Unlike spycraft, competitive intelligence must operate within the ethical and practical confines of the business community. There is no room ...

It’s common to compare the competitive intelligence (CI) field with spying. In reality, the two are very different; the intrigue ...

Twitter has been receiving a good deal of flack from it’s ecosystem partners.  Ecosystem partners have even launched an online ...

If you’re in Chicago or Vancouver BC on Feb 2nd, and you’re involved in product development, think about dropping in ...

Deducing patterns in the world around us is the key to learning from the past, understanding the present, and preparing ...

While there are many wonderful things you can say about eBooks, one of the best is how easy it is ...

I’ll start by saying that we don’t believe the goal of CI, or business, is to destroy the competition but, ...

In business, as in love, relationships that were once the pinnacle of joy can fall apart, leaving you to ask, ...

The position of your company in the market often benefits from the broader ecosystem. For example, we have written elsewhere ...

Competitive relationships between companies are generally taken for granted. Competition is widely regarded as the beneficial bedrock of efficient markets, ...

As described in the book of the same name by Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff, co-opetition is the concept of ...

The 12 Gifts of Christmas  – for the CI professional to give themself throughout the year: On the first month ...

Lots of good resources in here. http://www.llrx.com/features/neweconomy2013.htm

Many competitive organizations that have relatively developed processes for investigating larger public companies have a difficult time getting information about ...

Local print and broadcast news sources often provide a wealth of information about small, information that would never make the ...

Private companies, especially smaller ones, can be very disruptive, and very hard to figure out. They don’t offer the disclosures ...

When a competitive intelligence organization gauges the potential impact of a disruptive innovation, the culture and related factors at the ...

Just as important as recognizing a disruptive innovation, you also need to be able to identify those innovations that are ...

As presented on 10/16/2012. Download the presentation here.

It can seem like everywhere you look, someone is proclaiming that the latest buzzword will redefine the fabric of the ...

Clayton Christensen’s book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, is well known for its focus on fostering disruptive innovation. From a competitive intelligence ...

If you’re looking for tips and tricks on getting information on private companies, check out the recording of our latest ...

The potential threat that your customers will turn away from your offering to a completely different substitute can be hard ...

It is surprising how much companies underestimate the impact that is likely to be placed on their own profitability if ...

Different industries can have radically different sets of buyers, ranging from a limited number of corporate customers to a wide-open ...

When looking at an industry, it’s helpful to look for common patterns. One place important patterns often emerge is among ...

Too often, we see companies examine their profitability and potential as if their company is the only player in their ...