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I agree with Jan on this. A community that is first of all of practical use in our jobs is most appealing to me.
I love the idea of the collaborative providing an opportunity to leverage other's expertise/share/grow - -
My opinion: we should share anything that is not proprietary and that we know may be useful to others. Probably it will usually be in response to a question, but sometimes I get really excited when I find something elusive and I might just want to t…
I draw the line at "suffering and dying," but otherwise, good thinking.
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- About Me:
- Market Research Manager at 3M.
Teach internal competitive intelligence class.
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- http://www.3M.com
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- At 2:51am on March 8, 2010,
Ellen Naylor said…
- Hopefully next year then. We'll have a lot of Twittering going on from attendees. I won't be attending either due to family biz, but I'll be in town so will do some socializing for sure!
All the best,
Ellen
- At 7:38pm on December 7, 2008,
Alan S. Michaels said… - Welcome Sandra .....
- At 7:07am on December 7, 2008,
Arik Johnson said… - Hi Sandy - great to see you here!
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Thanks Arik, very much appreciated indeed. I'll take a listen
Digimind has several job openings in the CI field and on the vendor side (sales, marketing).
More information may be found at http://www.digimind.com/cat/news/jobs
For more details contact me.
Inteligencia competitiva para los hablamos español o portugués.
Inteligência competitiva para os que falamos português ou espanhol
Walter,
I can answer this one. Ok, first "big data" players usually means HP, Oracle, SAP, IBM. These firms are extraordinarily good at handling structured data (ie numbers) in relational databases, but they don't deal well with unstructured data,…
Oh, they are doing CI, lots of it, but they call it other things, like Data mining e.g. They solve many of the same problems but from an engineering perspective
Klaus
I've been turning this one over and can't find a satisfactory explanation.
Why don't we see more 'big data' players doing CI consulting. It seems to me that companies like Google, with absurdly comprehensive environmental data, doing more to move…
Hey Eric,
Very nice, I really like your critical dissection of the author's convoluted and ultimately flawed, thought process which you laid out very articulately. Precisely right, what exactly is the difference here? The issue of direct vs indirec…
Strategic Gaming and the Influence of Cultures at The George Inn Pub
September 16, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm
A Case Study focused on “Smart Grid” Development in China
‘The Battle for China’s Smart Grid’ was a public strategy game run on both sides of the Atlantic by Fuld & Company. It was fascinating to observe European and US perspectives on the Chinese…
ICI-1 - Competitive Intelligence Basics Workshop at Best Western Brandywine Valley Inn
September 9, 2010 at 9am to September 10, 2010 at 6pm
Achieving competitive advantage through systematic competitor and market analysis
In times of increasing competition and complex, fast-moving competitive environments, it is important to be one step ahead of the competition. Businesses have to anti…
Bill, I'm having trouble imagining you being pilloried for posting jobs during a global recession. I hope we have lots of trouble of this sort coming!
So, to take this author's point:
Gathering, analyzing and disseminating information sponsored by a major media source financed directly by a combination of pharma, oil, and automotive companies: ethically honorable.
Gathering, analyzing and dissem…
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