastructure at risk

Sam Talbott has over fifteen years of combined experience in the intelligence community and private sector, working across a broad range of industries including medical devices, precision technology and manufacturing, investor-owned utilities, and retail. He currently leads John Deere's Center for Global Intelligence, supporting Deere and its subsidiary operations worldwide.

In the public sector, Sam served as a political/military intelligence analyst with the Defense Intelligence Agency for four years. During this time, he held various analytical and operational roles, including serving on the command briefing staff at US Central Command. In 2013, he deployed in support of the 2014 Afghan presidential elections. Sam holds a BA in History from the University of Iowa and an MS in Intelligence and Analysis from Michigan State University.

Sam is currently serving as Treasurer on the Executive Committee of the Board for the Association of International Risk Intelligence Professionals (AIRIP). He has also held multiple leadership roles within the Analyst Roundtable community.