DISCUSSION OF CREATIVITY, CONTROLS, AND ETHICS IN MIDCAREER COURSE NO. 57 (U)

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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 30, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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I+~M(3BAt3I?t~3`~ Ffll~: Acting deputy Director of ~sntral Int#lligence
FIZtII~~: Michael J, h~alanick
Acting Uep.uty Director for Administration
~~3B~ECT: Discussion of Creativity, CQntrvls~ and
Ethics in Midcareer Cflurse ~~Q. 57 ~U~
~.. ~UJAit3C}} As part cif the f~ffice of `training's
cont~.nt~~ous traatmsnt Qf the subject of Creativity, Controls,
and Ethics at courses which lend themselves to discussion of
the 1r~pic, the 3atest running of the I~fidcar?~er Course {No, ~?~
has pr4victed the attached report cif its deliberations. The
c3.ass numh,~xed ~~. students drawn from all elements of the
t'S~ Q~rry r
~UJAIt~t~} Fr~r this rur-ning of th?~ c?~urse, the
class was. divided: into four teams, each team havitsg repxe-
sentatf.ves of ea+~h ~3irectorate. The teams were provided
very brief statements o? some aspect of the problem with
eerta3.n questions put tv them for their team to address; the
1~eams met separately and came ug with written reports that
they gresente~d. aurally; a~ad they fQ3:3awed this with a
discussion, h3.ghlights of which have ~aeen recorded.. This
material is included i.n the four attachments to this msmo,
eaeh representing the work of a sing3e team,.
~. (UjAI~Jt~~ perhaps the- mast striking pciat of view
to co~ae c,ut cif this course discussion is the belief in the
pier of some superior g~ressure t4 cor+~anc~ senior attentit~n
to dissenting views, a ~uperiQr pressure that same-believed
could be brought to bear by givfng fraternal CSA pu~-l~.c#.ty to
dissenting views. But Five officers believed that if there
was Sao adequate reso2utian sham of it, gressure should be
brought tc~ beam by recourse to public exposure ithrc-ugh the
~aedfa. The dfsceassions also fncluded rec~ammcndatians fr~r
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S~,IP~,TFCT`~ Discussion of Creativity, Controls, and Ethics in
i~iidcareer Course Rio, 57 [{T)
~.iaison atattersa fvr new char~ne3s tc~ assist in resolving
constructive dissent, for stimulating creativity, gnd for
~?~.acin~ controls in a perspective that avoids their irthibitinR
creativity,
4. (Lj/AItJa) The class nembers have askod if you
would share with them yQUr views on their ideas and reco~a~r~en-
dations, l can arra.nke to forward directly to them any
comment yon may have.
%~/. Michael d. Matan~c~.
'iii chaei J , ~~ialanick
1~tt$chments:
1 -~ fieam I Report.: Inn?vation in Liaison
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eam 2 P,eg~ort: Creativity and Routine
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3 - Team ~ Report z Creativity and Gcantrols
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4 -Team 4 ~~oport; T~issent ~~~
- "ode to Creativity" _ a poem ~U)
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Olaf.' '1'0 CREl1'J'I:~rITY
(wri.tten _by one of the Midcax?eer 57 Teams)
'To be creative is aft ta.lcen for granted.,
If you're a ]3rahms, a Poe or a Rembranted...
In 1].ysian fields, a anuse may be hid., --
To insp:i_re tomorrow's Plll3, CIRL, or NID.
We report and. write in prose Miltonic,
Of agents run oat gins and. tonic .
In Maput:u, l~ondon, Quito, ox Madras,
We pledge to create or we'11. cover our..
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