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A group for people based in the UK (& Ireland) with an interest in competitive & marketing intelligence.
Sorry I won't be there in person. BUt I will follow on Twitter.
October 22, 2009 from 5:30pm to 8pm
TOPIC: SOCIAL NETWORKING AND NEXT-GENERATION INTELLIGENCE:
Social networks and the Internet have permanently changed how individuals and organizations communicate. So too will intelligence change - permanently.
From collection to analysis to diss...
Rethinking the standard / classic model of intelligence to develop innovative new ways of knowing.
A collective of professionals and passionate amateurs around the globe who analyze a world in transition and help guide leaders in their most critical decisions.
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- About Me:
- Fred Wergeles is the founder and Principal of Fred Wergeles & Associates LLC, a consulting practice that specializes in Strategic Planning and Competitive Intelligence process improvement. He has over 25 years experience managing intelligence collection and analysis in support of strategic decision making in both the federal government and a Fortune 100 corporation. He has advised companies in a diverse array of industries, including utilities, oil and gas exploration, insurance and financial services, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, consumer products, and high tech start-ups. Fred has developed innovative methods and tools for clients – from Fortune 500 companies to small firms – to quickly and effectively improve their Strategic Planning and Market Assessment capabilities.
Before starting his own practice, Fred was the Manager of Competitive Intelligence in the Corporate Strategic Planning office at Pratt & Whitney (a division of United Technologies). Prior to his work at Pratt & Whitney, Fred was a senior consultant with The Futures Group/Deloitte Consulting.
Before entering the private sector, Fred spent 18 years at the Central Intelligence Agency. He was the senior intelligence analyst in the White House Situation Room and the National Security Council, and also spent time as an analyst in the Pentagon. Fred managed large, multi-agency collection programs and diverse groups of intelligence analysts during his tenure at the CIA.
Fred is the Founder and President of the Connecticut Economic Gardening Group (CT-EGG), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing business information, analysis and marketing services to entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Fred is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hartford Barney School of Business, teaching Competitive Intelligence in the MBA program. He is the Connecticut Chapter Chair of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, and recently completed a three-year term on SCIP’s international Board of Directors. Fred was awarded the SCIP Catalyst Award in 2004 for significant contributions to the field of Competitive Intelligence. Fred is the Executive Director of the Simsbury Education Enhancement Foundation. He is a member of the World Affairs Council and is the past-President of the Simsbury Youth Hockey Association.
Fred earned an MA in National Security Studies at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and a BS in Physics from the University of Lowell (now UMass-Lowell).
- Website:
- http://www.IntelStrategy.com
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SCIP09 Active Dialog Session: Low-Cost Intelligence Collection
#scip09 Active Dialog results posted - Low-Cost Intelligence Collection websites. Helpful Internet research sources. http://bit.ly/loxKg
Posted on May 5, 2009 at 11:55am —
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 8:37am on August 7, 2008,
Colleen Meeker said… - Fred, now you really have people. Let's deal!
- At 3:32pm on March 20, 2008,
Arik Johnson said… - Hi Fred - welcome aboard!
- At 3:02pm on March 20, 2008,
Kieran Michael Brown said… - Good to see you here :)
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A forum for those interested in software, systems and tools for Competitive Intelligence.
A collective of professionals and passionate amateurs around the globe who analyze a world in transition and help guide leaders in their most critical decisions.
Aptly worded Arik,
We are all "Prisoners of our Perception".
I don't have a profile in courage to share off the top of my head but I will suggest that the ability to put courage to work communicating skeptical insights depends highly on the self-esteem - or inversely proportioned narcissism - of your client...
December 9, 2009 from 10am to 11am
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I recently read a blog post from Doug Stephens of Retail Prophet in Canada on the subject of courage.Doug helps retailers deal with future strategic challenges, and has some remarkable insights about retail and leadership. He says that courage is ...
Rethinking the standard / classic model of intelligence to develop innovative new ways of knowing.
A collective of professionals and passionate amateurs around the globe who analyze a world in transition and help guide leaders in their most critical decisions.
A forum for those interested in software, systems and tools for Competitive Intelligence.
For every level of expertise and/or position description.
This has been an interesting discussion. I have done some thinking about it and wonder if the differentiation between PI and CI methods is about the end result.
CI methods lead to analysis and deliverables that provide a company with actionable r...
Now, it seems that as if all CI practitioners were the "good ones", and PI practitioners "the evil ones". Then, (if we suppose that people in general have mostly good intentions and moral) why would "the World" (i.e. businesses or citizens) still ...
Yeah. We've already discussed it extensively ( http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/ci-in-economy-and-politics ). Therefore, let me add only the following argument.
Dear Pavol,
Ethics is the basis of conduct, which is perceived through individual morality and society’s norm of what is "good or bad", "right or wrong". :- Stealing is immoral
A code of conduct is a statement of ethical practices or guidelines ...
Between MORALITY and GREED lies AMBITION.
In the Race for Economic Supremacy of Nations, Ethics serve Country's interests to be globally competitive.
The world is Grey and not Black or White!
Country's Moral & Ethical code and Individual Moral ...
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