CI-UK/IR Discussions - Competitive Intelligence2024-03-28T13:25:21Zhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/group/ciukir/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noConsulting Opportunitytag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2012-06-07:2036441:Topic:743652012-06-07T19:16:03.617ZAnna F. Shallenbergerhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AnnaFShallenberger
<p>I have a global client that needs researchers to conduct primary in the UK & China by regionally based individuals. Preference for experience in healthcare / pharma / biotech / life sciences etc.<br/><br/>I've done several projects with them in the past year, and they operate ethically, pay their bills etc.<br/><br/>Email me @ annainfo@aol.com with your background if you would like your credentials passed on to them....</p>
<p>I have a global client that needs researchers to conduct primary in the UK & China by regionally based individuals. Preference for experience in healthcare / pharma / biotech / life sciences etc.<br/><br/>I've done several projects with them in the past year, and they operate ethically, pay their bills etc.<br/><br/>Email me @ annainfo@aol.com with your background if you would like your credentials passed on to them....</p> Taking the Pulse of the CI Discipline 2012 - How Have We Evolved?tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2012-03-17:2036441:Topic:728912012-03-17T14:48:53.583ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
<p>Fellow passionate colleagues,</p>
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<p>In the name of pioneering the CI discipline, similar to the efforts by Arik from Aurora driving this social network and countless others, the UK Competitive Intelligence Forum, the UK international affiliate of SCIP, is hosting its popular survey last undertaken in 2010 to 'Taking the Pulse of the CI Disicpline in 2012 - How Have We Evolved?'.</p>
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<p>The additional dimension to be brought to this effort will be how it compares and…</p>
<p>Fellow passionate colleagues,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In the name of pioneering the CI discipline, similar to the efforts by Arik from Aurora driving this social network and countless others, the UK Competitive Intelligence Forum, the UK international affiliate of SCIP, is hosting its popular survey last undertaken in 2010 to 'Taking the Pulse of the CI Disicpline in 2012 - How Have We Evolved?'.</p>
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<p>The additional dimension to be brought to this effort will be how it compares and contrasts to the picture we created in 2010 and looking to answer the following:</p>
<p>* How have I kick started my market/competitive intelligence career?</p>
<p>* How am I improving my existing position?</p>
<p>* How am I measuring my value contribution?</p>
<p>* Where I am considering moving to?</p>
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<p>We welcome your participation, as always, to create the picture from which we can develop and understand what's next at a personal level and more broadly from a whole discipline's perspective.</p>
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<p>All participants have the opportunity to receive their own briefing.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UKCIF_Pulse_of_Discipline_2012" target="_blank">'Taking the Pulse of the CI Discipline in 2012 - How Have We Evolved?'</a></p>
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<p>Thank you in advance and I welcome and look forward to your participation.</p>
<p> </p> 2012 UKCIF Programme of Events Postedtag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2011-12-11:2036441:Topic:699582011-12-11T20:47:13.831ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
<p>Just to advise that the programme of events is now available for review from the UK Competitive Intelligence Forum, the international UK affiliate of SCIP. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.ukcif.co.uk/?Itemid=5&option=com_civicrm&view=Events">http://www.ukcif.co.uk/?Itemid=5&option=com_civicrm&view=Events</a></p>
<p>Welcome your feedback as well as early warning that the 17th European SCIP Summit will be taking place in Dublin in November 2012.</p>
<p>Just to advise that the programme of events is now available for review from the UK Competitive Intelligence Forum, the international UK affiliate of SCIP. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.ukcif.co.uk/?Itemid=5&option=com_civicrm&view=Events">http://www.ukcif.co.uk/?Itemid=5&option=com_civicrm&view=Events</a></p>
<p>Welcome your feedback as well as early warning that the 17th European SCIP Summit will be taking place in Dublin in November 2012.</p> Building a CI Culture - FTSE 100 Company Case Studies - Will you be joining?tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2011-02-20:2036441:Topic:432472011-02-20T16:28:12.047ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
<p>Establishing a Competitive Intelligence culture within an organisation is a key element to the success of any CI practice. However it’s one of the most difficult things to bring about and is often a subject that’s largely ignored in terms of existing best practice and CI models.</p>
