The Technology Intelligence Field Guide
How to judge where an emerging technology is heading: the evidence to read, the frameworks that help, and how teams put it to work.
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New to technology intelligence? Start with Foundations. Explore the other guides as your questions develop.
Foundations
What technology intelligence is, why it matters now, who uses it, and what separates genuine foresight from a generic firehose. The place to start.
Explore foundationsSignals
How to find, read, and act on the signals of emerging technology — patents, research, regulatory filings, market activity, and other sources — and how to tell a real signal from noise.
Explore signalsFrameworks
The mental models that make emerging technology legible — the hype cycle, the adoption lifecycle, S-curves, technology readiness levels, and Wardley mapping — and where each one helps or misleads.
Explore frameworksPractice
Putting it to work: evaluating a technology, sizing a market early, technology due diligence, building an early-warning capability, and what the work looks like for each kind of team.
Explore practiceComparisons
How technology intelligence differs from the disciplines it is often confused with — competitive intelligence, equity research, news monitoring, market research, patent analytics, analyst reports, and technology scouting.
Explore comparisonsGlossary
Plain-language definitions of the terms used throughout the Field Guide — from weak signals and horizon scanning to S-curves and technology readiness levels.
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