The Hamas-led attack on Israel late last year has been called the most significant failure in military intelligence since 9/11. In both situations, intelligence agencies did not piece together critical information that would have warned of the impending threats. Although intelligence operatives, a type of knowledge worker, had many clues suggesting imminent attacks, they did not integrate this information quickly enough to accurately foresee the tragic outcomes. Data was plentiful yet deriving meaning through open dialogue remained elusive. In response to those shortcomings, after 9/11 the Uni…