Competitive Intelligence Podcast

The Competitive Intelligence Podcast is produced to further the professional practice of competitive intelligence and serve as a vehicle for the sharing of best practices within the community. Each episode consists of a mix of news, overview of recent and upcoming events of interest and discussions of specific research methods or other such topics of interest.

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Episodes

CI Ethics Webinar

I wanted to bring to your attention the SCIP webinar "Competitive Intelligence Ethics" hosted by Richard Horowitz. Mr. Horowitz spoke at my local SCIP chapter recently and I learned a lot about the ethics and law of CI. Click here for info and to register .

Nov 25, 2006•2 min

CIP 013 Futurist Eric Garland

A very lively and thought-provoking interview with Eric Garland, Principal of Competitive Futures and both a CI practitioner and futurist. Eric is also the author of the forthcoming "Future, Inc.: How Businesses Can Anticipate And Profit from What's Next" which goes on sale 30 November.

Nov 11, 2006•50 min

CIP 012 Gilad and Hartmann

This is a very lively interview with Ben Gilad from the Academy of Competitive Intelligence and David Hartmann from Strategic Surprise . Ben talks about Strategic Early Warning and Blindspots, and David educates us on Proactive Asymetric Strategy. Your assumptions will be challenged!

Oct 07, 2006•51 min

CIP-011-20060909

A short hodgepodge episode highlighting a recent big business news story with a CI angle and lesson, a new book CI professionals should add to their fall reading list, tracking the Hoovers zeitgeist and an on-line forum for CI professionals.

Sep 10, 2006•19 min

CIP-010-20060814

In this episode I interview Alex Graham, Executive Director of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. Alex discusses the results of two recent research surveys conducted by SCIP, the State of the Art: Competitive Intelligence (PDF of executive summary at http://www.scip.org/pdf/f_060608_stateofart_sum.pdf). He also discusses a survey of SCIP members on the question of certification and indications that the CI profession is on an upswing.

Aug 15, 2006•40 min

CIP-009-20060708

In a somewhat opinionated episode, we look at some recent articles in the general media which discuss CI. Included is a look at two articles which talk about the growth of the CI practice within the legal profession.

Jul 08, 2006•24 min

CIP-008-20060607

Interview with John McGonagle of The Helicon Group on the uses and misuses of Microsoft Powerpoint. Learn some methods to make the most of what can be a useful if flawed platform for the delivery of CI products.

Jun 07, 2006•42 min

CIP-007-20060501

Summary of the SCIP06 keynote by Professor Clayton Christensen and some related thoughts.

May 03, 2006•19 min

CIP-006-20060416

A welcome to new listeners from iTunes and Yahoo, a brief re-introduction to what the podcast is all about and an overview on a methodology to evaluate the reliability and credibility of information sources in a CI practice.

Apr 16, 2006•23 min

CIP-005-20060311

In this episode we talk about searching for specific URLs and filetypes and consider the potential for a proactive look at the files your competitors are hosting on their web sites.

Mar 11, 2006•13 min

CIP-004-20060211

In this episode we jump right into the topic of narrowing our Internet searches to specific sources and having some fun with word play.

Feb 12, 2006•18 min

CIP-003-20060116

In this episode we discuss an article from the 30 November of the Christian Science Monitor regarding intelligence methods employed by the People's Republic of China. This article is the basis to consider differences in perceptions and practices of intelligence and espionage around the world, and considerations of the role of counterintelligence. This episode considers the technical topic of which search engines (yes, plural) to include in a quality Internet search strategy.

Jan 16, 2006•23 min

CIP-002-20060102

In this episode we look at upcoming CI tradeshows, talk about CI in the news and explore a method for creating quality Internet search strategies.

Jan 02, 2006•28 min

CIP-001-20051206

This is the premier episode of the Competitive Intelligence Podcast. I'm requesting the feedback of my focus group on content, frequency, length and general quality of the show. Anybody who happens accross this podcast by accident can feel free to include themselves in that focus group. Please direct your feedback to jackson.august@gmail.com.

Dec 09, 2005•27 min

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