Advanced Intelligence Analysis

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Appropriately respond to the following discussion thread topic:

The Introduction to the Kent School reading on Structured Analytic Techniques ends with this warning:
“Mental models are critical to allowing individuals to process what otherwise would be an incomprehensible volume of information. Yet, they can cause analysts to overlook, reject, or forget important incoming or missing information that is not in accord with their assumptions and expectations. Seasoned analysts may be more susceptible to these mind-set problems as a result of their expertise and past success in using time-tested mental models. The key risks of mind-sets are that: analysts perceive what they expect to perceive; once formed, they are resistant to change; new information is assimilated, sometimes erroneously, into existing mental models; and conflicting information is often dismissed or ignored.”

Explain in your own words how to compensate for, or mitigate, these risks. Give at least one example of how you would overcome a key risk outlined above.

The original document that this quote came from is attached.