<p>This session aims to confront some of the issues and challenges facing practitioners when trying to create a CI Culture as well as examples of real-life cases from two strategic CI managers working in FTSE 100…</p>
<p>Establishing a Competitive Intelligence culture within an organisation is a key element to the success of any CI practice. However it’s one of the most difficult things to bring about and is often a subject that’s largely ignored in terms of existing best practice and CI models.</p>
<p>This session aims to confront some of the issues and challenges facing practitioners when trying to create a CI Culture as well as examples of real-life cases from two strategic CI managers working in FTSE 100 companies, with 10 years experience between them, Lloyds Banking Group and Rolls Royce. This networking event will look at:</p>
<ul>
<li>CI Culture from both an executive and organisational level</li>
<li>How these two elements interact</li>
<li>Breakout session to compile a list of best practice and ideas for creating a CI culture</li>
</ul>
<p>As ever, there will be the opportunity for light refreshment and to engage with peers and practitioners warmly.</p>
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<p><b><u>Presenters</u></b></p>
<p>Suzanne Jones is a Competitive Intelligence specialist with 5 years experience. She joined Lloyds Banking Group in 2002, then HBOS, and held various roles in IT and project management before setting up the Competitive Intelligence practice in 2006. She is responsible for providing a strategic view of the competitive context to the retail business, and has developed a framework of analysis and insight techniques to provide actionable intelligence for decision makers. Before joining the bank Suzanne held roles at NTL and Michelin, mainly working in business analysis.</p>
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<p>Paul Adams joined Rolls-Royce in 2007 responsible for Competitor and Market Intelligence in Rolls-Royce’s global Civil Aerospace business. Today he is accountable for understanding the long term implications of competitor intelligence as well as other strategic projects in the Future Programmes team. Paul has also led the integration of CI across the company in an attempt to give a more coherent view of competitors’ actions and intentions. Prior to joining Rolls-Royce Paul worked as a Business Consultant in the IT services industry and has held various other roles in the Aerospace and Defence sector.</p> C-Suite Intelligence - only the Insights Count! with UK Competitive Intelligence Forum 1st Feb 2011tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2011-01-15:2036441:Topic:399742011-01-15T16:47:40.566ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
As a seasoned professional Monika Giese, formerly of Novartis, Hoffman La-Roche and Solvay Pharmaceuticals will describe her experiences of getting a top (C-Suite) job in CI, and the challenges, opportunities, threats and risks that come with it. She will be using real life examples from her practice in order to outline the differences in providing CI to different levels of a global organisation. Ideally, a CI professional should be able to determine from the presentation which skill sets are…
As a seasoned professional Monika Giese, formerly of Novartis, Hoffman La-Roche and Solvay Pharmaceuticals will describe her experiences of getting a top (C-Suite) job in CI, and the challenges, opportunities, threats and risks that come with it. She will be using real life examples from her practice in order to outline the differences in providing CI to different levels of a global organisation. Ideally, a CI professional should be able to determine from the presentation which skill sets are required to make it to the top. Key take-aways for the audience will include:<br />
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* Requirements for C-Suite Intelligence are different from any other level of the organisation<br />
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* Major obstacles in C-Suite intelligence<br />
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* How to get there – Strategies to advance CI services to C-Suite level<br />
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As ever, there will be the opportunity for light refreshment and to engage with peers and practitioners warmly. The Art of Inference - Case Study Based Approach to Understanding the Changing Bigger Picturetag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-11-05:2036441:Topic:381382010-11-05T22:09:07.054ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
Time and time again the CI podium starts with turning <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font color="#000000">‘data’ into ‘information’ which in turn turns into ‘intelligence’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> The podium challenges that with the ‘art of inference’, defined as being aware of anomalies, a unique set of events and discontinuities that…</font></span>
