"Cultural Intelligence is the product of several months of interesting research and training for the lead author to qualify himself as a CQ practitioner and instructor, which included training sessions in Chicago and Kuala Lumpur. Although there is no magic formula for acquiring CQ, a person's CQ ability can be measured and improved. This monograph addresses personal, strategic, and cultural situations in which high CQ capability is important. It also dives deeply into the CQ assessment process and explains why developing CQ skills is so important for Special Forces soldiers, particularly given the threatening environments these soldiers will face over the next several decades in the areas of the world where they will have to operate successfully ... Chapter one describes the science behind the ability to assess the four components of CQ: drive, knowledge, strategy, and action. Chapter two continues the explanation of these four components, using vignettes and personal accounts to emphasize the importance of CQ. Chapter three puts CQ into a strategic context and notes how mirror imaging can have important international and strategic consequences -- sometimes favorable and sometimes adverse. Chapter four provides an in-depth discussion of the CQ assessment process, using the lead author's personal CQ assessment results as an exemplar. Chapter five discusses the relationship between CQ and operational design, which is a relatively new analytical procedure designed to help military planners address irregular warfare threats. Chapter six explains the 10 cultural clusters and describes how important having knowledge of the clusters can be to the geographically oriented special forces groups. Chapter seven reviews how special forces soldiers can improve their CQ"--Pages 4-5.

The technical aspects of cultural intelligence -- The four CQ components : drive, knowledge, strategy, and action -- Strategic culture and cultural intelligence : assets in a dangerous world -- CQ and operational design : complementary acumen for special operations campaign planning -- The cultural intelligence assessment process -- Making CQ easy : 10 cultural clusters -- Improving the CQ of special forces personnel -- Summing up and final thoughts.