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“Competitive Intelligence” Shouldn’t Just Be About Your Competitors

Harvard Business Review

For the next year, Jessica Eliasi, then the director of Competitive Intelligence at Mars Chocolate, travelled the world running “competitive simulation” games with local market teams from Russia to Mexico to Turkey to England. To become more agile, s tart by rethinking your competitive intelligence process.

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Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

The second requirement is to anticipate response to your competitive moves so that they are not derailed by unexpected reactions. In my experience, the competitive perspective is almost always the least important aspect in managerial decision-making. This competitive intelligence sign-off is simple to institutionalize.

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Social Media for CEOs

N2Growth Blog

The Dissenting Position : The stance of the risk adverse is there is little to be gained, but the potential for much to be lost in social media initiatives involving C-level executives. Social media also allows you access to business, market, and competitive intelligence in real time. . The Truth (as I see it). In a word; YES.

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Can you force innovation?

Chartered Management Institute

The process had its ups and downs over the millenniums but was it ever planned and executed as part of one group’s deliberate strategy or it happened organically as a result of many factors e.g. social developments that triggered the upswing cycle in this process? What can you use Competitive Intelligence for?

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The Right Way to Use Analytics Isn’t for Planning

Harvard Business Review

What insights will cause an executive — in R&D or Marketing or Finance — to not only change his or her perspective, but to be able to juggle different perspectives? Executives must actively recruit and promote on tolerance of ambiguity mindsets where the unexpected builds perspectives.

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Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

The Six Mistakes Executives Make in Risk Management. How Competitive Intelligence Rules Encourage Cheating. We hope that readers enjoy this Insight Center and find it useful, and we look forward to your active participation. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS. A Brief History of Decision Making. Managing Risks: A New Framework.

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How to Get More Value Out of Your Data Analysts

Harvard Business Review

You’re in luck if your CEO, executive team, and general managers across the business are all accomplished analytical amateurs. Use Your Sales Force’s Competitive Intelligence Wisely. There is widespread recognition of the shortage of analytical professionals. Big Data Demands Big Context.

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