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I have a small request - if the article doesn't directly link the CI discipline to ..... then why are you? It's you who raise the perception ... the associations you so wish to dispel are in your head.
It seems to me that this is one of the…
Here's a small challenge: for all those who seem to think that any process rooted in organizations can exist, flourish, and attract good people WITHOUT at least, having some related academic activity, I'd be curious to hear about such a sub-area. As…
An academic journal is only one part of the map. If we want CI to be taught academically (do we?) and to figure in the management, organizational psychology, international business and other types of (etc etc) discourse, as well as moving beyond ane…
I'm originally from the UK, with a background is in physics and optical engineering, and recently completed a management doctorate (at the Swiss University of St Gallen), on "Noticing noticing: the role of noticing in the praxis of Competitive Intelligence", which draws on many disciplines to help us understand better vision-related and other parallels between how we do and don't see, and how organizations do and don't notice their external environments.
I work at a large aerospace company in Israel, and teach CI at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, at Henley Business School in the UK, at the College of Management, in Israel, and elsewhere.
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Indeed so, I am in Airport City, also originally from UK. I look forward to participating in many discussions as I begin this daunting process of initiating a CI unit here at Kenes International. I will no doubt be seeking any advice that professionals such as yourself would be able to give me. In fact one such question is how to I convince my superiors that membership of SCIP would be a good start?
Hello Michael. Would you be interested in participating in a webinar on a European time zone? The UK has secured the content through the great Tim Powell and a very recession centric issue, namely Bottom Line ROI. What conditions would make it appeal to a your local conditions in Israel? Welcome your response, Michael and enjoy the day.
Dear Michael
do you have any background material / url with regard to the HSG doctorate you're mentioning? I'm very interested to find out more about CI courses on a university level in Europe.
Kind regards from Switzerland
Robert
Nice to meet you in Lisbon last week! I was very pleased to listen to your presentation. I am wondering if you would participate in my forum. I think that your "view" of Intelligence will make a significant contribution.
Welcome!
Hopefully we can all meet up in Rome in the autumn for SCIP Europe. In the meantime, there is the CI meeting this Thursday and Friday in Lisbon, organized by Atelis and CEGE - I'll be presenting there, and the program looks very promising.
Regards
Michael
Hi, Richard. Thanks for mentioning Seena's book. I just ordered it from amazon and will see what it's like. I second Eric's recommendations on August Jackson's Competitive Intelligence Podcast. I'm almost finished listening to them all (only have th…
Arik, thanks for the response. I think you're right that everything being equal, we all tend to take our assumptions for granted and under-invest in planning for different possible scenarios. What do you do if the client doesn't appear open to havin…
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I am hoping they survey attendees and we can give them actionable feedback. Agree with you on the newbies and I noted there really wasn't any reference to SCIP's courses they offer (maybe the F&S influence?). I've been in CI a long time and would lo…
Yes, there were many complaints from the attendees that they weren't learning anything. I think they were there to "learn" how to improve their CI skills, If there was more information on how to take CI and grow at a company it would have been value…
It was great to be in the presence of so many fellow CI practitioners and it seemed like there was a lot of positive energy. I think F&S did a great job of revitalizing the event and definitely kudos to August Jackson and the SCIP people who volunte…
It is important to be updated on the latest gadets, which is much what this chat is about, but i agree, the main problem is rather - to keep with the language of Arthur - to know how to use the tools to build a good house. you can have the tools and…
Yes, the good old sales-rep intel problem. We looked at that with Sony Ericsson ten years ago (research project) when Intranet was still something new. sales people were not paid to enter intel, but to make sales. but they often knew more about cust…
No doubt Klaus that you are right. This need exists and the question how to set it up. I assume you remember the former Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Managemnt, by SCIP. I'm teaching CI in an MBA program in Israel, and I come across with t…
I agree with you Klaus and the task is huge. If there is a distribution of responsibilities, it can be done. There is a great need to share more about successes and challenges. We can learn a lot from each others particularly between continents sinc…
After the JCIM was put on ice there has been no major academic CI journal and the field has suffered much because of this.
During the past two years I have participated in a number of different conferences related to Business Intelligence and Compe…
Great post - glad you shared it Greg - thanks! Briefly, my view on the benefits of simulation and wargaming for decision-making are that these methods can more effectively disabuse us of our false assumptions than others because the human mind finds…
I did the online Applied Intelligence graduate certificate program at Mercyhurst College and found it useful for refining techniques of analysis and presentation, as well as cementing research and documentation requirements.