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Partner at Crumpton Group LLC, Joins the Outward Insights Advisory Board
The Outward Insights Advisory Board provides expert vision, commentary, and advice to Outward Insights consultants and our clients. We are pleased to add Rodney Faraon, Partner, Crumpton Group LLC to the Advisory Board. Rodney brings nearly 20 years of experience as an intelligence professional in both the private and public sectors. Before joining Crumpton Group LLC, Rodney was the founding Director of the Walt Disney Company's Global Intelligence Practice. Rodney also served 14 years with the US Central Intelligence Agency. To read more about Rodney's expertise, and the role of the Advisory Board, click here.Outward Insights and Proactive Worldwide Partner on Enhanced Decision Support Services
With an initial focus on building collaborations with clients in the healthcare sector, the partnership’s goal is to provide the insights to make more informed and evidence-based decisions that allow its clients to manage opportunity and optimize business performance. Through these projects, clients will have access to emerging opportunities and threats over a three- to five-year time horizon. These findings can then be pressure-tested into scenarios suitable for the development of highly resilient and flexible strategies, as well as alternatives and contingencies. Read more.Tell Us What You Think: The Outward Insights CI Blog
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Outward Insights conducted its second “Ostriches and Eagles” CI best practices survey, which gauges the effectiveness and use of CI among US companies across industries. The first survey was conducted in 2005. The biggest finding this time around? more US corporations are using competitive intelligence to drive critical strategic and tactical decisions than ever before, but an alarming number of companies still do not have structured way to deliver intelligence to decision-makers in their organizations. Click here to download the full survey report.Newly Published! Starting a Competitive Intelligence Function Now Available
The publication, edited by Outward Insights Managing Partner Ken Sawka, is the definitive text for creating, leading, using, and funding a competitive intelligence program. It shows you how to identify your organization's CI requirements and defines the necessary elements for creating an effective CI function. This publication provides guidance and information on all aspects of defining and establishing this function, from organizational issues to required resources to internal processes. It is the third volume in the CI Foundation's Topics in CI series. Click here to order.