Strategy

Past and Present: The Fortune 500 in 1988 vs. 2018

Competitive Intelligence | Strategy

As Fletcher/CSI reflects on the past 30 years of advising the world's leading companies, it is interesting to analyze how the Fortune 500 list has changed since our founding in 1988. Today, we focus on providing competitive…

March 14, 2018 Read more

2018 – The Speed of Disruption, Innovation and Re-Invention will Only Increase

Strategy

In the UK and Europe, we are living in a time that is both extraordinary and turbulent. The UK government reports creation of over 660,000 start-ups over the last 12 months, which is an alarming number for a country that historically…

February 13, 2018 Read more

The Future of Distracted Driving & Crash Avoidance Technologies

Finance & Insurance | Strategy

Background: Distracted driving is an old issue responsible for a significant share of all accidents. It ranges from parents looking in the back seat to discipline misbehaving children to anything that takes the driver’s focus off…

October 4, 2017 Read more

A Lesson from Macmillan: Why We Need to Strategize Three Steps Ahead of the Game

Competitive Intelligence | Strategy

Events, dear boy, events!” - Harold Macmillan (UK Prime Minister 1957-1963) Whether Macmillan ever uttered these famous words in response to a question about what makes governments change actions is open to conjecture, but he gets…

August 17, 2017 Read more

Competitive Intelligence is Different on Each Side of the Atlantic. Can Risk Assessment Bridge the Water?

Competitive Intelligence | Strategy

The adoption of competitive intelligence (CI) programs and practices is notably lower in Europe than the United States due to contrasting economic, cultural, political, and legal factors. One way to encourage the implementation of an…

April 26, 2017 Read more

How Do Strategy Workshops Drive Strategic Decisions?

Strategy

Strategy Workshops such as war games and scenario planning sessions are unique tools for companies to gain new perspectives on their competitors and relevant markets. Companies across all industries use Strategy Workshops as a tool to…

January 25, 2017 Read more

Are you collecting Competitor Information or providing Competitive Intelligence? Ten signs to help you decide.

Competitive Intelligence | Strategy

While at the recent Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals event in 2015, I was surprised by a growing gap in the field. All around the exhibit hall, in the presentations and in networking discussions, there were deep…

June 8, 2015 Read more

War Games: Setting the Agenda

Strategy

A War Game can seem like a free-flowing event with little organization, but the appearance of chaos belies the effort that goes into setting an agenda and keeping the event on task and under control. The key to making the event stay…

October 15, 2014 Read more

What Should You Look for in a CI Vendor?

Strategy

As a CI Manager, you likely already have been, or probably will be, tasked with hiring outside vendors to provide some portion of data collection, analysis, and reporting. Using an outside vendor frees you up to be more effective by…

September 18, 2014 Read more

Setting Up a War Game for Success

Strategy

In our last post on War Games, we discussed the four key elements of a successful war game. In this post we’ll discuss the role of setting the conditions that form the basis of a war game. A war game is intended to simulate actual…

September 4, 2014 Read more

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