Good books on CI - Competitive Intelligence2024-03-29T12:08:59Zhttps://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/good-books-on-ci?groupUrl=bookclub&commentId=2036441%3AComment%3A14908&groupId=2036441%3AGroup%3A14179&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Babette,
Great to interac…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-19:2036441:Comment:149732009-01-19T06:24:07.670ZNimalanhttps://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/Nimalan
Hi Babette,<br />
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Great to interact with you. I am aware that both the books have different analytical techniques. Would kindly request you to help me out here. I can for the time being buy only either one.<br />
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Given our organization is an agency which provides CI services for clients we may not get too much into business level decisions. However we would like to look at a competitor or the competitive landscape and do a quick analysis which will add value to our clients (our projects last an average…
Hi Babette,<br />
<br />
Great to interact with you. I am aware that both the books have different analytical techniques. Would kindly request you to help me out here. I can for the time being buy only either one.<br />
<br />
Given our organization is an agency which provides CI services for clients we may not get too much into business level decisions. However we would like to look at a competitor or the competitive landscape and do a quick analysis which will add value to our clients (our projects last an average of a month or two).<br />
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Given these factors which book do you think would help us more. I'd like to buy that one first and reserve the next one for our next budget.<br />
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Thanks again<br />
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Have a nice day<br />
Nimalan HI Nimalan - I totally agree…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-19:2036441:Comment:149632009-01-19T01:17:37.088ZBabette Bensoussanhttps://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/BabetteBensoussan
HI Nimalan - I totally agree with Ellen's suggestions and The CI Foundation book series contain some of the best articles on particular CI subjects so these books are really quite worthwhile.<br />
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We also have a book list on our website - <a href="http://www.mindshifts.com.au">www.mindshifts.com.au</a> - of the latest in CI books.<br />
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For your info, our first book contains completely different analytical techniques to Business & Competitive Analysis. They are not the same books.<br />
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Best<br />
Babette
HI Nimalan - I totally agree with Ellen's suggestions and The CI Foundation book series contain some of the best articles on particular CI subjects so these books are really quite worthwhile.<br />
<br />
We also have a book list on our website - <a href="http://www.mindshifts.com.au">www.mindshifts.com.au</a> - of the latest in CI books.<br />
<br />
For your info, our first book contains completely different analytical techniques to Business & Competitive Analysis. They are not the same books.<br />
<br />
Best<br />
Babette Good Lord.. thats a whole tre…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-17:2036441:Comment:149082009-01-17T19:52:22.332ZNimalanhttps://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/Nimalan
Good Lord.. thats a whole treasure trove of books.. wish our library was full of these.. I would not miss a single day at work. Going through all these titles Ellen and thank so much. I shall definitely go through the ones you have recommended. I chose Craig and Babette's second book as it was more recent and cheaper (am on a tight budget!!).<br />
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I also recommended Kirk Tyson's comprehensive guide to CI but that took up a huge chunk of our budget and also raised questions if an average analyst in…
Good Lord.. thats a whole treasure trove of books.. wish our library was full of these.. I would not miss a single day at work. Going through all these titles Ellen and thank so much. I shall definitely go through the ones you have recommended. I chose Craig and Babette's second book as it was more recent and cheaper (am on a tight budget!!).<br />
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I also recommended Kirk Tyson's comprehensive guide to CI but that took up a huge chunk of our budget and also raised questions if an average analyst in our company would read it.<br />
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Anyway, thanks for the list.. I shall get them for our library one by one..<br />
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Thanks again Ellen. Hi Nimalan,
That's a good st…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-17:2036441:Comment:148942009-01-17T17:40:09.778ZEllen Naylorhttps://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/EllenNaylor
Hi Nimalan,<br />
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That's a good start. I would add Craig and Babette's earlier book to your list: Strategy & Competitive Analysis which goes into another whole set of tools than their more recent book on your list. For competitive technical intelligence, I would buy Keeping Abreast of Science and Technology by Brad Ashton and Dick Klavans. A quick read is Early Warning: Using Competitive Intelligence to Anticipate Market Shifts, Control Risk, and Create Powerful Strategies by Ben Gilad. I am…
Hi Nimalan,<br />
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That's a good start. I would add Craig and Babette's earlier book to your list: Strategy & Competitive Analysis which goes into another whole set of tools than their more recent book on your list. For competitive technical intelligence, I would buy Keeping Abreast of Science and Technology by Brad Ashton and Dick Klavans. A quick read is Early Warning: Using Competitive Intelligence to Anticipate Market Shifts, Control Risk, and Create Powerful Strategies by Ben Gilad. I am reading What Every Body is Saying by Joe Navarro. It's on reading body language and I am really enjoying it. Great for in-person elicitation skill development. The Competitive Intelligence Foundation, a part of SCIP also has some great books: Conference & Trade Show Intelligence, Starting a CI Function, and Competitive Intelligence Ethics: Navigating the Gray Zone.<br />
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I have a whole bunch of CI books on my website with connections to Amazon for easy browsing. They are broken down into the following groupings:<br />
Competitive Intelligence: General<br />
Strategic Competitive Intelligence<br />
Product Development<br />
Social Networking, Web 2.0<br />
Online, Internet Researching and Competitive Intelligence Software<br />
Knowledge Management<br />
Global Competitive Intelligence<br />
Technical Intelligence<br />
Counterintelligence and Security<br />
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I need to update it again, but it's a great start and includes about 130 books <a href="http://www.thecisource.com/resources/books">http://www.thecisource.com/resources/books</a><br />
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All the best,<br />
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Ellen Naylor