Using Messaging and Communication to Influence and Inform: Insights from the Private Sector – An Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) Virtual Think Tank Report

February 2021 No Comments

Authors: George Popp (NSI, Inc.); Eric Kuznar (NSI, Inc.); Skylar Stokes (NSI, Inc.); Ali Jafri (NSI, Inc.) Subject Matter Expert Contributors Paul Astorino (Senior Vice President, Global Merchandizing, Clarks), Catherine Chapman (Founder and CEO, Parenthetic), Cyndi Coon (CEO and Founder, Labratory5 Inc.), John DeBello (President and Chief Creative Officer, Loma Media), Bill Heater (Creative Executive, Real Life Creative), Dr. […]

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How [Culture] Change Happens: A Roadmap of What Works

February 2021 No Comments

Authors: Alexa Courtney (Frontier Design); Jess Williams (Frontier Design) SMA Report Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. Abstract Change is hard; it humbles us all. Yet, it is possible to succeed. This article explores the why, what, […]

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Transactional Communication Model

January 2021 No Comments

Authors: Dr. Belina Bragg (NSI, Inc.); Dr. Asya Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Sara Kitsch (Monmouth College); Dr. Robert Hinck (Monmouth College) Quick Look Preview Introduction This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. This […]

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Understanding Mass Self-Communication

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Authors: Dr. Asya Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Sara Kitsch (Monmouth College); Dr. Robert Hinck (Monmouth College) Quick Look Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. This brief discusses a new form of […]

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Vulnerabilities to Cognitive Biases in the OODA Loop Process

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Authors: Tom Rieger and Ali Jafri (NSI, Inc.) Invited Perspective Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. A recent Quick Look prepared as part of a Joint Staff and Air Force (A3)-sponsored effort to examine the effectiveness of Operations […]

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Propaganda: Indexing and Framing and the Tools of Disinformation

December 2020 No Comments

Authors: Zachary Kluver (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Robert Hinck (Monmouth College); Dr. Asya Cooley (Oklahoma State University) Quick Look Preview Overview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. Propaganda has evolved significantly alongside the […]

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Inoculation Theory

December 2020 No Comments

Authors: Dr. Sara Kitsch (Monmouth College); Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Robert Hinck (Monmouth College); Dr. Asya Cooley (Oklahoma State University) Quick Look Preview Overview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. This Quick Look specifically assesses and […]

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Communicative Power in a Globalized “Network Society”

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Authors: Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Asya Cooley (Oklahoma State University); Dr. Robert Hinck (Monmouth College); Dr. Sara Kitsch (Monmouth College) Quick Look Preview This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. Key Points Strategic Insights Download Publication This […]

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Present and Future Challenges to Maintaining Balance Between Global Cooperation and Competition (Volume I)

November 2020 No Comments

Volume I in the SMA Perspectives Series “Emergent Issues for U.S. National Security” Editors: Lt Gen (Ret) Robert Elder (George Mason University), Ms. Nicole (Peterson) Omundson (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Belinda Bragg (NSI, Inc.) Authors: Dr. Allison Astorino-Courtois (NSI, Inc.), Dr. Cynthia J. Buckley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Dr. Ralph Clem (Florida International University), Mr. […]

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The Development of Communication Models

November 2020 No Comments

Authors: Dr. Lawrence Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) and Mariah Yager (NSI, Inc.) Quick Look Preview Introduction This report supported SMA’s Integrating Information in Joint Operations (IIJO) project. For additional speaker sessions and project publications, please visit the IIJO project page. In July 2019, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) endorsed a list of specific actions for the Operations […]

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