For Analysts, Strategists, Leaders, & Decision-Makers
The Folker Lab
Think clearly. Decide confidently. Lead with integrity.
Critical thinking, rigorous analysis, deliberate strategy, servant leadership, and grounded biblical discernment for decisions that hold up when it matters most.
Serious Thinking for Serious Responsibilities.
Start the Free CourseWHO THIS IS FOR
Intelligence Professionals
Apply IC analytic standards and critical thinking to your everyday work.
Strategists
Stress-test plans against alternative futures and rival logics before you commit.
Leaders & Decision-Makers
Cut through noise and lead teams with conviction.
Faith-Driven Thinkers
Pair rigorous study and higher order thinking with biblical wisdom.
OUTCOMES
Reveal biases and logical fallacies. Decide without the blind spots. Reveal implicit assumptions. Demonstrate metacognition.
Critical Thinking
Structure your analysis. Find the root cause. Correctly interpret events. Explain behaviors and impacts. Make reliable forecasts
Intelligence Analysis
Commit to plans that survive contact with reality. Stress-test assumptions, weigh alternatives, and pressure-test decisions before resources are committed.
Strategy Development
Lead teams through pressure with conviction. Build trust, align people around a clear line of reasoning, and hold steady when the stakes rise.
Principled Leadership
Distinguish wisdom from persuasion. Apply grounded scriptural reasoning to cut through convincing-sounding arguments and false certainties.
Biblical Discernment
FLAGSHIP OFFERS
The Discipline of Doubt: Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft
Learn to apply the nine ICD 203 Analytic Standards and pressure-test real intelligence reports against them.
✓ Self-paced
✓ Standards-based
Coming Soon!
Review and pre-enroll in a variety of future training courses at a 50% discount. Launch dates will be announced soon!
TRUSTED BY PEOPLE WHO CARRY SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES
Vance C.
Great Introduction and overview of the material. Even for long time analysts it is a breath of fresh air to approach the material in a new way.
Christopher G.
Awesome so far, very in-depth.
Nathaniel S.
This course hits the spot. The course is very specific and opened my eyes to other factors that can make me more efficient as an analyst.
Todd P.
Great course! Instructive and informational.
Joshua D.
The training is a great match for me. I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
Anonymous
Loving this, especially on critical thinking. I tend to struggle with bias, so it's ideal for me to keep reminding myself how to counteract it better.
Alexis S.
Great instructor and information is presented clearly.
Greg K.
Wow, this is a great course! The theory is well described and explained without losing the learner. Good mix of problems to solve as well. Quite interactive.
INSIGHTS AND EXTRA CONTENT
Your Invitation
Serious responsibility deserves serious thinking — and you don't have to build it alone. The Folker Lab brings together a series of four foundational courses and personalized coaching across the disciplines that shape sound decisions: intelligence, strategy, leadership, and discernment.
Dive into The Discipline of Doubt to master analytic tradecraft; Plans That Survive Contact to architect strategy that holds up; First, Follow to become a leader others choose to follow; and Rightly Dividing to discern truth in a noisy world. Each series meets you where you are and stacks with the others, so you grow at your own pace.
When the stakes are high and the path isn't clear, Strategic Insight Coaching offers a committed thought partner — someone to help you clarify the mission, stress-test your thinking, and translate your values into action.
Wherever you carry serious responsibility, there's a starting point here for you.
