Explaining competitive intelligence - Competitive Intelligence2024-03-29T10:18:35Zhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/explaining-competitive?commentId=2036441%3AComment%3A38879&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHilarious, thank you Eric....…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2011-01-15:2036441:Comment:399042011-01-15T16:22:09.964ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
Hilarious, thank you Eric.....I noticed that the company was already dead based on no other colleague passing through to the water cooler or unload the snack machine behind the chap....he came across as being the personification of the platform and iot might have been better if the lady recommended that 'he get out some more'. Would you have bought from the salesperson??!?!? Very good.
Hilarious, thank you Eric.....I noticed that the company was already dead based on no other colleague passing through to the water cooler or unload the snack machine behind the chap....he came across as being the personification of the platform and iot might have been better if the lady recommended that 'he get out some more'. Would you have bought from the salesperson??!?!? Very good. Eric, once again...you have m…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-12-21:2036441:Comment:393272010-12-21T12:04:56.948ZSuki Fullerhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/SukiFuller
<p>Eric, once again...you have made my week. I laughed so hard, my contact lenses fell out!!!</p>
<p>Eric, once again...you have made my week. I laughed so hard, my contact lenses fell out!!!</p> Good thing I like Bourbon.tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-12-20:2036441:Comment:392752010-12-20T15:58:50.617ZMelanie Winghttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/MelanieWing
<p>Good thing I like Bourbon.</p>
<p>Good thing I like Bourbon.</p> For catching my reference to…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-12-17:2036441:Comment:392032010-12-17T14:59:57.481ZEric Garlandhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/EricGarland
<p>For catching my reference to Sisyphus, +1000 points.</p>
<p>For catching my reference to Sisyphus, +1000 points.</p> Excellent Eric! I have heard…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-12-17:2036441:Comment:391922010-12-17T00:24:22.425ZBabette Bensoussanhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/BabetteBensoussan
<p>Excellent Eric! I have heard this so many times too.....Like Monica I felt like crying....totally depressing!! However like Sisyphus, I am still pushing that boulder up the hill!!</p>
<p>Excellent Eric! I have heard this so many times too.....Like Monica I felt like crying....totally depressing!! However like Sisyphus, I am still pushing that boulder up the hill!!</p> Hope she has lots of Bourbon,…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-12-07:2036441:Comment:389642010-12-07T11:25:33.528ZGlenn A. Deaconhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/GlennADeacon
Hope she has lots of Bourbon, as I think she is going to need it. Sad part is "based on a true story". How often doesn't a conversation like this/similar take place within Co's? Have recommended the clip to Samantha Kelly.<br/>
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Regards<br/>
Glenn
Hope she has lots of Bourbon, as I think she is going to need it. Sad part is "based on a true story". How often doesn't a conversation like this/similar take place within Co's? Have recommended the clip to Samantha Kelly.<br/>
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Regards<br/>
Glenn Very nice, I like it!tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-12-07:2036441:Comment:389552010-12-07T03:23:28.093ZNathan Marlarhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/NateMarlar
Very nice, I like it!
Very nice, I like it! I predict the finance person…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-12-07:2036441:Comment:389482010-12-07T00:24:04.336ZJason Katraouzoshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/JasonKatraouzos
I predict the finance person will repeatedly ask "But where is the ROI?" during the conversation...!
I predict the finance person will repeatedly ask "But where is the ROI?" during the conversation...! There will be a followup conv…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-12-03:2036441:Comment:388872010-12-03T19:50:16.163ZEric Garlandhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/EricGarland
There will be a followup conversation with finance. Names will not be changed. Everyone is guilty.
There will be a followup conversation with finance. Names will not be changed. Everyone is guilty. Eric,
I fell off my chair la…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-12-03:2036441:Comment:388832010-12-03T19:13:02.453Zmonica nixonhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/monicanixon32
Eric,<br />
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I fell off my chair laughing and then started crying and sobbing inconsolably.... I think we have all had these conversations with field sales more times than we care to admit. Typically they don't understand strategic CI at all, and why would they?<br />
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Sales is focused on selling what they have today, this is how they are rewarded and where their incentives are, hence the mentality is therefore naturally very short term (ie this Q). Sales doesn't normally have much view into R/D and…
Eric,<br />
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I fell off my chair laughing and then started crying and sobbing inconsolably.... I think we have all had these conversations with field sales more times than we care to admit. Typically they don't understand strategic CI at all, and why would they?<br />
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Sales is focused on selling what they have today, this is how they are rewarded and where their incentives are, hence the mentality is therefore naturally very short term (ie this Q). Sales doesn't normally have much view into R/D and product development, and don't think about how the products/services they sell even came into being, or how long they might remain comeptitive if those of us upchain weren't doing our jobs anticipating new products, channel shifts, M/A, technological change, etc.<br />
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Now, most sales folks do have experience with the tactical CI/competitive response teams which are current focused, who write their sales tools around existing products and feed them day to day business information, etc but right they miss the piece about how they ultimately end up with the right mix of products for the future...<br />
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MN