BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2036441:Event:78597 DTSTAMP:20260512T195819Z SUMMARY:Adapt and Evolve: CI Lessons from the Dynamic Mobile Industry DESCRIPTION:To achieve maximum impact, competitive intelligence functi ons must evolve and proactively adapt to changing market and business conditions.  Working within Nokia’s market, competitive and strateg ic intelligence organisations from 1998-2012 provided Gordon Murray-Sm ith with a unique insight on the challenges encountered as the busines s developed.  Nokia’s success propelled it to a leadership position in 1998, a position it successfully sustained until 2012 before once again resuming a market challenger role.  Nokia’s business transfor mation was against the backdrop of sustained market growth combined wi th rapid industry, technological and competitive disruption.  Experie ncing these changes and challenges first hand provides a valuable pers pective on how an intelligence function must proactively evolve if it is to successfully impact and influence strategic business decisions.   Key take aways will include:\n \n\nExamples of the major intelligen ce challenges experienced as Nokia evolved through key stages in its b usiness lifecycle, responded to competitive disruptions and a rapidly changing market landscape\nGuide to successfully position and integrat e intelligence within a complex and changing business structure\nLesso ns learned from leading a global intelligence team within the dynamic mobile telecoms sector\nInsight on how to ensure the CI function proac tively evolves to ensure focus and relevance within a dynamic business environment\n\n \nAs ever, there will be the opportunity for light r efreshment and to greet peers and practitioners warmly.\n \nSpeaker\n  \nGordon has extensive experience of market, competitive and strateg ic intelligence, gained through positions within the mobile telecommun ications and internet services sectors. He recently joined hibu plc (f ormerly Yell Group) as Head of Global Market & Competitive Intelligenc e and Strategic Insight.  Gordon previously led Nokia’s Global Comp etitive & Strategic Intelligence function and held several Director-le vel intelligence roles within Nokia’s global business units.  He is experienced at developing predictive intelligence designed to support strategic growth, product management, sales, business and strategy de velopment.  Gordon supported successive business transformations as m obile products evolved from basic phones to smartphones and most recen tly the internet services ecosystem.  Through these roles he gained b road experience of global markets, with a specific focus on identifyin g and driving growth opportunities, particularly in emerging markets.   Earlier in his career Gordon led Nokia’s global market forecasting activities. He has an Economics & Marketing degree and also spent sev eral years working in retail banking, in both IT and marketing positio ns.\n\nFor more information visit https://competitiveintelligence.ning .com/events/adapt-and-evolve-ci-lessons-from-the-dynamic-mobile-indust ry DTSTART:20130314T223000Z DTEND:20130315T010000Z CATEGORIES:networking, event LOCATION:EE WEBSITE:http://www.ukcif.co.uk URL:http://www.ukcif.co.uk CONTACT:07973 642 143 ORGANIZER;CN="Andrew Beurschgens":https://competitiveintelligence.ning .com/profile/AndrewBeurschgens ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2763915688?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Andrew B eurschgens":https://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AndrewBeu rschgens END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR