Twenty cases for practicing judgment#
What does the evidence support? Who can authorize the next step? What would make you change your mind? The Intelligence Casebook uses twenty fictional cases set in libraries, community projects, music rehearsals, archives, and small publishing teams to make those questions concrete. Each case gives you records to work from, such as schedules, counts, quotations, or simulated AI replies.
Editorial direction by Lynn Walker. Published by WinMedia.
How to work through a case#
Write your own recommendation and reasons before reading the worked review. Compare your answer with a defensible response, consider the alternatives, then try a variation in which the evidence or the situation changes.
The cases move from checking claims and interpreting records to choosing an action, tracing its consequences, and responding when new information arrives. You practice recognizing when two reports repeat the same source, checking what a plan requires, and preserving the conditions someone else will need to act on your recommendation.
Using the book#
Work independently or compare recommendations with another reader. The book includes guidance for the variations, reusable practice sheets, a glossary, and references. A book and notebook are enough to complete the exercises.