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How Competitive Intelligence Rules Encourage Cheating

Harvard Business Review

When HP's ex-CEO Mark Hurd headed to Oracle this fall, his former employer sued him , claiming that by taking the job he put "HP's most valuable trade secrets and confidential information in peril." His most recent book is The Secret Language of Competitive Intelligence.

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Case Study: Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up?

Harvard Business Review

Her first job out of college had been with a management consultancy, and she had been staffed right away on a project with a cybersecurity firm. She’d saved some money during her three years of consulting before business school, but not enough to pay San Francisco rent. “I’ve even talked to the CEO.”

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The Right Way to Use Analytics Isn’t for Planning

Harvard Business Review

Maybe a brand manager is moved to a different department, but little else changes – the same consultants are hired, the same “best practices” are pursued – and organization itself rarely actually learns. Use competitive intelligence differently. The failures continue. We have to be able to cope with that.”