Time and time again the CI podium starts with turning <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font color="#000000">‘data’ into ‘information’ which in turn turns into ‘intelligence’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> The podium challenges that with the ‘art of inference’, defined as being aware of anomalies, a unique set of events and discontinuities that creates a pattern which is the essence of inference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> Creating insight into change requires dealing with the new, the new with no history and no experts. What frameworks would you use to infer the future before it arrives?</font></span> Will You Be Sharing Insight and Inspiration? Intelligent Intelligence Career Planning Networking Event, 10th June 2010tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-05-21:2036441:Topic:330502010-05-21T21:00:56.866ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
<span class="summary"> <br></br>
</span><p><span class="summary">Further to the market research that the UK Competitive Intelligence Forum has undertaken during April/May, we provide an environment to explore how people have entered, evolved in their roles and for some where is the next destination with market/competitive intelligence. This will be complimented with discussion about emergent intelligence needs at the cutting edge of commercial intelligence and the application of CI techniques in…</span></p>
<span class="summary"> <br/>
</span><p><span class="summary">Further to the market research that the UK Competitive Intelligence Forum has undertaken during April/May, we provide an environment to explore how people have entered, evolved in their roles and for some where is the next destination with market/competitive intelligence. This will be complimented with discussion about emergent intelligence needs at the cutting edge of commercial intelligence and the application of CI techniques in the field. Attendees will be walking away with answers to the following questions:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span class="summary">What is the difference between a good strategic analyst, a CI practitioner and a strategy consultant in practice?</span></li>
<li><span class="summary">Where are the organisational sweet spots for advancing your career and what could I do next?</span></li>
<li><span class="summary">If the demand is increasing considerably, why is the ‘market’ so ill-defined and fragmented?</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span class="summary">As ever, there will be the opportunity for light refreshment and to greet peers and practitioners warmly. The participants to kick off and facilitate what promises to be a highly interactive event will be:</span></p>
<p><span class="summary"> </span></p>
<p><span class="summary"><strong>Julia Hordle</strong> (Chair) is a Director, Corporate Intelligence Recruitment, tfpl, a specialist in recruitment and talent management in professional support services with a specialism in the Intelligence disciplines. She has been a contributor to UK networking for 16 years and is keen to see active market making and create more and more senior opportunities for CI practitioners. With her colleague, Ivan Radulovic, Julia is a member of the UK CIF Steering Committee.</span></p>
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<p><span class="summary"><strong>Adrian Fry</strong>, Research Manager, Information Services, KAE Marketing Intelligence, has led competitive and market intelligence assignments for over a decade for clients across retail and corporate banking, technology and telecoms. Adrian brings an unusual mix of client side experience to the event, since he has managed CI and Insight Services for large corporate clients across the world on a long term outsourced basis. He works for KAE, the boutique marketing strategy consultancy based in London.</span></p>
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<p><span class="summary"><strong>Philip Wilson</strong>, Independent Consultant & Market Strategist, is a freelance consultant with over 20 years experience in strategy consultancy, commercial due diligence and market intelligence. He was Head of Information and Research at The Kalchas Group, a leading UK strategy consultancy, and Global Knowledge Manager at Burlington Consultants, now Deloitte UK’s M&A Strategy division.</span></p>
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<p><span class="summary"><strong>Richard Stewart</strong> is the Founder and Managing Director, Mindbench, the specialist recruitment firm for the management consultancy sector. Richard has 10 years experience of working in consulting and recruiting for the sector from graduate to partner level. The roles include strategy consulting, research, operations improvement, change management and IT consulting.</span></p>
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<p><span class="summary"><strong>Andrew Beurschgens</strong>, practitioner Orange, will share some of the key insights associated with the so what from the research undertaken during April/May. He is also one of the Committee Members of the UK Competitive Intelligence Forum. He has been a recipient of the Catalyst Award for his volunteer services to the profession.</span></p>
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<p><span class="summary">To register, please visit the <a href="http://www.ukcif.co.uk">UK Competitive Intelligence Forum Website</a></span></p> Intelligent Intelligence Career Planning - Take the Survey Ahead of June Networking Eventtag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-22:2036441:Topic:322682010-04-22T07:37:45.794ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
