Program Overview

This advanced training program provides experienced investigators, compliance professionals, and security personnel with sophisticated capabilities for ethically influencing strategic behavior during investigative interviews. Building on counter-interrogation strategy recognition foundations, this course focuses on creating conditions where subjects voluntarily shift from withholding strategies toward disclosure strategies through professional relationship management and strategic communication techniques.

Scientific Foundation

Based on cutting-edge research from the University of Gothenburg and extensions of the validated Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE) technique, our program addresses the psychological mechanisms that drive strategic decision-making during interviews. The curriculum incorporates decision theory, cognitive dissonance research, and social exchange dynamics to provide evidence-based methods for ethical strategic influence that respects subject autonomy while encouraging voluntary cooperation.
Learning Objectives

Through analysis of strategic influence psychology, practical application scenarios, and examination of ethical frameworks, participants will develop the ability to:

• Create Collaborative Interview Environments: Design interview conditions that reduce defensive responses and promote rational decision-making about cooperation versus withholding
• Apply Ethical Strategic Influence Techniques: Implement methods that make disclosure appear more beneficial than withholding through strategic evidence management and professional partnership positioning
• Execute Strategic Evidence Revelation: Use evidence presentation timing and methodology to demonstrate investigative competence while providing face-saving opportunities for strategic shifts
• Maintain Professional Ethical Boundaries: Distinguish between ethical influence and manipulation through honest communication, respect for autonomy, and proportional methods
• Manage Strategic Relationship Dynamics: Position investigations as collaborative truth-seeking rather than adversarial confrontation to encourage voluntary strategic cooperation
• Integrate Advanced Strategic Capabilities: Combine strategic influence with other science-based interviewing methods for comprehensive investigative effectiveness

Practical Application

Participants will engage with complex scenarios involving sophisticated subjects who naturally employ strategic approaches, including corporate executives, experienced professionals, and legally represented individuals. The program emphasizes real-world application of ethical influence techniques in high-stakes investigations where strategic withholding can conceal crucial evidence or significant misconduct.

Evidence-Based Methodology

This training incorporates the latest research in strategic behavior modification, social psychology, and ethical influence frameworks. Our curriculum reflects current academic understanding of how strategic choices can be influenced ethically while maintaining strict professional standards and respect for individual decision-making capacity.

Advanced Professional Capabilities

The program addresses the competitive reality that organizations with strategic influence capabilities handle sophisticated subjects more effectively than those relying on traditional methods. Participants develop advanced skills that transform investigative effectiveness while building rather than damaging professional relationships during strategic influence processes.