I definitely agree with you, Bill.
"Thinking skills" should precede "application skills" although both are necessary and neither alone is sufficient for optimal CI performance.
That said, too often we rely on analytical frameworks to help guide ...
Even though today's companies are requiring increasing degree of the accuracy and sensitivity of information, the field of CI as a whole shouldn't become viewed as "outsourced spies."
Just as many CI practitioners are asked for "more", today we d...
hi everyone,
I'm doing a field medical strategy workshop and introducing some CI concepts. I want to share some stories across different industries where CI helped a smaller company overcome larger incumbents with abundant resources. Do you have ...
ENTREPRENEUR & THINKER. PhD in biochemistry. C.I.P. (certified Competitive Intelligence Professional) from Gilad/Fuld/Herring's Academy CI. Currently an advisor in healthcare/biopharma's field-medical science liaison programs. Published an article with Gilad on CI in Pharmaceutical Executive in 2004. Spend a lot of time in the Web2.0 world. Rest of the time I am Mom1.0.
Wayne joined us a couple of weeks back - we're starting a big membership drive in the run up to SCIP Chicago in April, so feel free to invite friends and colleagues as well. Looking forward to getting to know you and your ideas on CI, Jane.
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...