<p>The UK Competitive Intelligence Forum will be hosting its forthcoming networking event in June around the theme of career planning. Ahead of this event we are undertaking some classic market research to obtain a foundation of understanding with respect to:</p>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>How practitioners entered the discipline</li>
<li>Their existing trials and tribulations, perception, value measurement, focus</li>
<li>How practitioners will evolve</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p>It will only take 10…</p>
<p>The UK Competitive Intelligence Forum will be hosting its forthcoming networking event in June around the theme of career planning. Ahead of this event we are undertaking some classic market research to obtain a foundation of understanding with respect to:</p>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>How practitioners entered the discipline</li>
<li>Their existing trials and tribulations, perception, value measurement, focus</li>
<li>How practitioners will evolve</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p>It will only take 10 minutes and whether you are able to attend the event or not in June in the UK, every recipient will receive a summary of the results.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.ukcif.co.uk/"><strong>Click here</strong></a></p>
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<p>On behalf of the UK Board, we thank you in advance for your co-operation and help with this endeavour and we look forward to sharing the 'so whats' here through Ning.</p>
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<p>Enjoy the day!</p>
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<p> </p> Just added Seena Sharp's and Eric Garland's book reviews to UK CIF, what do you think?tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-02-20:2036441:Topic:299642010-02-20T21:14:31.395ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
<p>Given that there are now over 50 UK-based practitioners and interested parties in competitive intelligence, welcome your feedback and thoughts on the recent book reviews I have posted on the <a href="http://www.ukcif.co.uk">UK Competitive Intelligence</a> Forum website.</p>
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<p>Two titles concerned are very actionable indeed, but instead of me redrafting the reviews, take them in here…</p>
<p>Given that there are now over 50 UK-based practitioners and interested parties in competitive intelligence, welcome your feedback and thoughts on the recent book reviews I have posted on the <a href="http://www.ukcif.co.uk">UK Competitive Intelligence</a> Forum website.</p>
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<p>Two titles concerned are very actionable indeed, but instead of me redrafting the reviews, take them in here <a href="http://www.ukcif.co.uk/index.php?option=com_collection&task=view&catid=1&id=8&Itemid=15">'</a><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.ukcif.co.uk/index.php?option=com_collection&task=view&catid=1&id=8&Itemid=15">Future Inc: How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What’s Next'</a> by Eric Garland and '<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.ukcif.co.uk/index.php?option=com_collection&task=view&catid=1&id=9&Itemid=15">Competitive Intelligence Advantage, How to Minimise Risk, Avoid Surprises and Grow Your Business in a Changing World'</a> by Seena Sharp.</span></font></span></p> What do you think about the forthcoming panel debate 9/3 entitled 'Professional Effectiveness and Personal Improvement as a CI Practitioner'?tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-02-06:2036441:Topic:295522010-02-06T22:09:30.889ZAndrew Beurschgenshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens
Attend and participate in a panel debate on 9/3 including the UK's leading academic authority on competitive intelligence, former Mars and McKinsey practitioner, Orange, Customer Insight Solutions and the Institute of Competitive Intelligence providing the audience with: <br></br><br></br>* the wisdom of the group regarding your professional development and take control of your own<br></br> professional development <br></br>* a personalised action list to enhance your position <br></br>* a literature table…
Attend and participate in a panel debate on 9/3 including the UK's leading academic authority on competitive intelligence, former Mars and McKinsey practitioner, Orange, Customer Insight Solutions and the Institute of Competitive Intelligence providing the audience with: <br/><br/>* the wisdom of the group regarding your professional development and take control of your own<br/> professional development <br/>* a personalised action list to enhance your position <br/>* a literature table offering a wide range of take home material <br/><br/>by addressing the issues from the floor as well as <br/><br/>* Improving Your Technical Skills <br/>* Improving Your Influecing Skills <br/>* Living the Life of a Lone Wolf <br/>* Exploiting Dysfunctional Attributes <br/><br/>To find out more the full programme and to register can be accessed through: <br/><br/><a title="New window will open" href="http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eukcif%2Eco%2Euk%2Findex%2Ephp%3Foption%3Dcom_civicrm%26view%3DEvents%26Itemid%3D28&urlhash=SgLW" target="_blank"><font color="#006699">http://www.ukcif.co.uk/index.php?option=com_civicrm&view=Events&Itemid=28</font></a> <br/><br/>We look forward to seeing you there, <br/><br/>Enjoy the day