"SLA CID Leads – 2014 SLA Leadership Summit Highlights": A Reply and a Query - Competitive Intelligence2024-03-28T12:42:43Zhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/sla-cid-leads-2014-sla-leadership-summit-highlights-a-reply-and?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI listened to the webinar - Z…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2014-02-25:2036441:Comment:950142014-02-25T19:53:42.036ZTrip Kranthttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/TripKrant
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I listened to the webinar - Zena has great enthusiasm, and I was glad hear her call out “big data” as a marketing buzzword. But look, if your field hasn't taken to intelligence analysis by now, do you really think it is going to in the future? The instruction you are getting seems pretty simplistic – this is basic stuff, and it is not taking.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Zena's notion that because librarians work with…</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I listened to the webinar - Zena has great enthusiasm, and I was glad hear her call out “big data” as a marketing buzzword. But look, if your field hasn't taken to intelligence analysis by now, do you really think it is going to in the future? The instruction you are getting seems pretty simplistic – this is basic stuff, and it is not taking.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Zena's notion that because librarians work with information, it makes them uniquely suited for intelligence analysis is flawed. Just because you drive a car everyday it does not mean your suitable for Formula 1 racing.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Current reporting is a baseline intelligence activity low on the analytic spectrum, and of low value absent complementary products.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">If collecting information is the extent of the burden of responsibility that you want to take on professionally, or the extent of your talents – that is okay. But please don't pigeonhole CI as information collection; because some of your actions are having this effect.</p>