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Tadeusz Lemańczyk

This social network in our CI-related courses 1 Reply

Craig ( http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/group/acad ) has inspired me to reread those three blended courses of mine ( http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/xn/detail/ ) in order to find re...

Started by Tadeusz Lemańczyk. Last reply by Tadeusz Lemańczyk 17 hours ago.

Jens Thieme

European CI Summit Amsterdam - a slightly different perspective 1 Reply

Dears, within the current economic climate, the recent uncertainties during the SCIP/FSI strategic alliance setup, drastic measures to save the society - there has been one constituance who might ...

Started by Jens Thieme. Last reply by Melanie Wing Nov 20.

JEONG CHUN PHUOC

"Competitive Intelligence in Environmenting : A Holistic Deal for Everyone at Copenhagen"

"Competitive Intelligence in Environmenting : A Holistic Deal for Everyone at Copenhagen" The Kyoto Protocol is history now, but it helped raised global attention on the need to focus real commit...

Started by JEONG CHUN PHUOC Nov 20.

Jeremy Benjacob-Fuller

"We don't look at our competitors." 13 Replies

One of my colleagues was on an introduction call recently with a potential new client (a major health insurer), and the responses from them were surprising - shockingly so. Their message was this, ...

Tagged: Research, Market, CI

Started by Jeremy Benjacob-Fuller. Last reply by Bryan Doran Nov 19.

Arik Johnson

China Institute of Competitive Intelligence 2009 Summit in Shanghai China 9 Replies

I'm chairman of the China Institute of Competitive Intelligence 2009 Summit in Shanghai China today and Saturday and, at least a couple of us (August Jackson, better known as @8of12 and myself) wil...

Tagged: China

Started by Arik Johnson. Last reply by Klaus Solberg Söilen Nov 16.

Tadeusz Lemańczyk

More on the CI work ethic 3 Replies

I risk to maintain that nouns "ethic" and "ethics", the adjective "ethical" and the adverb "ethically" are among the most frequently used words in our social network. However, are CI professionals ...

Started by Tadeusz Lemańczyk. Last reply by Tadeusz Lemańczyk Nov 14.

Vivek Raghuvanshi

India - Environment Scan 21 Replies

POLITICAL AFFAIRS Sino – Indian ice breaking measures. At 14,000 meters above the sea level at Bum La, Sino-Indian border along Arunachal Pradesh, Indian and Chinese army personnel pledged brothe...

Started by Vivek Raghuvanshi. Last reply by Vivek Raghuvanshi Nov 14.

Robert J Steele

External BI and its place in CI 2 Replies

I always held the belief that to understand the competitive landscape I needed to understand a number of different things. A bit like a jigsaw puzzle, I needed to piece things together to get the o...

Tagged: MyFeedMe, Google, CI, BI

Started by Robert J Steele. Last reply by Robert J Steele Nov 13.

Melanie Wing

Power Point Story Telling 20 Replies

I have been reading a lot about Power Point presentations...and started thinking that how we use Power Point is not for presentations, it is our end deliverable...which is more likely than not some...

Started by Melanie Wing. Last reply by Henrique Sana Nov 13.

Jens Thieme

Markintell.com changed hands 1 Reply

New owners at Markintell.com. The exchange platform and community will be served much more intense and more professionally now and I am happy to report that the strategy for the global CI user bas...

Started by Jens Thieme. Last reply by Alan S. Michaels Nov 13.

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Vivek Raghuvanshi

Strategic Inflection Points - Music Systems

cited by: www.corporaterisks.info


Strategic Inflection Points - Music Systems

Today, the digital technology threatens the vinyl disc with obsolescence.

1. Graphophone - 1900

2. Pathe gramophone - 1908

3. Selecta portable - 1920s

4. Bermuda Dansette - 1950s

5. Braun Phonosuper SK55 - 1956

6. Beogram 4000 - 1972

7. Philips compact disc player - 1983

8. Denon Stacking System D-90 - 1995

9. Beosound 9000 - 1999

Posted by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 22, 2009 at 1:44am

Vivek Raghuvanshi

Strategic Inflection Points - Toothbrushes

cited by: www.corporaterisks.info


Strategic Inflection Points - Toothbrushes

1. Early Toothbrushes - 1900s

Bone Handle + Natural bristles


2. Plastic toothbrushes - 1930s-40s

3. Radius - 1984

4. Modern toothbrushes - 1980s-90s

Designers now compete over the details:

A. Most eye-catching colours
B. Most comfortable grip
C. The optimum angle and reach
D. The best bristle combination


5. Fluocaril - 1989

6. Electric toothbrush - 1990

Posted by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 22, 2009 at 1:30am

Vivek Raghuvanshi

Strategic Inflection Points - Dolls

cited by: www.corporaterisks.info


Strategic Inflection Points - Dolls

1. Schilling doll - 1900

2. Kewpie - 1913

3. My Dream Baby - mid 1920s

4. Tyrolean dolls - early 1950s

5. Barbie - 1959

6. Barbie "Airline Stewardess" - 1963

7. Action Man - 1964

8. Cabbage Patch Kid - 1983

9. Baby Born - 1991

10. Barbie "Happy Holidays" - 1990s

Posted by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 22, 2009 at 1:23am

Vivek Raghuvanshi

Strategic Inflection Points - Toys & Models

cited by : www.corporaterisks.info


Strategic Inflection Points - Toys & Models

1. Magic Lantern - 1900

2. Noah's Ark - 1900

3. Clockwork ship - 1904

4. Steiff teddy bear - 1905

5. Meccano - 1910

6. Hornby train set - 1920s

7. Dinky cars - 1930s

8. Scalextric - 1950s

9. Robby the Robot - 1956

10. Lego - 1958

11. Star Trek - 1977

12. Transformer robot - 1980s

13. Thunderbirds - 1992

14. Playmobil 1 2 3 - 1990s

15. Power Rangers - 19… Continue

Posted by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 22, 2009 at 1:14am

Vivek Raghuvanshi

Strategic Inflection Points - Guitars

cited by : www.corporaterisks.info


Strategic Inflection Points - Guitars

1. Gibson Style O - 1908

2. National Style O - 1926

3. Rickenbacker Electro Spanish - 1932

4. Gibson Les Paul Gold Top - 1952

5. Fender Stratocaster - 1954

6. Gibson Double - 12 - Late 1950s

7. Stienberger Bass - 1982

8. Ibanez - 1990

Posted by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 22, 2009 at 12:57am

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Hi, August, regarding tech challenges mentioned by you I've always thought that they have happened only in my hall number thirteen ( http://fedcba.ning.com/profiles/blogs/szczesliwa-trzynastka ). ;-) Best, Tad
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A group for people based in the UK (& Ireland) with an interest in competitive & marketing intelligence.
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With the DC event on October 22 well behind us I wanted to take a moment to kick off our effort to provide the community an update on the DC event. These will be colored by my own observations and experiences, and I am also trying to summarize out...
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I can now add this URL ( http://fedcba.ning.com/xn/detail/2516803:Comment:7168 ) and that third blended course ( Organization and functioning of security and safety systems ) to the above list. :-)
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