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Only Half of Companies Actually Use the Competitive Intelligence They Collect

Harvard Business Review

We recently conducted a survey of CI managers and analysts who’ve been through our training program to see how much their findings influenced major company decisions, and why. and European corporations, from CI-trained analysts in marketing, business development, strategy, R&D, finance, and other fields. .”

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex. The firm effectively trains its people to hire and work with the world’s best and brightest algorithms. There must be clarity around direction, delegation, and deference.