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Analysis in Action: Critical Reflective Practice Skills for Analysts, 11 February 2027

The exclusive workshop is devoted to critical reflective practice as a pathway to self-awareness, enhanced analytical skills, and professional development.

Aimed at intelligence professionals at any career stage, the session will include a combination of delivered content, reflective exercises, discussion and opportunities for questions.

Providing you with the knowledge and skills to integrate critical reflective practice into your professional life.

Why should you attend?

Benefits of critical reflective practice include, improved decision-making, enhanced emotional intelligence, reinforcement of learning and the development of critical, objective and ethical thinking skills; collectively presenting multiple opportunities to support effective intelligence work, and the development of intelligence professionals.

The workshop aims to:

Introduce critical reflective practice, including its benefits and limitations.
Explore enablers of and barriers to critical reflective practice.
Examine the integration of critical reflective practice into tactical and strategic analysis.
Encourage and inform the use of critical reflective practice into personal and professional development.

Session One: Introduction to Critical Reflective Practice

Defining critical reflective practice.
Benefits and limitations of critical reflective practice in the workplace.
Enablers of and barriers to critical reflective practice in the workplace.
Core principles of critical reflective practice.

Session Two: Critical Reflective Practice in Tactical and Strategic Intelligence Analysis

Critical reflective practice and critical thinking.
Critical reflective practice in hypothesis testing.
Critical reflective practice in operational debriefing.
Critical reflective practice in futures analysis.
Developing a critically reflective culture within the analytical team.

Session Three - Critical Reflective Practice for Personal and Professional Development

Critical reflection as a habit for development.
Critically reflecting on successes and failures.
Critical reflection as part of preparing for promotion.
Critically reflecting on self-limiting beliefs.

Who should attend?

Intelligence Analysts, including Higher, Senior, Principal and Heads of Analysis.
Intelligence Researchers, Intelligence Officers and Intelligence Development Officers.

Our expert

The workshop is led by Naomi Davis-Crane, previously a Head of Analysis in Counter Terrorism Policing, Naomi is now a Senior Lecturer in Policing at Liverpool John Moores University and actively researching leadership and organisational dynamics in law enforcement.

Held online via Teams

Certificates of CPD available

HOW TO BOOK

Cost: £225 + VAT (GBP) per delegate per workshop (LEA and Government Agency rate). £275 + VAT (Industry rate), per delegate

Group bookings: We offer various discounts for group bookings depending on numbers, please contact us for details.

Booking: Please send the delegates name(s), email address(es) and purchase order (made out to The Investigator) to booking@the-investigator.co.uk or telephone +44(0)844 660 8707 for further information.

Payment can be made by PayPal/debit/credit card. The meeting link will be sent out 7 days before the event.