Tactical, Operational & Strategic Analysis of Markets, Competitors & Industries

Arik Johnson's Blog (8)

You are invited to Aurora Sports at SCIP09

This year, Aurora WDC launched Aurora Sports to make it possible for SCIP09 attendees who enjoy exercising to have an opportunity… Continue

Added by Arik Johnson on April 22, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

The Reconnaissance Report from Aurora WDC - Thursday 29 January 2009 - Intelligence 2.0 Webinar on Healthcare CI Solutions

There were a few suggestions after I sent around my newsletter from yesterday that I cross post here as a blog entry so here it is. I'll try and get the event online as well and sharable. - Arik

… Continue

Added by Arik Johnson on January 30, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Twitter Feed for SCIP DC Event - New Ways of Knowing 2.0

Our good friends at SCIP's DC chapter are having what looks to be a great CI workshop today called "New Ways of Knowing 2.0" - check it out directly on the Twitter search page or I've dropped a feed onto the top of the Ning site as well. Description is below for those interested - looks like they're just finishing up snacks before program start at 12:45 Eastern. Hav… Continue

Added by Arik Johnson on January 28, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Frost & Sullivan CI Summit Play-by-Play on Twitter

Greetings from New Orleans! I'm at the Frost & Sullivan CI meeting in New Orleans this week and I know a few of you are here as well. August Jackson and I (at least) are twittering the meeting blow-by-blow, so follow the action from the homepage where I've dropped a temporary feed reader or on Twitter directly, then add your comments, feedback and any questions you… Continue

Added by Arik Johnson on January 12, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Managing Corporate Reputation in the Era of Consumer Generated Media: a Free Live Webinar with Jason Voiovich - Wed 28 May 2008

"It takes

… Continue

Added by Arik Johnson on April 30, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Trip Report: SCIP 2008 - Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals Annual Conference in San Diego - 14-17 April 2008

Derek Johnson & Greg Ervin Setting up the Aurora WDC Booth The SCIP annual conference in San Diego this month was my last field excursion for the spring (our baby is due to arrive May 9th) and, I confess, I was becoming more and more nervous that the downside risk of a poor turnout could make for a diminished return, not only, for

… Continue

Added by Arik Johnson on April 30, 2008 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Market & Competitive Mapping for Successful Segmentation Decisions: a Free Live Webinar with Jay Kurtz - Wednesday 30 April 2008

"A study of the map will indicate where critical situations exist or are apt to develop, and so indicate where the commander should be." ~ General George S. Patton, Jr., Commander U.S. Third Army Europe Coming up Wednesday 30 April 2008, beginning at 1:00 PM Eastern / 10:0… Continue

Added by Arik Johnson on April 30, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Using Game Theory to Predict Competitive Behavior - a Free Live Webinar with Dr. Niall Fraser - Wednesday 9 April 2008

"Business is a game, the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it." ~ Thomas J. Watson, Founder of IBM Coming up next week, Wednesday 9 April 2008, beginning at 1:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 AM Pacific time, Aurora WDC's COO and Director of Research, Derek Johnson, will be host of Aurora's next live,… Continue

Added by Arik Johnson on April 3, 2008 at 1:36pm — 1 Comment

Latest Blog Posts

Monthly Archives

2009

April (1)
January (2)

2008

April (4)

Welcome to
Competitive Intelligence

Sign Up
or Sign In

Latest Activity

August Jackson replied to Richard's discussion 'What is your favorite Competititve Intelligence book (blog, website, podcast....)?'

I've compiled a list of on-line CI resources here: http://augustjackson.net/competitive-intelligence-resources/ P.S. Elen thanks for the shout-out for the CI Podcast.

10 minutes ago

Ellen Naylor replied to Richard's discussion 'What is your favorite Competititve Intelligence book (blog, website, podcast....)?'

Hi Richard, Seena's book is a great way to start your CI library. Here is the link to a prior Ning discussion on this topic which I think you'll find helpful. http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/the-essential-ci-library. I also use…

45 minutes ago

Richard added a discussion

What is your favorite Competititve Intelligence book (blog, website, podcast....)?

I am reading Seena Sharp's Competitive Intelligence Advantage and it is quickly becoming a favorite. I have read other books and found them too academic to be practical. I am compiling a list of recommended reading (books, websites, blogs, magazines…

57 minutes ago

Richard added a blog post

What are your favoirte competitive intelligence books (blogs, web sites, media)?

I am reading Seena Sharp's Competitive Intelligence Advantageand it is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I have read other books, but got little practical use out of them--they were much to academic. I am trying to compile a recommended bibliogr…

1 hour ago

Richard commented on Seena Sharp's blog post 'New Book Announcement'

I am enjoying the book, still working through it with all my other reading, but I like the practicality of it. Practitioners of the art need more than academic treaties on the subject. And thanks for making it a Kindle selection--when you travel aro…

1 hour ago

Alessandro Comai is now friends with Alfredo Passos and Monika Giese

5 hours ago

Anamika and Rishabha Singh are now friends

6 hours ago

Rishabha Singh left a comment for Neha Prashar

10 hours ago

Chris Hote replied to Kieran Michael Brown's discussion 'New Technology for CI - What's Your Favorite?'

Well getting a clean feed takes a combination of good web-sources and appropriate taxonomy-based semantic filters. It seems your friend's RSS is clean and thus it may be worth to look at his/her taxonomy. Any insight?

18 hours ago

Chris Hote replied to Kieran Michael Brown's discussion 'New Technology for CI - What's Your Favorite?'

Indeed Richard you seem pretty well covered as far as information retrieval is concerned. What about analysis, sharing, collaboration with others? What about aggregating those feeds together? Any insights would be helpful.

18 hours ago

Richard replied to Kieran Michael Brown's discussion 'New Technology for CI - What's Your Favorite?'

I use e-sobi. It is a rss and podcast feed reader. I can add the feeds I want, I can store pages for later use, I can set alerts. Seems to be more powerful than the free readers. SInce you can organize it the way you want, it provides a way to quick…

18 hours ago

Michael Sandman is now friends with EL GOUGI HAYAT and Chat Lok

yesterday

Bernhard Stoll left a comment for Monika Giese

yesterday

Vijayendra Acharya and Eric Garland are now friends

yesterday

Vijayendra Acharya is now a member of Competitive Intelligence

Welcome Them!

yesterday

Kirk Tyson left a comment for Monika Giese

yesterday

George Zhang joined Eric Garland's group

The Intelligence Collaborative

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.

yesterday