About Us

New Intelligence as a name and a brand represents an evolution.  Starting life as Intelligence Dynamics, the branding evolved in 2008 to better represent our company, our clients and our products.

New Intelligence is not just a spin on a familiar word.  Scientists believe Intelligence is the speed and ability with which we can process information.  Military and Criminal Analysts argue that Intelligence is a process used to add value to information by subjecting it to analysis, resulting in an intelligence product, and ultimately supporting an intelligence capability.

Drawing on contemporary research and practical application, New Intelligence is taking the various inputs that surround us everyday and by recognizing the value of the available cues, unlocking the capacity each individual has to add value to what they see.  In essence we will teach you to be more observant, collect all of the information present in an interaction, and use insights into what this information means to better prepare you to use that to your advantage.  To do this we must change the way you think, so you can use all of your resources to their fullest capacity.

Our Staff

Our training team is led by Managing Director Steve Longford and Executive Director Anthony McLean.

Borne out of Law Enforcement, National Security, and Compliance, with backgrounds in Intelligence, Psychology and Criminology, our staff regularly attend national and international conferences, participate in research groups and forums, and provide expert comment in the Human Skills of Reading People, Emotion, Rapport, Decision Making and Persuasion and in the Technical Skills of Interview, Negotiation, Elicitation and Analysis.

Our consultants and facilitators possess an extensive background and mix of tertiary, vocational and practitioner driven qualifications and expertise.  All have the benefit of having worked with high-level practitioners across the spectrum of law enforcement, compliance, national security, and the private sector, both domestically and internationally.

Our staff continually undertake personal and professional development programs and maintain relevant industry memberships to a variety of bodies including the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD), the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO) and the Australian Institute of Management (AIM).

Our Alliances - Hard Science for Human Skills

New Intelligence is focused on remaining at the forefront of contemporary training and therefore aligns themselves with the most recognised researchers, academics and practitioners.  This approach provides the Hard Science for Human Skills that also supports our Arts and Sciences (Interview, Negotiation, Elicitation and Analysis). New Intelligence has a vast network of researchers, academics and practitioners who are regularly called upon to consult, comment, and critically review newly developed content, concepts, and models. 

One example of these alliances was demonstrated at the company’s launch where Professor David Matsumoto, a founding member of the US based Paul Ekman Group, assisted in launching the new branding and introduced Microexpressions to Australia through the Micro Expressions Training Tool (METT) and the Emotional Skills workshop conducted at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Another example is where New Intelligence travelled to the United States to study with Dr Robert Cialdini to become the only Australian accredited Cialdini Method Certified Trainer to deliver the world renowned Principles of Persuasion Workshop.

Research, Science and Development

In the next couple of months New Intelligence will formalise these alliances by forming a Science and Research Advisory Board.  The board will oversee and provide comment on newly developed content, direction regarding research and development, and facilitate introductions to newly considered and discovered areas across various relevant fields.  This approach ensures New Intelligence provides all clients with the most contemporary content available globally, therefore ensuring their staff are their differentiator.