A leading government analyst and secret intelligence commentator distills his
decision-making expertise into this groundbreaking approach to problem solving.
Adapting the geopolitical and historical lessons gleaned from over two decades
in government intelligence, Philip Mudd, an ex–National Security Council staff
member and one-time senior executive at the FBI and the CIA, has created what
promises to be a necessary guidebook in how we approach complex and high-stakes
decisions. Filled with logical yet counterintuitive answers to both ordinary and
extraordinary problems—whether it be buying a new home, deciding which college
to attend, or how to pivot a failing business model—Mudd's "HEAD" (High
Efficiency Analytic Decision Making) methodology exposes the