Re: Kieran's Congressional Research Service question - I haven't used it for CTI (though I imagine it would be very useful for industry-level information); but I just found that GalleryWatch has an extensive collection of CRS reports, more complete…
Hi, Jocelyn. Thank you for your kind words. I guessed (even before I looked on my blog to see what I'd written on September 22) that you were talking about the "it's hard to accept intelligence that breaks your heart" post. Yes, that's very hard to do -- and it's really been a hard last few months for the SF legal community.
Perhaps contrary to what some have posted, I'm aware of at least 40 (perhaps more?) law firms that are developing some interesting internal CI functions, through a variety of structures. Although this isn't a time of expansion for law firms, I see firms routing resources into CI in an effort to find early mover and execution benefits.
There are many good CI resources out here. Use them all. Feel free to call if you just want to run any of your ideas up the flagpole. I'll be happy to give you my reactions, for what they're worth. Accept my very best wishes in your endeavors.
I left a message for you regarding CI in law Firms at the bottom of the page in case you didn't see it - I replied to a reply rather than to you by accident and don't want to repost. In any event, drop me a line if you want to chat more specifically, I've been working in CI in law firms in Canada for over 5 years - at two of the countries most successful firms. Email if you want and we can set up a time to chat.
Hi Jocelyn: Thanks for joining our group. You are in one of the "hot growth" areas of our field. I am confident you'll find our community to be a welcoming and helpful one to you in your program development activities. Good wishes, Craig
Yes Stephen,
The dilemma in information collection:
Is casting wide net [ CWN } appropriate or the Kingfisher approach.
Joining random isolated dots and the ability to see the big picture.
I believe it is the ability to read the subtle emissions…
Tad Sir,
Ha..ha..ha.. LOL.
Client References! There are many ways to interpret this.
Sometimes we use it for branding, and sometimes because we want to show our competence.
We are like the Chef. We have our own signature, and nobody can replicat…
Don't worry, Vivek! None of us is suspicious to such a degree as to be paralyzed. However, none of us is simultaneously as gullible as Roger Prince, Sr. in the video ( http://fedcba.ning.com/video/client-lists ) quoted in one of my comments on Bonni…
Hi Vivek. Thanks for writing! It's the timeless dilemma - we (or our clients) need the information, but if we were 100% honest and transparent about EVERYTHING with a source we would never obtain it.
For the record, I'm not here to cast judgement o…
Way to have a good time last night! Thanks for coming to our dinner, all 37 of us! We sort of took over the upper level of the Meskerem and had a memorable experience together as we mopped up the Ethiopian cuisine with the spongy bread that replaces…
Stephen,
The wheels of Deception.
Just a little bit of humor:-
One type of Deception can be advocate competitive intelligence very strongly and fool the world into believing that we are holier than thou.
This way the world will believe that we a…
James,
Well, first I think referring to this as a "value analysis project" or surmising that the Value Analysis methodology is appropriate for this kind of question set isn't accurate. VA and it's counterpart, FAST, tend to be frameworks for NPD re…
I think we'll have a good 20 people tonight since Martha and her gang of 5 or so are also coming! remember the reservation is under "Ellen". I thought Intelligence Collaborative would be too long especially when they didn't even want to take my last…
Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant
Join us for dinner after SCIP at 7:30 PM in the charming Adams Morgan neighborhood. Meskerem is 0.8 miles from the SCIP Conference at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park.
Check out the http://meskeremethiopianfood.c…