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Tactical, Operational & Strategic Analysis of Markets, Competitors & Industries

CI is the collection and analysis of information about the external environment for decision makers in an organization. We study businesses, the markets they serve and competitors they operate against to understand and anticipate industry change.

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Do you have a blog? If so, please list your feed and I'll aggregate them here. 4 Replies

Reply to this post with your blog feed (or address if you're not sure of the feed URL) and I'll aggregate them together here on the site.

Started by Arik Johnson. Last reply by Miguel Duarte Ferreira 45 minutes ago.

New Technology for CI - What's Your Favorite? 37 Replies

What other types of new technology, especially "web 2.0" tools, do you find valuable? I'm thinking of tools like technorati, del.icoi.us and Linkedin and custom RSS feeds. I suppose you could inclu...

Tagged: social bookmarking, plaza, rss, podcast, matrix

Started by Kieran Michael Brown. Last reply by Avner Barnea Jun 30.

CI Body of Knowledge project 1 Reply

Tagged: education, scip08, academics, competencies, knowledge

Started by Craig S. Fleisher. Last reply by Arik Johnson Jun 30.

Hiring CI employees 8 Replies

I currently have a job offer for a CI position (see attached for whom concerned) in Cambridge, MA and found quite a dry market until now. Do you share this view point in your area? Recruiting CI e...

Tagged: hiring, ci, human, resources, management

Started by Chris Hote. Last reply by James Davis Jun 26.

AML Budget

If you provide your company with AML process (or it is providing by outsourcing) what annual budget on KYC procedure do you have? P.S.: AML - Anti-money laundering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant...

Tagged: your, customer, R-Techno, Know, KYC

Started by Roman V. Romachev Jun 11.

Pricing Intelligence 2 Replies

We are working on a couple of huge strategic pricing projects. Can anyone point me into the direction of extended pricing intelligence literature and service providers? Thanks, Jens

Started by Jens Thieme. Last reply by Jens Thieme Jun 6.

Business/Marketing Strategy Software 6 Replies

Mapping/modeling software can improve efficiency in strategic and marketing planning. We are actively looking for reviews and experience in Matrix V5 or the likes that should support and prepare fo...

Started by Jens Thieme. Last reply by Jens Thieme Jun 6.

Market and Materials Indices in Support of Pricing Intelligence

I was wondering if there is anyone with some level of experience in linking pricig intelligence (and ultimately actions) with indices (e.g. crude for transport and/or many chemical compounds or met...

Started by Jens Thieme Jun 6.

CI and Academe 19 Replies

This discussion will focus on issues in CI facing academics. I'll get the ball rolling by suggesting some questions we are facing that may be of interest to the larger group. Please feel free to ch...

Started by Craig S. Fleisher. Last reply by Ulrich Tibaut Houzanme Apr 25.

Questions About this Site 2 Replies

I thought we should start a forum for people to help each other answer questions about this site itself, e.g. "How do I do X," or "What does Y mean?" There are several tech-savvy people signed up ...

Tagged: social media, how to, help, technology, ning

Started by Kieran Michael Brown. Last reply by Kieran Michael Brown Apr 24.

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Benchmarking with the World-Class Competitive Intelligence Model!

Do the managers that fund your competitive intelligence (CI) function ask how your company’s CI function stacks up against world class standards? Providing fact-based evidence of how your CI function compares to world-class standards has several benefits. First, you can evaluate your CI function across nine (9) dimensions that define world class standards. Second, you can isolate aspects within each dimension that can be targeted for improvement. Finally, you can develop an action plan to enhanc… Continue

Posted by Alessandro Comai on May 21st, 2008 at 7:06am — No Comments (Add)

Sad News

I just received an email this morning informing me that Cormac Ryan passed away last Friday after a battle with cancer. Cormac was a long time, active member of SCIP and I had the opportunity to speak with him several times during various events at SCIP, including SCIP08 and the 2007 European Summit in Bad Nauheim. I always enjoyed speaking with him. A memorial service will be held this Saturday, May 17, 2008 at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas.

Posted by jon lowder on May 14th, 2008 at 9:03am — No Comments (Add)

Machines of the future. Kill Sarah Conner or kill your job?

Some scary reading from NYU interactive telecommunications Professor, Clay Shirky, who was interviewed on io9 a couple of weeks ago on the subject of his new book, “Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations”. The premise (and I’ll preface that I am no scholar of social web evolution) is that there is a gro… Continue

Posted by Dan McHugh on May 12th, 2008 at 9:55pm — No Comments (Add)

Peak Email

My one-time partner in crime and fellow Oracle Collaboration Suite lover, Matthew Moore, has summarized 20 or so years of communications development in the IT industry and posted it for all to share. I’m biased, but Matt’s bang on the money with this one. Email definitely needs to know it’s place in the whole communications scheme of things. It’s just one medium, on… Continue

Posted by Dan McHugh on May 12th, 2008 at 9:51pm — No Comments (Add)

Josh Bernoff on "Should you talk about your competitors?"

Josh Bernoff, a VP at Analyst firm Forrester, recently covered the topic of “Should you talk about your competitors”? You can read his post here at Forrester’s Groundswell site. The comments covered range from the fully endorsing to the firmly against. Obviously, you never want to give your competitors a free run. This is even more the case when you’re in… Continue

Posted by Dan McHugh on May 12th, 2008 at 9:45pm — No Comments (Add)

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SCIP 2008 in San Diego

The 2008 annual conference and exhibition of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals is kicking off this week in San Diego. I thought I'd start a discussion on SCIP08 and a group to track activities here as some of us might want to live-blog this event more actively. Feel free one and all to ask questions here, post ideas, meetings, pictures or whatever you'd like to share with the community.

CI Body of Knowledge project

My academic colleague Dr. John Prescott at the Katz Graduate School of Business has been spearheading a CI Foundation project I initiated and authorized some years ago while President of SCIP to generate a body of knowledge for the field of CI. Anyone who has read my writing through the years know that I support this as one of the key underlying actions any field needs to perform on its way to becoming a profession. Academics might find the new CI Body of Knowledge framework worthwhile to tie into your courses. Practitioners may find it valuable as a way to develop better job descriptions or in developing criteria for hiring or training their practitioners. It can found at the following wiki web-site: http://www.centraldesktop.com/prescott/competitiveintelligencebodyofknowledge/ Eventually, this BOK framework is expected to help guide the development of programs and courses in certifying CI professionals. It will be up to academics like the ones in this group to a) help ensure that the BOK is robust, updated and enhanced over time as well as b) to develop and deliver courses or subjects that helps provide practitioners with the knowledge and skills they will need to succeed in the field. The wiki allows for comment and your participation, so please do feel free to interact with th BOK as well as its project leaders. Let us know what you think! Cheers, Craig

SCIP 2008 Plans?

I wanted to start a discussion about who is going to the SCIP 2008 conference in San Diego and what plans people have for while they are there. I'll be there all week, arriving on Sunday and my first official event is the SCIP Chapter Coordinators' dinner on Monday night. I will be very present at the sessions, particularly for the Professional Effectiveness track. I plan to have my podcast gear with me again this year. There is a long list of people, including several people in this Ning group, that I hope to be able to catch up with either at the conference or very soon. What are your plans for San Diego?