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IntermediateData Collection Planning
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Matching Sources to Requirements

Let the question pick the discipline, and write the blind spot into the plan.

The INT you already own is not a personality. It is a tool with a blind spot.

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The Chief(Owl)

"If every source you picked would be happy to confirm the office story, you built a choir."

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The handoff once you know which discipline can touch the question.

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