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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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ISSUE 33
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CriticalEYE affiliation and subscription.
SCIP is very pleased to announce its affiliation with CriticalEYE: the Corporate Intelligence magazine for Europe, bringing the strategy process to life with dynamic articles and case studies in all industry sectors from internationally recognized contributors. CriticalEYE provides an insight of the value intelligence can bring to the strategic decision making process with dynamic content and case studies to enable you to further illustrate, to those outside of Competitive Intelligence, the value your profession brings to a business. This affiliation provides a 20% subscription discount for SCIP members. For more information and subscription information, visit either the SCIP website or the new CriticalEye website www.criticaleye.net
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Structuring the CI function for success.
by Arik Johnson
The CI community has always been far more focused on how to do their job than on what their job should be. CI practitioners, as the detail-oriented professionals they are, often focus their attention on the process side of perfecting the use of intelligence techniques, sometimes overlooking the outcomes required by intelligence customers. In these tough economic times, becoming more outcome-driven is a necessary shift in focus for every process-obsessed CI practitioner that hopes to stay relevant. In practice this means being entrepreneurial about meeting those needs and ensuring that CI's contribution to the firm continues to be valued.
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The intelligent use of business analysis.
8th annual SCIP European Conference and Exhibit.
The eighth annual SCIP European Conference marks a special time when a unique community of individuals gathers to discuss how CI is gathered and used to frame organizational structures and improve business decisions. Join some of Europe's brightest business minds in a dialogue that will increase your organization's ability to analyze various elements of the competitive environment and deliver recommendations for tactical and strategic advantage.
This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Ben Gilad, who will focus his remarks on understanding executive behavior with regard to business intelligence. He will provide his perspective on what intelligence is, and a tested solution based on what executives aren’t. In laying out his (serious) proposal, which is based on work with two large European companies, Ben promises to politely offend as many entities as he can, in as short a time as he is allotted, with the most anti-new age, pro-globalization, politically incorrect, free market addicted straight talk.
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Diggin' deep online to profile an executive: part 2.
by David Carpe
With the Internet and a few hundred dollars in hand, there is almost no limit to what you might uncover about any individual. Start by listing what you need to know, then add in what you'd like to know, and get rid of what you do not want to know. This second part covers some broad topical areas of interest, followed by a set of relevant resources and possible approaches to using such resources.
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CIM resource directory.
by Carolina Olivieri
The July/August 2003 issue of Competitive Intelligence Magazine will feature a focused pull-out directory of selected CI product and service providers. A sample layout is available on the SCIP web site. The cost of an entry in this CI pull-out reference directory is $199. Listings are in ‘business card’ format and contain company name, contact, phone, email, URL, logo, advertiser-specified subject heading, and a 50 word description. To order, go to the SCIP website and click on the big red "CI Directory" box. Orders must be placed by June 20. Questions? Contact Carolina Olivieri.
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Keeping up with the search engines.
by Belinda Weaver
Effective internet searching means going beyond Google or AllTheWeb. In a world where search engines develop all the time, where new features are unveiled constantly, where the number of pages indexed grows seemingly exponentially – how do you stay on top of searching? The very tool that makes you feel overloaded – the Internet – also helps you cope with information overload by linking you to filtered news relevant to the work you have to do. Many people doing jobs similar to your own have taken on the role of keeping like-minded people informed. This article profiles several of them.
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Five key drivers of change.
SCIP Benelux Best Practices in CI
by Joseph Rodenberg
Competitive Intelligence helps you get in-depth and real-time business insights in the five key drivers of change every organization is facing: markets, customers, competition, technology and legislation. On June 26th the SCIP Benelux chapter is holding a special meeting on “Best Practices in CI in the Benelux.”
What can you expect from this afternoon event? Shell will share with you how they positioned 'Technology with Intelligence,' Solvay will demonstrate you how their Competitive Intelligence Systems have been implemented, Pfizer will introduce you in Intelligence and Research in Pharmaceuticals, La Poste will introduce you to Strategy and Intelligence, Annalise SVP will show you Intelligence Research, and SCA Packaging will present to you the results of a national survey How Competitive Intelligence Leads to Improved Business Growth and Profitability.
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Award nominations now open.
by Barbara Orr
All SCIP members can nominate individuals for the Meritorious, Fellows, and Catalyst awards. The Faye Brill Service Award is a special award presented by a committee of SCIP members. Criteria for these awards are interpreted so that outstanding practitioners, vendors, and academics have equal eligibility. The nomination deadline for the 2004 awards is September 5, 2003. The award winners will be honored each year at the Society's Annual International Conference and Exhibit in Boston, Massachusetts. Nomination forms are available on the SCIP website.
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CI: improving corporate culture one employee at a time.
by Ryan Dunn
Aside from the expected informational and intelligence benefits CI offers companies when making strategic decisions, a wide variety of benefits arise as CI is successfully woven into the company's organizational fabric. The changes required to implement an enterprise-wide CI program have unexpected positive benefits which combine to create a dramatic synergistic effect on the overall corporate culture.
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FYI: new and notable.
by Bonnie Hohhof
Fuld intelligence toolbar
Internet resources.
- Search engines: news and updates.
- Internet sites with information you can use.
- New products.
- Searching reviews and tips.
- General readings of interest.
- Articles mentioning competitive intelligence.
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Copyright 2003 Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals www.scip.org.
Picture credit Virgina Tourism, Len Kaufman.
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