Competitive Intelligence Tools Chest

[Richard]

I am giving a SCIP presentation on CI tools.  I thought I would ask the ning community what are your favorite CI tools and why?

[Dr. Avner Barnea]

Richaed, What are the CI tools you are refering to?

[Richard]

Analysis tools like SWOT, STEEP, Four Corners, Various financial analysis tools; things like that.

[Dr. Avner Barnea]

It will be interesting to take tools known from national intelligence and to see how much they can be relevant to CI. The tools  you have mentioned are known for years. I thought it will be intersting to look beyond them.

[Richard]

I just used those as examples because they are well known. There are many, many others, I just wanted to see what others are using.

[Sandro Tavares]

Hi,

Take a look at the excelent book ANALYSIS WITHOUT PARALYSIS, written by Craig Fleisher and Babette Bensoussan. You will find a selection of the most used, and important, analysis tools.

Best regards

[Richard]

Thanks Sandro, I have read that. Those are what I call the staples every CI professional should know.  I was looking to see if people were using other tools.